Toyota reopened US operations the same day as Tesla did. Why isn't the WaPo kicking them in the nads? Elon left the reservation. He's straying into non-partisanship and that is unforgivable.
Coronavirus: How Toyota is handling challenge of reopening Princeton, North American plants
The differences:
Toyota did not close down its auto plants because of a lockdown order.
Its reasons: "These reasons include a decrease in demand, supply chain disruptions and needing time to organize new safety measures."
It was voluntarily meant for 2 days and not 7 weeks until Monday, May 8th, 2020.
Tesla closed down because of the Alameda County lockdown order.
Unlike Toyota who seemed to emphasize the financial aspect, Tesla did seem to care about the health aspect as well as Elon Musk predicted:
"Based on current trends,
probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April"
So logically, when it's May 8th that has passed "end of April", Tesla might want to act on its prediction as if the prophet came true: the heath danger is over.
1a) Tesla then public defied the lockdown order and dared the authority to arrest the CEO.
1b) Tesla then sued the county with the Federal Court.
1c) Tesla then deliberately did not wait for injunctive relief from the court. It defied the court process and did what it wanted regardless.
All these lawlessness in 1a through 1c are news.
Law obedience from Toyota is just non-news.