- With its factory once again running in California, Tesla dropped a lawsuit filed earlier this month against local county officials which argued it should be allowed to reopen to manufacturing.
- Tesla notified the federal court in documents filed Wednesday that it was dropping the lawsuit against Alameda County "without prejudice."
- Amid the spat, Musk lambasted local leaders and accused them of going against statewide guidelines for reopening businesses shuttered amid the pandemic.
- Musk has been a vocal critic of government-issued guidance during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He's called stay-at-home orders unconstitutional and fascist , and he's risked imprisonment during the lockdown in order to reopen production.
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