Turns out Tesla

[DW4_2016]

Was just playing the state of Texas for better tax breaks. When they actually started looking for talent they realized their mistake and moved HQ back to cali

 

[PalmettoTiger1]

not the manufacturing just the office

figure out where the tax base is

 

[DW4_2016]

not the manufacturing just the office

figure out where the tax base is

They never moved the manufacturing though. Freemont has been open the whole time. He pretended he was moving the company and then opened a factory in texas.

 

[dpic73]

Tesla coming back to California, Musk announces

Tesla is returning to California. Elon Musk announced during a joint press conference with California Gov. Gavin Newsom that Tesla would be opening a global engineering headquarters in California, …

ktla.com

 

[nytigerfan]

Was just playing the state of Texas for better tax breaks. When they actually started looking for talent they realized their mistake and moved HQ back to cali

Smart move, shithole red states are no place for a company of that size. You can't even count on having power in a poorly run red state.