To add to this, there are two active automotive manufacturing plants that exist in Texas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Motor_vehicle_assembly_plants_i

To add to this, there are two active automotive manufacturing plants that exist in Texas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Motor_vehicle_assembly_plants_in_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Motor_vehicle_assembl.... What this means is there is already a presence of skilled labor in this field that Tesla can pull from.