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So, Tesla can legally open according to the original county timeline, before Elon’s hissy fit, even though in actuality they’ve been producing cars for Europe a

So, Tesla can legally open according to the original county timeline, before Elon’s hissy fit, even though in actuality they’ve been producing cars for Europe and China for a week.

willio58 6y ago
They opened earlier, right after Elon’s tweet.
- new_realist 6y ago
  I meant legally.
  - maxharris 6y ago
    Tesla has been open in China since February 10th. They were only forced to close for 12 days.
    - ben_w 6y ago
      What is true of China isn’t true of the Bay Area. It doesn’t matter if they were open in China when the rules (and situation, I hope) are different between the two places.
pmorici 6y ago
It's unclear that the county was planning to follow this "original" timeline until after public pressure brought about by Elon's tweets. At this point it's impossible to tell if that are simply saving face.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  This is a false narrative. The original timeline was always to reopen certain businesses May 18th, since the first extensions of the lockdowns were to expire on May 15th, and as demonstrated by the entire rest of the state opening up according to that schedule without anyone else throwing a tantrum. Also, the county doesn't need to do anything to save face. They have nothing to prove. The elected officials can always say they were acting on the information of health experts, and the health experts can always point to the CDC, China, and even the re-emerging outbreaks in Wuhan, Italy, and Germany as reasons for not allowing Tesla to restart operations ahead of schedule and before Tesla had demonstrated they were willing to protect their workers.
  - pmorici 6y ago
    Certain businesses, it's probable/possible Tesla wasn't initially included in the things they intended to allow. Why would they have gone through the public drama if they felt like they were going to be allowed to open based on their private conversations?
    - clouddrover 6y ago
      It's because Elon is an attention seeking narcissist. Why did he create all the public drama over his cave submarine? It's because he can't help himself.
      - pmorici 6y ago
        He didn't if you go look at the sworn testimony from the trial the diver was the one that initiated that by telling Musk to "Stick His Submarine Where It Hurts".
        clouddrover 6y ago
        Uh huh. And why did he create all the public drama over "funding secured" costing himself $20 million and Tesla a further $20 million? It's because he can't help himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzGdoPu9vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzGdoPu9vs
        Talanes 6y ago
        One of them is the CEO of a a multi-billion dollar company, the other is a diver. These aren't two children on the playground, who "started" it is not relevant.
        gamblor956 6y ago
        The diver told Musk to stick a submarine up his ass. Once. And then he moved on. Musk then publicly called the diver a pedophile, hired a guy to try and find dirt to prove his statement, and then attempted to have the media publish articles calling the diver a pedophile multiple times. And then tried to insinuate that because the diver hadn't told him to stop or sued him, he must be telling the truth. (So of course the diver sued him the next day.)
- Talanes 6y ago
  Saving face in this scenario would be imposing punishment on Tesla to show that when they make rules they mean it. This whole thing just reeks of Tesla testing the waters on how far they can push the State/setting up the narrative that they are being treated unfairly here to get other states to make offers to bring Tesla over.
tinus_hn 6y ago
Yeah why would he bother not waiting for some backcountry hotshot dragging his feet? It only costs a few million to wait a few days, easy to afford if it comes out of someone else’s pocket!

So, Tesla can legally open according to the original county timeline, before Elon’s hissy fit, even though in actuality they’ve been producing cars for Europe and China for a week.

willio58 6y ago

They opened earlier, right after Elon’s tweet.

new_realist 6y ago
I meant legally.
- maxharris 6y ago
  Tesla has been open in China since February 10th. They were only forced to close for 12 days.
  - ben_w 6y ago
    What is true of China isn’t true of the Bay Area. It doesn’t matter if they were open in China when the rules (and situation, I hope) are different between the two places.

pmorici 6y ago

It's unclear that the county was planning to follow this "original" timeline until after public pressure brought about by Elon's tweets. At this point it's impossible to tell if that are simply saving face.

gamblor956 6y ago
This is a false narrative. The original timeline was always to reopen certain businesses May 18th, since the first extensions of the lockdowns were to expire on May 15th, and as demonstrated by the entire rest of the state opening up according to that schedule without anyone else throwing a tantrum. Also, the county doesn't need to do anything to save face. They have nothing to prove. The elected officials can always say they were acting on the information of health experts, and the health experts can always point to the CDC, China, and even the re-emerging outbreaks in Wuhan, Italy, and Germany as reasons for not allowing Tesla to restart operations ahead of schedule and before Tesla had demonstrated they were willing to protect their workers.
- pmorici 6y ago
  Certain businesses, it's probable/possible Tesla wasn't initially included in the things they intended to allow. Why would they have gone through the public drama if they felt like they were going to be allowed to open based on their private conversations?
  - clouddrover 6y ago
    It's because Elon is an attention seeking narcissist. Why did he create all the public drama over his cave submarine? It's because he can't help himself.
    - pmorici 6y ago
      He didn't if you go look at the sworn testimony from the trial the diver was the one that initiated that by telling Musk to "Stick His Submarine Where It Hurts".
      - clouddrover 6y ago
        Uh huh. And why did he create all the public drama over "funding secured" costing himself $20 million and Tesla a further $20 million? It's because he can't help himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzGdoPu9vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzGdoPu9vs
      - Talanes 6y ago
        One of them is the CEO of a a multi-billion dollar company, the other is a diver. These aren't two children on the playground, who "started" it is not relevant.
      - gamblor956 6y ago
        The diver told Musk to stick a submarine up his ass. Once. And then he moved on. Musk then publicly called the diver a pedophile, hired a guy to try and find dirt to prove his statement, and then attempted to have the media publish articles calling the diver a pedophile multiple times. And then tried to insinuate that because the diver hadn't told him to stop or sued him, he must be telling the truth. (So of course the diver sued him the next day.)
Talanes 6y ago
Saving face in this scenario would be imposing punishment on Tesla to show that when they make rules they mean it. This whole thing just reeks of Tesla testing the waters on how far they can push the State/setting up the narrative that they are being treated unfairly here to get other states to make offers to bring Tesla over.

tinus_hn 6y ago

Yeah why would he bother not waiting for some backcountry hotshot dragging his feet? It only costs a few million to wait a few days, easy to afford if it comes out of someone else’s pocket!