Tesla adds fifth state to vie for $5B factory

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Add a fifth state to Tesla’s bidding war for its battery “Gigafactory,” which it says will create 6,500 jobs and investment of up to $5 billion.

California joins Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. California is home to Tesla’s headquarters and electric car plant, but Tesla has been looking elsewhere to locate its giant plant for creating lithium-ion batteries. CEO Elon Musk, however, says he’s reconsidered.