Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory resumed operations on Monday after weeks of a government-mandated temporary shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, Japanese outlet The Asahi Shimbun reported today. Tesla restarted work on its China-built Model 3 in the Pudong Xinqu area of Shanghai on the morning of February 10, the publication said, citing a driver of shuttle buses for employees. Some 40 shuttle buses, compared to the typical 100 buses, took local employees to the Shanghai factory, the driver said. “Employees who have returned from outside the city cannot come to work because they are required to be quarantined for 14 days,” the driver told The Asahi Shimbun, adding that those who reported for work on Monday are only part of the employees who have been given the all-clear and do not need to be quarantined. In early January, Tesla delivered its first cars to customers from its newly […]