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Tesla is moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk announced at the companys shareholder meeting on Thursday.
The meeting took place at Teslas vehicle assembly plant under construction outside of Austin on a property that borders the Colorado River, near the citys airport.
However, the company plans to increase production in its California plant regardless of the headquarters move.
To be clear we will be continuing to expand our activities in California, Musk said. Our intention is to increase output from Fremont and Giga Nevada by 50%. If you go to our Fremont factory its jammed.
But, he added, Its tough for people to afford houses, and people have to come in from far away....Theres a limit to how big you can scale in the Bay Area.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/07/tesla-moves-its-headquarters-from-california-to-texas.html
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)erronis
(15,216 posts)Texas is now in the thrall of anti-democratic politicians who will probably spread their cheeks for a fat tesla.
ananda
(28,854 posts)Shit
brings more blue voters to Texas
AZSkiffyGeek
(10,998 posts)Silicon Valley, and Musk especially aint all that liberal.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Are there plans in west Tx for lithium mining yet?
Musk has built a battery factory near a lithium mine damned near everywhere in the world.
I expect Tx will see more of Musk's intent as time goes.
Personally I hate his Capitalist guts.
ananda
(28,854 posts)...
DBoon
(22,350 posts)ananda
(28,854 posts)It's way too overcrowded here.
I don't care if they come to Texas.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)last time I visited, it was a mini-Dallas
Peregrine Took
(7,412 posts)in Texas he can just go right in and spread his cement all over those wetlands. No problem.
mdelaguna
(471 posts)GregariousGroundhog
(7,517 posts)The area bounded by Austin, Houston, and Dallas has a thriving engineering and information technology sectors. It's not a bad place for a company to locate if they need that kind of talent.
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)PortTack
(32,750 posts)Hes a skunk...I know ...not fair to the animals!!
Sibelius Fan
(24,393 posts)PortTack
(32,750 posts)Exploiting our country
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)He's just moving to evade taxes and that should be illegal.
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)Can someone give another reason, and then be turned down, because the authorities dont believe the answer and must be forced to reside in state?
Is this idea from New York Citys idea of punishing any wealthy person who moves by hunting them down in their new state and fleecing them for exorbitant amounts of money as punishment for moving?
Maybe we should just make it flat illegal to move out of Democratic states unless your reason is approved by the state.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)For instance, many of Trumps policies were reversed by courts because they were motivated by racism.
The travel bans for instance.
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)once word gets out that when they ask you why you are leaving, you say HIPPA medical reasons?
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Those can be subpoenaed.
It's probably all documented in detail.
DBoon
(22,350 posts)He'll show those bureaucrats trying to protect public health that Elon Musk is more important than the health of his employees
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DBoon
(22,350 posts)Musk last year expressed deep disenchantment with the Golden State. During a standoff with authorities over his plans to reopen operations in Fremont amid stay-at-home orders aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, he tweeted, Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately.
When Alameda Countys director of public health told Musk he had to suspend manufacturing, Musk called her order fascist and volunteered to be arrested. The county reversed course, allowing Fremont to stay open.
Manufacturers across the state complain about Californias living costs, business costs, taxes, bureaucratic red tape and what are decried as onerous regulations. But Tesla has enjoyed billions in subsidies from the state and the federal government and gets state tax breaks from the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-07/tesla-to-move-headquarters-to-texas-from-palo-alto
I hope that State can claw back these subsidies
Budi
(15,325 posts)Tx will see a big old Tesla Battery factory & toxic endless lithium mines.
Bet Musk has already scoped out the possibilities.
He'll have the red carpet & open door from Abbott & his goons.
Gddammit 🖕🏼
lonely bird
(1,685 posts)We worship entrepreneurs who are wealthy by equating them to being great. In the case of Musk he is an extractor. If California is so expensive to live then pay your people more. This is not about the cost of living in California. This is about Musk and extraction.
I know I annoyed some people before over Musk and SpaceX but
Fuck Elon Musk.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Start Date 2022.
Tesla is building a lithium hydroxide refinery in Texas for its Cybertruck factory.
A recent report from market intelligence publisher Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has revealed that Tesla is poised to build a lithium hydroxide chemical plant in Texas. The lithium hydroxide refinery will reportedly be situated in Texas, and it will be used to feed the upcoming Cybertruck Gigafactory.
The spodumene conversion facility will be built adjacent to Gigafactory Texas, and based on Benchmark Minerals report, the facility has a target date of Q4 2022 for its start of operations. This is a notably aggressive timeframe for such a facility, though it is something distinctly Tesla. Ultimately, the lithium hydroxide refinery will add to Teslas plans to set up a cathode facility in Texas, which Elon Musk has described as part of the electric car makers cell production plan.
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The upcoming conversion/refining plant will turn hard rock spodumene ore into lithium hydroxide, which is used directly in battery cells. It should be noted that prior to Teslas battery efforts, this process has traditionally been performed in China using spodumene thats sourced from Australia. In its report, Benchmark Minerals noted that Tesla will be using a hydrometallurgical process to turn its spodumene ore into lithium hydroxide, effectively eliminating the use of sulphuric acid. This process, however, remains untested in the commercial scale.
Interestingly enough, a recent announcement from Australian mining firm Piedmont Lithium has revealed that Tesla has signed a five-year deal to acquire spodumene from a mine in North Carolina. In its press release, Piedmont noted that its Tesla deal represents about one-third of the expected 160,000 tonnes per annum thats expected to be produced at its North Carolina mine.
This deal will likely supply Tesla with 8,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide a year, starting between July 2022 and July 2023.
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HELLO TEXAS!
lonely bird
(1,685 posts)It is new and as your link noted has not been scaled.
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/assessing-the-environmental-impact-of-spodumene-mining-and-processing/14157/
The above discusses the currently used process. The writer notes that processing of spodumene has been done in China to basically push environmental issues into a black hole.
Budi
(15,325 posts)The key message of this discussion is that if lithium is going to be a mainstay of our global economy, we must be focused on the environmental impact of our lithium production industry, which is now in its infancy.
I like how the article spoke of the process.
I already hate Lithium mining & the exploitation & secrecy of the process & its impact.
It is as exploitable as petroleum, with its own toxic environmental hazards. Until someone sounds the alarm & media tells the truth of Lithium, Musk will continue to enjoy the image of the Capatalist who saved the environment.
This article takes on the reality of Lithium.
👍🍃Excellent read.
Bookmarked
Hekate
(90,616 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Hekate
(90,616 posts)Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)I say this even though I don't trust him on much of anything.
I believe people like Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were not the nicest people either.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Periods of high achievement in the arts and sciences have often been periods of authoritarian government, inequality, exploitation.
You don't build the cathedral of Notre Dame by feeding the poor.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)ecstatic
(32,677 posts)where psychos can roam freely with any gun they want (no license required), and where women are told what to do with their own bodies. What the hell is Musk thinking? He's unhinged and needs to be replaced.