Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing [https://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/],Tesla [https://www.autoblog.com/tesla],Green Automakers [https://www.autoblog.com/category/green-automakers/][https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/800x450/format/jpg/quality/85/https://media-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com/creatr-images/2020-03/576da330-694e-11ea-bdee-8eaaf442a8fe]Tesla Inc's vehicle factory in California appeared to be operating normally on Wednesday despite an order by local officials to comply with a three-week lockdown in the San Francisco Bay Area to rein in the spread of coronavirus. Thousands of cars were visible in the factory's employee parking lot in Fremont, California, and employees were going to work, Reuters witnesses said. Several 18-wheeler container trucks were seen pulling into the factory grounds, they said.Continue reading UPDATE: Tesla factory reportedly operating despite coronavirus lockdown order [https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/18/tesla-operating-coronavirus-lockdown/]UPDATE: Tesla factory reportedly operating despite coronavirus lockdown order [https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/18/tesla-operating-coronavirus-lockdown/] originally appeared on Autoblog [https://www.autoblog.com] on Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds [/rss-term-of-use/].Permalink [https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/18/tesla-operating-coronavirus-lockdown/]|Email this [https://www.autoblog.com/forward/2217820/]| Comments [https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/18/tesla-operating-coronavirus-lockdown/#comments]