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I love what Tesla does in general, but ... is this really news? BMW is Bavaria's biggest auto-industry employer. Microsoft is Redmond's biggest IT employer. It

I love what Tesla does in general, but ... is this really news? BMW is Bavaria's biggest auto-industry employer. Microsoft is Redmond's biggest IT employer. It's because the headquarters are located in that particular area. Edit: now that the title/URL has changed it seems slightly more relevant.

11thEarlOfMar 12y ago
It is news because there used to be a large auto industry in California. Ford operated a huge factory in Milpitas, for example. The real news is that to some extent, manufacturing is coming back to California.
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- ulfw 12y ago
  Fact is manufacturing all moved out of California. Tesla is still a boutique small little tech outfit. Who knows if they'd be manufacturing in California when they're the size of Ford/GM/Toyota
  - btgeekboy 12y ago
    A bit of background on this: until 2010, Toyota and GM jointly operated a factory in Fremont, CA, called NUMMI[1]. When the plant closed, Tesla bought part of it, which is now where the Model S is produced. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI
    - ulfw 12y ago
      Yes. I know NUMMI. We did a field trip there once. It's an old GM factory from the 60s that transitioned to Toyota co-ownership because they needed to built cars in the US to get around import taxes and GM needed to get their employees, who (according to your link were) At the time of its closure "considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States". Still doesn't change the fact that when Tesla is the size of GM/Toyota etc, running tens of plants, I doubt any (besides maybe old NUMMI) will be based out of California.
  - withdavidli 12y ago
    Here's a video of a National Geographic special about Tesla and the portion of their plans on buying the Fremont site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109v4zygeEM&t=33m20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109v4zygeEM&t=33m20s It might not be at a scale of the other manufacturers, but there are plans to make more affordable cars.
sremani 12y ago
The interesting thing is it happened even before Toyota moved its North American Headquaters to Plano, TX.

11thEarlOfMar 12y ago

It is news because there used to be a large auto industry in California. Ford operated a huge factory in Milpitas, for example. The real news is that to some extent, manufacturing is coming back to California.

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ulfw 12y ago
Fact is manufacturing all moved out of California. Tesla is still a boutique small little tech outfit. Who knows if they'd be manufacturing in California when they're the size of Ford/GM/Toyota
- btgeekboy 12y ago
  A bit of background on this: until 2010, Toyota and GM jointly operated a factory in Fremont, CA, called NUMMI[1]. When the plant closed, Tesla bought part of it, which is now where the Model S is produced. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI
  - ulfw 12y ago
    Yes. I know NUMMI. We did a field trip there once. It's an old GM factory from the 60s that transitioned to Toyota co-ownership because they needed to built cars in the US to get around import taxes and GM needed to get their employees, who (according to your link were) At the time of its closure "considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States". Still doesn't change the fact that when Tesla is the size of GM/Toyota etc, running tens of plants, I doubt any (besides maybe old NUMMI) will be based out of California.
- withdavidli 12y ago
  Here's a video of a National Geographic special about Tesla and the portion of their plans on buying the Fremont site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109v4zygeEM&t=33m20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109v4zygeEM&t=33m20s It might not be at a scale of the other manufacturers, but there are plans to make more affordable cars.

sremani 12y ago

The interesting thing is it happened even before Toyota moved its North American Headquaters to Plano, TX.