On the morning of July 19, 2024, Tesla shut down some production lines at its factories in Texas and Nevada (USA) as a result of the largest computer failure in history. This was reported by Business Insider, citing knowledgeable sources.
According to them, Tesla sent some employees of these companies home early during the night shift. This happened after some of the equipment displayed error messages due to a global outage.
On Friday morning, Tesla sent a message to employees that the company was affected by a glitch that caused problems with servers, laptops, and production devices.
According to sources, employees of Tesla's factories have not yet received notification of when the affected lines will start working again.
As you know, on July 19, the world experienced a global computer failure. It affected the operations of a significant number of companies, shut down airports and medical facilities.
Already on July 20, Microsoft announced in a blog post that 8.5 million Windows computers were affected, which is less than 1% of the total number of computers in the world. But it was enough to disrupt businesses in various industries.