So the COVID-19 is causing delays?

[jonquiljo]

It looks like the Fremont factory is staying open...for now.

Tesla Declared 'Essential Business' to Keep Factory Running; Model Y Deliveries Begin

I don't know what Musk did to get Alameda County to call Tesla an "essential business", but things like this could harm or kill a lot of people. Santa Clara County (next to and across the bay from Alameda County) is not doing too well with Coronavirus.

Furthermore, the more things like this happen - the more likely we will see an executive order from the Governor shutting down the whole state.

 

[jmatero]

Tesla claims they are exempt because the are a “critical national infrastructure”

“National Critical Infrastructure are business sectors crucial to the economic prosperity and continuity of the United States, and includes auto manufacturing and energy infrastructure as defined by the Department of Homeland Security. People need access to transportation and energy, and we are essential to providing it... As a result, Tesla and our supplier network will continue operations that directly support factory production, vehicle deliveries, and service. If you work in these areas, you should continue to report to work, and if you don’t you should work from home until further notice.”

So if you are under a shelter at home order, you must report to work?

I’m in Santa Clara County and received an emergency alert on my iPhone ordering me to shelter in place. That was followed by a text and email from the county asking me to acknowledge I read and understand the order by clicking a custom link. Fortunately, we can both work from home but try doing that with 2 kids stuck in the house.

 

[WendelJones]

I wonder how accurate and up to date this article is...

California county says Tesla factory cannot operate normally in coronavirus shutdown

 

[OCR1]

I don’t expect the Fremont factory to continue operating much longer. It will only take one infection for them to make the decision to shut down. They probably already have employees who have the virus but just have not begun showing symptoms yet. I would be very surprised if you see them still open by April 1.

 

[stevein]

Looks like they’re being told to shut down now. Tesla Factory To Close After Disputed 'Essential Business' Claim Amid Coronavirus Shelter Order

 

[linux-works]

I’m in Santa Clara County and received an emergency alert on my iPhone ordering me to shelter in place. That was followed by a text and email from the county asking me to acknowledge I read and understand the order by clicking a custom link.

I have an older android phone, didn't get any notice and I'm certainly not clicking on some link. you sure it wasn't a call center in india, trying to pose as the IRS or something?

how can they 'order' you via a phone? that's hillarious!

my previous phone was rooted and even the Presidental alert was directed to /dev/null. that was when we had an actual President. the current one, as it were, doesn't even deserve space on my /dev/null device.

 

[GenralSpecific]

I have an older android phone, didn't get any notice and I'm certainly not clicking on some link. you sure it wasn't a call center in india, trying to pose as the IRS or something?

how can they 'order' you via a phone? that's hillarious!

my previous phone was rooted and even the Presidental alert was directed to /dev/null. that was when we had an actual President. the current one, as it were, doesn't even deserve space on my /dev/null device.

Emergency alerts like this show up markedly different from other notices. It won’t look like a text message or email for example.

 

[jmatero]

Emergency alerts like this show up markedly different from other notices. It won’t look like a text message or email for example.

Exactly. It came through like an amber alert on every phone.

 

[linux-works]

well, some phone users keep their info anonymous. I never attached my name to the data plan I have, I never 'registered' anything and so there's no legal mapping of {phone, real_user} that I am aware of. certainly nothing legally binding.

which is why I'm puzzed at an 'ok' click that was asked for or required.

 

[linux-works]

Exactly. It came through like an amber alert on every phone.

but again, rooted phones can do anything they want. rooting is still not illegal and so, there is no guaranteed 'delivery' on any kind of alert.

stock ROMs won't let you disable things, sure. but not every phone is running a stock rom

 

[jmatero]

email:
Santa Clara County Health Shelter in Place Order

This is an important message from Alert SCC

Please click here to acknowledge receipt of this message

The Health Officer of Santa Clara County has issued a shelter-in-place order, effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. For more information on the order, including exceptions for essential activities and FAQs, visit www.sccphd.org/cv19

AlertSCC is a powerful mass notification system that will be used to send emergency information and instructions to anyone who lives or works in Santa Clara County. AlertSCC will send messages to phone numbers included in the emergency 911 and 411 directory listings.

 

[linux-works]

yeah, that's just a mass broadcast with an embedded link.

there is near zero chance that a legally (IANAL) binding mapping of email addys to real persons exists. and that url does not (seem) to have any UUIDs (unique id's).

personally, I would never click on a link that came from a mass broadcast, but I take phone/network/system security pretty seriously.

 

[bbattles]

Given the Fremont factory shutdown, has anyone read how long Tesla as a company can go, financially, without building new cars in Fremont?

 

[SSedan]

Let's be clear, the virus is causing little disruption, the unwarranted panic is what is impacting everything.
A week from now as more random testing is done we will see fatality percentage tumble. It will come in to focus as flu like.
The economic disaster will cause suicides for a while though unless we bounce back fast.

 

[Daniel in SD]

A week from now as more random testing is done we will see fatality percentage tumble.

Until we run out of hospital beds and ventilators and then it will go back up.

 

[ellienovember]

Just picked mine up yesterday, arrived a few days BEFORE my original delivery date. There were about 3 or 4 others picking up 3s/Ss while I was there, and they just got their first Y this week. Seems ok for orders already placed.

 

[SSedan]

Obviously now there is genuine impact.
Another thing to consider as life returns to normal is people will use all this as an excuse legitimate or not for a long time.
After 9/11 a mortgage broker used that as an excuse for our mortgage paperwork not being ready which was going to leave us homeless since we had little planned overlap.
Later found out the guy got fired because all his clients were having such major issues. Literally the day before closing he called to delay us a week and a half. The good folks we were buying from let us move in before closing.

 

[SDM44]

News from about an hour ago

Tesla announces factory shutdown starting on March 24 - Electrek

Tesla announced today that it will officially shut down its Fremont factory and Gigafactory New York starting on March 24 after pressure from local authorities

 

[OCR1]

On the positive side there are still over 2,400 Model 3’s for sale in the US so anyone who wants one should be able to take delivery before the end of the month.

 

[willchoi]

On the positive side there are still over 2,400 Model 3’s for sale in the US so anyone who wants one should be able to take delivery before the end of the month.

Where did you hear that there are 2400 model 3 for sale? That’s doesn’t mean delivery will happen before the end of the month.