Elon Musk Considered Building a Tesla Factory in Dallas but Decided City Is ‘Too Texas'
Elon Musk contemplated various cities including Dallas to be the site of a new Tesla factory before eventually settling on Austin. Musk reportedly ...
Elon Musk contemplated various cities including Dallas to be the site of a new Tesla factory before eventually settling on Austin. Musk reportedly deemed Dallas to be 'too Texas,' according to Walter Isaacson's new biography. Dallas News reports that in the search for a suitable location for Tesla's new car factory, a myriad of cities were put under the microscope by Elon Musk and his team. The journey, meticulously detailed in Walter Isaacson's book Elon Musk, unveils the decision-making process that led to the establishment of the company's factory in Austin, Texas, a facility that currently provides employment to over 12,000 individuals.