Tesla faces workplace safety probe at Calif. plant

Tesla is currently building one salable Model S electric sedan a day at its California plant for quality-control reasons. Company officials anticipate the plant will ramp up to a production rate of 80 cars a day by year's end. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

By:

Dana Hull and Josh Eidelson

April 18, 2018 05:00 AM

California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health said it has opened a new investigation into Tesla Inc. following a report about worker protections at the company's lone auto plant in Fremont, California.

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