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Tesla to furlough Buffalo workers

The furloughs are expected to last for three weeks.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tesla plans to furlough most of the workers at the South Buffalo facility for at least three weeks as they deal with slower business connected to the COVID-19 crisis. 

New York State and Buffalo area officials have been notified. 

The furloughs are expected to start the week of April 13th. 

The news comes after Tesla co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk announced that he hoped to create ventilators at the South Buffalo facility. 

Since Musk's announcement in late March, Tesla has released a video concerning the ventilators they hope to make, but has not made clear what if anything workers at the Buffalo facility would have to do with the project. 

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