Musk’s Texas move surprised company staff, California official says

By Romy Varghese and David R. Baker | Bloomberg

Elon Musk’s announcement of Tesla’s office determination from Silicon Valley to Texas was a astonishment to California officials — and to the automaker’s ain section leadership, according to the caput of the state’s bureau of concern and economical development.

“Elon didn’t adjacent archer his team,” California’s Dee Dee Myers said during a property telephone erstwhile asked if the authorities had been informed successful beforehand of Musk’s plans. “We aboriginal talked to the enactment successful his offices successful California, who did not cognize until helium made that announcement.”

Myers noted Tesla’s “enormous investment” successful California, wherever the electrical car-maker was founded. Indeed, during the aforesaid shareholder meeting, Musk, who had personally moved to Texas past year, said that the institution hopes to summation output astatine its Fremont installation successful the Bay Area by 50%.

“I don’t deliberation anybody knows precisely what it means that he’s moving his headquarters,” Myers said. “From the position of California, they’re not going anywhere.”

Tesla has yet to determination to Austin from its Palo Alto base. The institution didn’t respond to a petition for comment.