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09-19-2008, 11:13 AM
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#41 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Quote:
Originally Posted by graham  Apparently Richmond had also been considered for the new assembly plant: | I originally thought the plant would be somewhere on the East Bay like Richmond since it's typically cheaper out there. But San Jose is definitely higher profile, since that name is synonymous with Silicon Valley and "high tech," as cheesy as that might sound to locals. The proposed plot is a great location even if you do get the occasional stink from the waste treatment plant and the shallow briny areas of the Bay.
It's actually pretty close to the NUMMI plant in Fremont (seen here). Looks like NUMMI actually has a track. Though it's a bit boring. Just a drag strip with gentle loops at the ends. Hmmm... looks like they even have a train station right there for freight.
Here's some more local TV coverage of the San Jose Tesla plant. cbs5.com - Video Library cbs5.com - Video Library http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6398228 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6397226 http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?t...nel=1274168794
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09-21-2008, 10:08 AM
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09-21-2008, 04:04 PM
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#43 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | A little more info on the part of the deal made with the State on the new plant: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2008/09...en-investments Quote:
Lockyer also described how the state reached deep into its arsenal for a little-known tool to convince Tesla Motors to build its electric sports cars in San Jose.
The Alternative Energy Advanced Transportation Financing Authority had never been used. It allowed the state to waive the sales tax on $100 million worth of Tesla's manufacturing equipment. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called it the best-kept secret in California.
"It was in the drawer somewhere," Lockyer said. "I dusted it off and now we're going to put it to work."
The deal made sense because the amount of money pumped into the state economy from Tesla's plant will exceed the tax break. That won't, however, always be the case.
| Both California and San Jose are gambling on the long shot of Tesla succeeding big with the Model S and beyond. I hope they do not disappoint.
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09-24-2008, 03:59 PM
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#44 | | Head Moderator
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10-05-2008, 06:53 PM
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#45 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | For those local to the bay area: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_1...nclick_check=1 Quote:
SAN JOSE
What: City Council
When and where: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, San Jose City Hall Council Chambers, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose
TESLA: The council will consider approval of a land deal to bring Tesla Motors' new electric car manufacturing plant to the city.
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10-08-2008, 12:18 AM
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#46 | | Super Moderator
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10-08-2008, 01:15 AM
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#47 | | Head Moderator
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Originally Posted by dpeilow | The important part was here: "Approved ... was a Memorandum of Understanding with Tesla Motors to locate its headquarters and manufacturing facility in San Jose." cbs5.com - Future Of Tesla's San Carlos Operations Unclear Quote:
Tesla Motors Inc. expects to retain corporate offices in the city of San Carlos while an assembly plant and corporate campus are constructed in San Jose, but the company is not certain of its future in San Carlos after work is completed, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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"We have never put a time on it officially," Konrad said of moving the corporate base to San Jose. "Our hope is to break ground on the assembly plant next summer, and offices in San Carlos would not be moved until the assembly plant is done."
Konrad said while San Carlos has been a great home to Tesla, the collection of buildings and office spaces downtown are not ideal. Moving operations to one campus will improve communication between departments and other corporate operations, and the lot in San Jose provides enough space for the development, she said.
"Unfortunately for San Carlos, it has been a great home, but the nature of startups is that eventually they need a bigger space," Konrad said.
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10-09-2008, 05:59 PM
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10-13-2008, 03:00 AM
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#49 | | Waiting for P121
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 768 | Did they get their enviromental impact report done as well ? Wasn't this the holdup earlier and they were mostly sure they would get that, but not completely?
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10-13-2008, 07:52 AM
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#50 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | I may be wrong, but I think it is the deal with the city that is final. The Environmental impact is still forthcoming. I vaguely remember that they expect the impact report to be done to allow them to start building by late Spring or the Summer. | |
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