Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has teased his Twitter followers with a potential Gigafactory in Texas.
In a pole recently shared on Twitter, Musk asked his fans if they want a “Giga Texas.” The pole attracted 305,724 votes with 80 per cent of people voting for “Hell yeah” and 20 per cent voting for “Nope.” Rumors amped up later in the day when Musk briefly changed his Twitter bio location to Austin, Texas.
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This could all mean nothing but senior vice president of economic development at the Austin Chamber of Commerce, Charisse Bodisch, recently told KVUE that the city was open to having a conversation with the entrepreneur.
“We know the rumors are out there. I mean, how can you miss it? I mean, seriously. It’s being tweeted everywhere. So, Elon, come on over, let’s have a little chat.”
Giga Texas?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2020
Tesla currently has two Gigafactories in the United States. The first and largest of the two is located in Nevada while the second is found in Buffalo, New York. This second site focuses on Tesla’s energy products like solar panels.
Elsewhere, Tesla recently commenced production of the Model Y at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China and in November, confirmed that its first European Gigafactory will be located in Berlin, Germany.
Musk recently announced an AI hackathon and that Tesla is looking for world-class chip designers to join its Autopilot team in Palo Alto, California or Austin, Texas. Interestingly, Texas has banned the sales of Tesla vehicles and last year tried to prevent the company from servicing cars in the state so it remains to be seen how open it would be to a Tesla factory.
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