Tesla CEO Elon Musk and California governor Gavin Newsom have announced a new global engineering headquarters in California.
In the opening remarks, Musk mentioned it’s a bit of a poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley, Hewlett Packard, to now Tesla. Musk also said that Tesla’s Fremont factory is expected to manufacture 600,000 vehicles in 2023, if all goes well.
Newsom briefly discusses California’s growth over the last few years and how he’s proud to partner with Tesla to continue pioneering innovation and modern day engineering.
“California is the largest manufacturing state–people forget that,” Governor Gavin Newsom explained. “[...] now the fourth largest economy in the world. Eat your heart out, Germany.
“I couldn’t be more proud of California’s commitment to support Tesla over the course of the last few decades,” Newsom adds. “It’s demonstrable in terms of policy; in terms of direction, more broadly. Interestingly, regulation, dare I say, for all its good and evil, depending on which side of it you’re on, but the regulatory framework accelerated investment.”
Elon Musk Announces Tesla's New Engineering HQ
California Engineering HQ—Remarks by Gov. Newsom/Elon Musk https://t.co/DMoY7TYK5O
— Tesla (@Tesla) February 22, 2023
The new office space, which was previously the headquarters for Hewlett Packard, is located in Palo Alto, the city of Tesla’s previous headquarters. After Musk’s debacle with Alameda County’s handling of the COVID-19 response, Musk moved Tesla’s headquarters to Austin, Texas. At the time, Tesla was focusing on its Gigafactory in Austin as well as the Cybertruck.
Despite Musk’s rocky past with California, Tesla continues to invest in California heavily. The state recently surpassed Germany in terms of the strongest world economy. California is also Tesla’s strongest market for electric vehicles.
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Tesla has Gigafactories located in multiple parts of the world, including Sparks, Nevada; Berlin, Germany; Buffalo, New York; and Shanghai, China.
