Tuesday, 12 May 2020 08:24 AM MYT
Some auto suppliers in Michigan, a Midwest industrial powerhouse hard hit by the pandemic and its economic fallout, reopened plants on Monday with skeleton crews to get ready for a resumption of vehicle production next week. Detroit's Big Three automakers — General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV — plan to restart production at North American plants on May 18.
Musk, who had threatened to move his plant to another state unless officials relented, said on Twitter production resumed yesterday, adding he would join workers on the assembly line.Overall, more than 80,000 Americans have died in the pandemic out of more than 1.34 million known US infections reported since Jan. 20, according to a Reuters tally.