With all of the chaos taking place in Shanghai as a result of a new round of mysteriously overbearing Covid lockdowns, there has been very little attention paid to Tesla’s current plant shut down and the effect it may have on the company’s operating results. But analyst Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research is forcing that issue into the spotlight, writing in a note to clients on Monday that on the ground contacts are telling his firm that Shanghai may be closed for a prolonged amount of time. “In discussions last evening with one of our on-the-ground contacts in China, we were told TSLA’s Shanghai plant will be down until ‘at least’ mid-May (and not fully-ramped up until ‘late 3Q22’ – yes, you heard that right),” Johnson wrote. He continued: “More specifically, our Shanghai contact says due to TSLA’s plant: (a) being a non critical factory (i.e., not food, medicine […]