Tesla was among the companies affected by the coronavirus epidemic, according to reports by Bloomberg. According to an update from the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, the electric car manufacturer Tesla has decided to reduce staff due to COVID-19. The factory on Tesla’s agenda, Gigafactory is located in a large industrial park. This industrial park of 107 thousand acres known as TRIC; In addition to Tesla Gigafactory, it hosts Google, Switch, Walmart distribution center and PetSmart. While there is no explanation from Tesla on the subject yet, various comments are made about the accuracy of the news. The measures taken are too many: It is known that all companies in the industrial park take COVID-19 very seriously and regularly update the measures applied to comply with the guidelines set while maintaining important operations. These measures are; It stands out as controlling the fires of employees, creating central access, allowing working remotely and creating distance between workstations. Tesla’s potential staff reduction decision is also said to follow Panasonic’s move, which has pulled all 3,500 employees out of the field over concerns over the spread of COVID-19. There will be those who remember; On March 20, Panasonic announced that it would speed up operations first and then close for 14 days. Tesla in the USA; It has many factories, including the model X, Model S, Model 3 and now the factory where Model Y produced. The company is known to have reduced the number of workers from more than 10,000 to 2,500 at the Fremont plant previously. Earlier this week, the company was said to have sent an email notifying workers that the two Tesla employees had a positive result for the COVID-19 test. This email, published by TechCrunch, did not contain information about where workers were working.
