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Economy
Tesla moves headquarters from California to Texas
2021-10-08
[CNBC] In April 2020, on a Tesla earnings call, Musk lashed out at Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, government officials calling their temporary Covid-related health orders "fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
" in an expletive-laced rant.

In 2020, Musk personally relocated to the Austin area from Los Angeles where he had lived for two decades.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Oh jeez. More of them.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-10-08 12:13  

#5  Austin isn't much different than Cali.

BIG difference in taxes.
Posted by: Large Jilet1529   2021-10-08 11:30  

#4  Procopius makes a good point.

Tesla already owns several thousand acres at Harold Green Road and Texas State 130. This was planned as a manufacturing site. They could place an HQ there relatively easily.

I'm not sure but I think this is in Travis county but outside the municipal boundary. Is this correct?
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-10-08 10:27  

#3  Austin isn't much different than Cali.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-10-08 09:55  

#2  Elon Musk follows through on vow to ditch California's high taxes and COVID restrictions and will move Tesla headquarters to business-friendly Austin, Texas
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-08 07:32  

#1  Dang. And we were about to seceed...
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-10-08 00:29  

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