Tesla plans to partly resume production in Shanghai plant soon

The plan remains vulnerable to any change in the government's Covid prevention policy, and it will take a while for the company to ramp up fully

Tesla Inc. is calling back its workers in Shanghai to prepare for the initial resumption of production as soon as next week, after a weeks-long suspension because of the city’s strict lockdown to contain the Covid outbreak, people familiar with the matter said.
 

The electric vehicle pioneer told some employees on Friday to enter a so-called “closed-loop” production system on April 17, whereby workers live on-site and are tested regularly, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is not public.
 

To bypass the current restrictions in local districts or residential compounds, the company will