EV Fan
09-16-2014, 08:53 AM
http://www.electricvehicleparade.com/storage/post-images/140227gigafactory_001.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSI ON=1410564633787It was announced today that the Nevada legislature passed the requisite bills to start building the world's biggest lithium-ion battery plant.
In a Fortune article, "The Nifty Perk for Tesla in Nevada's Gigafactory Deal (http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2014/09/10/the-nifty-perk-for-tesla-in-nevadas-gigafactory-deal/)," before the state bills were passed, a 'free market' perk for Tesla was revealed (more local news coverage at the bottom).
The perk allows Tesla to sell cars directly to the consumer in the state.
I find it interesting that most of the time when a big company moves operations that the jobs component is really the beginning and end to the story. However, Tesla Motors is a different beast as from the comments in the recent Bloomberg story, "Why Musk is Building Batteries in the Desert When No One is Buying (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-11/why-musk-is-building-batteries-in-a-desert-when-no-one-is-buying.html)," about the Gigafactory shows.
More... (http://www.electricvehicleparade.com/blog/2014/9/12/nevada-legislation-reveals-free-market-perk-for-tesla.html)
In a Fortune article, "The Nifty Perk for Tesla in Nevada's Gigafactory Deal (http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2014/09/10/the-nifty-perk-for-tesla-in-nevadas-gigafactory-deal/)," before the state bills were passed, a 'free market' perk for Tesla was revealed (more local news coverage at the bottom).
The perk allows Tesla to sell cars directly to the consumer in the state.
I find it interesting that most of the time when a big company moves operations that the jobs component is really the beginning and end to the story. However, Tesla Motors is a different beast as from the comments in the recent Bloomberg story, "Why Musk is Building Batteries in the Desert When No One is Buying (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-11/why-musk-is-building-batteries-in-a-desert-when-no-one-is-buying.html)," about the Gigafactory shows.
More... (http://www.electricvehicleparade.com/blog/2014/9/12/nevada-legislation-reveals-free-market-perk-for-tesla.html)