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07-02-2008, 06:02 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 21 | California Tesla Sedan Factory: Where?
Where in the Bay Area will the Tesla Sedan factory be built?
Comments I've seen in the recent wave of articles include:
"Elon says it will be located near one of the bridges"
"The CA Sec of Labor said that a Hayward site was evaluated by Tesla and rejected"
"An Enterprise Zone would offer better government benefits"
"Two sites are currently under consideration"
"It will be located as close to the engineering staff as possible."
"It will be located where the 400 employees can afford to live".
It seems to me, a location near a port is best: better access to parts
and easier shipping of products to Asia/Europe. This is especially important
if the small Mercedes contract becomes a big one.
Are the two sites being considered public information? | 
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07-02-2008, 06:59 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,240 | Welcome green01
New game: Where's (Waldo) Whitestar? 
Something else to do with Google maps. | |
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08-09-2008, 09:35 AM
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08-09-2008, 09:59 AM
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#5 | | ERIC VFX
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,652 | "Tesla manufactures its battery pack and assembles its Roadster line in California"
2 out of three facts aint bad..
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08-09-2008, 05:37 PM
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#6 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | A little while ago, during one of the TMC outages, I read or heard some news that the factory would be located in San Carlos. I figured that was just more reporter misunderstanding/misinformation.
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08-13-2008, 12:13 PM
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08-13-2008, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Quote:
Originally Posted by dpeilow  | I saw this earlier and thought about posting it here, but then I realized it didn't have any more info about the Whitestar plant location than the previous article. I did like finding out that Ze'ev at least drives around in a Roadster. | |
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08-13-2008, 03:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | We have seen a few articles about San Jose as a possible manufacturing site for Tesla. Is this because SJ is the leading contender for such a site, or because it is the only city which has said something publicly? I wonder if Tesla is unhappy with San Jose for saying something while negotiations go on elsewhere? Quote: |
I did like finding out that Ze'ev at least drives around in a Roadster.
| Yes, I have been wondering about that too. That Elon and Martin got early production numbers is well known. Where does Ze'ev fit in on the list? Has he ordered one of his own, or does he just plan to permanently drive around one of the company VPs. If he did get in line, does his place jump ahead of others, or will he be getting a 2009 model instead?
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08-15-2008, 05:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | San Jose in talks with Tesla for electric-car plant - San Jose Mercury News Quote:
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City officials and Tesla executives confirmed Thursday [yesterday] that San Jose is on the short list of Bay Area locations for the factory that will build the silent-running, zero-emission electric cars.
That list also includes Vacaville and South San Francisco, said Darryl Siry, a Tesla senior vice president.
"There are discussions," he said. "There is no deal."
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City officials have taken Tesla executives on a tour of several sites in San Jose, including land adjacent to the San Jose Water Pollution Control Plant north of Highway 237 and west of Interstate 880 near Zanker Road. While the other possible sites in San Jose are on private property, the water plant is public land, which is why it's mentioned in city documents. Krutko wouldn't disclose the location of the other possible factory sites.
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Privately, Tesla officials said they hope to make a decision soon, perhaps by month's end.
| I don't think Vacaville is still considered the Bay Area. Would take about 1.5 hours to get there with no traffic. It's conveniently close to Napa, though. 
The spot next to the San Jose Water Pollution Control Plant is a good location. Only about 30 minutes on the highway from San Carlos and only 20 minutes to the airport.
The land in question is at the top-left of this picture: San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant on Flickr - Photo Sharing! 
It might be kinda stinky there, though. I used to work at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC. The base was situated right next to Blue Plains Waste Treatment Plant, and boy did that place reek.
Last edited by doug; 09-17-2008 at 03:35 PM..
Reason: might be stinky
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