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Coronavirus: Elon Musk vows to move Tesla factory in lockdown row10 May 2020 Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionElon Musk, the billionaire owner of electric car company Tesla, is embroiled in a row over reopening its California-based factoryBillionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk has said he will move the electric carmaker's headquarters out of California, after he was ordered to keep its only US vehicle plant closed."Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately," the CEO tweeted.The company was filing a lawsuit against Alameda County, he added.The county's health department had refused to let the Tesla factory reopen on Friday, citing lockdown measures. Image Copyright @elonmusk@elonmusk Report Image Copyright @elonmusk@elonmuskReport According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, 2,715 people in California have died with coronavirus. Since 23 March, all but "basic operations" have been suspended at Tesla's Fremont plant, ne…