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As alexandros said, there is nothing special about the Tesla factory operating as opposed to any other company's.

The only difference is that Alameda County opposed the factory reopening. Not the city of Fremont, not the state of California, not the federal government. It was the county that held its reopening up.

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The county didn’t oppose a reopening; if anything, Tesla is being given more favorable treatment because they are a big employer, to the point where the county is turning a blind eye to willful flouting of the law.

The state gave discretion to the county and the county was enforcing a standard that Elon didn’t want to follow, or else wanted to stage a scene to justify his inevitable relocation to a state with cheaper labor. Now we’re back to the original county schedule.

Tesla, being designated critical infrastructure like all vehicle manufactures per federal guidelines, should have never had to battle it out with county bureaucracy in the first place.

"CISA's Identifying Critical Infrastructure During COVID-19 guidance and accompanying list are intended to support state, local, and industry partners in identifying the critical infrastructure sectors and the essential workers."

Not even recommended guidance, just advisory. AKA "Here's a one size fits all list we expect you to tailor to your particular situation."

Plenty of other car manufacturers were shut down too - Ford, GM, Toyota, basically all of Tesla’s competitors as I understand it across different states not just in California. For instance, here is a story about a Toyota plant in Texas being closed between March and May. https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Toyota-again-pu...

Never mind that “federal guidelines” have no legal relevance to county or state health orders. The US constitution leaves police power, including quarantine orders, to the discretion of the states.

You can't eat luxury SUVs like the model X during a pandemic.