Reno Selected For Tesla Motors Battery Factory 157
First time accepted submitter Mikenan writes Tesla has finally decided that it will build its battery "gigafactory" in Nevada, sources say. "That's a go, but they are still negotiating the specifics of the contract," a source within the Nevada's governor's office told CNBC Wednesday afternoon. The source noted that it could be a week before the deal is official. Nevada is planning a press conference Thursday in Carson City.
Re:This company would be nowhere without handouts. (Score:5, Interesting)
Tesla is making over 25% profit on every car sold. All of that money is going into growth and expansion. While they get emission credits, they don't rely on them since they are shrinking.
Re:California Betrayed (Score:5, Interesting)
Tesla has the car factor in CA and Elon has a major SpaceX factory there as well.
Betrayed?
Re:Stop Making Up Words! (Score:3, Interesting)
Dude, all the STEM jobs in the world won't matter if they only hire H1B visa holders to work them.
I wonder if Tesla is going to start pushing for Mexico to become the next H1B nation, since the factory will be so close to their border...
Re:That's not what MotherJones says (Score:4, Interesting)
Yea, but the people buying Tesla can afford to pay the full cost. Why are we subsidizing luxury cars for the higher wage earners?
Re:CARson City (Score:5, Interesting)
Point's still valid.
No it isn't. If you want to conserve water, then stop subsidizing wasteful irrigation. Nothing else matters. People have made similar complaints about casinos using water, but for every job created farms use more than thousand times as much water as casinos. We need farms, but we don't need farms in the desert.