Tesla has to suspend production at its Shanghai plant again, this time for four days. The production pause will run from Monday morning until Friday morning this week.
The city government had announced on Sunday that it was sending the metropolis into a harsh lockdown in two phases to conduct Covid 19 tests and get a grip on one of China’s most severe outbreaks. Reuters subsequently reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, that production at Tesla would be affected until Friday morning.
Initially, the carmaker, together with its suppliers, had tried to maintain operations in a so-called “closed management” style. This involves the (tested) employees sleeping and eating in the factory and thus remaining on the closed factory premises throughout.
According to Reuters sources, Tesla had already called workers on Sunday to come to the factory for “closed management” production. In the evening, however, the staff was sent home again when it became clear that there was not enough stock to guarantee production until Friday morning.
Officially, Tesla would not comment on the production stop. The carmaker only said that it always strives to fulfil its responsibility to prevent epidemics and that Tesla believes that Shanghai’s Covid 19 measures have helped lay the foundation for the city’s future development.
Tesla had already had to pause production in Shanghai for two days in mid-March.
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