For a few years now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been briefly, occasionally, and somewhat mysteriously mentioning a potential low-cost Tesla vehicle that would have a starting price significantly below the starting price of the Tesla Model 3.
If you have ambitions of working for Tesla, now would be a good time to apply. The company is on a hiring spree that could boost the number of its employees to about 65,000 by the end of this year, which would represent a 35% increase from the reported headcount at the end of 2019. “We are hiring a lot of people,” Musk recently said.
Last month, Nikola Motor broke ground on its first factory in Coolidge, Arizona, where it plans to produce the Nikola Tre and Nikola Two Class 8 trucks. Just a few days earlier, Tesla broke ground on its newest factory under construction in Austin, Texas where it plans to produce the Cybertruck, Semi, Model Y, and Model 3.
The Travis County Commission has approved the incentive package for “Tesla Giga Texas” or “Tesla Giga Austin” that was seemingly all that was really needed to clinch the deal and get Tesla started on a gigafactory on its lands.
The newest flavors in the ongoing story of Tesla’s next American Gigafactory includes the choice of free pizza or tax incentives. Of course, Tulsa is probably offering well more than just free pizza — that’s just the latest that we know of.
As Tesla homes in on a new factory site near Austin, Texas, it is negotiating a package of economic incentives with local, county, and state officials. Let’s dig into those a little bit.
Yesterday morning, it looked like Austin would definitely be the new location for Gigafactory 5 (Giga Texas). KXAN reported that Tesla submitted an application with Del Valle ISD for “Gigafactory” and there are $68 million tax incentives proposed.
“Big Oil” states such as Texas and Oklahoma have a very powerful message for Elon Musk: We Want Tesla!
