These are the reasons Elon Musk ‘moved’ his businesses from California to Texas during the Covid-19 pandemic

Although not 100% confirmed, it is believed that the South African American businessman, Elon Muskwho is the second richest person in the world, behind only Bernard Arnault, invest $10 billion in Nuevo Leónfor a new Tesla factory.

According to the information revealed by the columnist Mario Maldonado, middle The universal, the tycoon and his group of advisers would have already made the decision to set up the Tesla car production plant in the northern state ruled by Samuel García, of the Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), it is therefore practically certain that on March 1, the announcement would be made official.

The only reason why installing the factory in Nuevo LeonAccording to Maldonado, this is due to a fierce government strategy of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to try to take advantage of this complex as a detonator of the Philip Angeles International Airport (AIFA).

Even on the morning of this Wednesday, the governor Samuel Garcia He anticipated that the installation of a Tesla factory could be announced in the coming days. Asked by the press, García assured that “very good news is coming”, although he did not mention the name of the company due to the confidentiality agreement he signed with Elon Musk the state government, which borders Texas, in the United States.

Tesla Motors is an American company created in 2003 whose head office, initially, in California. Under the command of Elon Musk, it manufactures and markets vehicles, as well as components and batteries for other manufacturers such as the Daimler or Toyota group.

The main objective of Tesla Motors will market all-electric vehicles, including affordable sedans, sports cars and compacts. He Tesla Roadster It was the company’s first vehicle, a fully electric sports car that was the first to use Ion-Lithium, with a range of over 300 kilometers per charge.

As already mentioned, initially the company was based in CaliforniaAl southern United States. However, in October 2021, Musk announced that the luxury electric car maker’s headquarters would move from Palo Alto, IN this state, in Austin, Texas.

Musk justified this decision to move the headquarters by the Highest cost of living for city on the outskirts of San Francisco, and due to difficulties in expanding its facilities. He also said on the occasion that the transfer of Tesla’s headquarters from Palo Alto would not mean the reduction of production at the assembly plant that the manufacturer has in the neighboring city of Fremont.

Integrated Tesla Austin its new large plant for vehicle assembly and battery production.

The businessman, before making the decision to move himself and his business, had expressed his dissatisfaction California and its critics of the state have multiplied since the start of the pandemic.

And it is that Musk came to qualify as “Fascists” and “forced imprisonment” containment orders issued at the beginning of pandemicin March and April 2020, by the authorities, in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the United States.

In May 2020, Musk ignored orders from county officials Alamedawhere the Fremont assembly plant is located, to close the facilities to continue measures against the disease.

Musk had the support of the president at that timeof the United States, Donald Trump, who wrote on his Twitter account that “California should allow Tesla and Elon Musk to open the factory NOW. This can be done quickly and safely.

This same 2020, Musk changed his residence from Los Angeles, where he had lived for 20 years, to Austin. The change allowed the billionaire to significantly reduce what he paid in taxes.