Tesla CEO Elon Musk is threatening to pull the company’s factory and headquarters out of California and is suing local officials over reopening an electric vehicle plant. On Twitter Saturday afternoon, Musk threatened to sue over health department coronavirus restrictions that have stopped Tesla from restarting production at its factory in Fremont. Musk wrote that the restrictions are the final straw and that Tesla will move its headquarters and future programs to Texas or Nevada. On Friday, the Alameda County Public Health Department says it told Tesla that it did not meet conditions for a business to reopen. In a statement Saturday, the department says it has been working with Tesla to develop a safety plan.
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Elon Musk founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX speaks during a news conference after a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket test flight to demonstrate the capsule's emergency escape system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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