Because of the announced multi-day protests against the Tesla expansion in Grünheide, the electric car manufacturer is sending all employees to work from home on Friday. Tesla shared this with the workforce in an email from Monday, which was available to Handelsblatt. For employees in vehicle production, Friday is considered a bridge day.
Tesla says that it has been working with the local authorities over the situation, but it's unclear if it has to shut down the plant because of concerns from the authorities or if decided to shut down manufacturing by itself.
You could say that Tesla is being very cautious or that it is using this as a reason to reduce production capacity in a context of lower sales, though the company never explicitly said anything about it.
The email mentions that employees will work from home, but obviously, many workers at Gigafactory Berlin can't do much from home. Tesla plans to restart production with the night shift on Sunday.
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