Tesla to build engineering HQ in California

Tesla is making California nan location of its world engineering headquarters.

CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that Tesla’s caller engineering HQ will beryllium astatine nan erstwhile offices of Hewlett-Packard.

The abrupt rekindling of Tesla’s narration pinch California whitethorn beryllium astonishing aft nan EV-maker up and moved its firm headquarters from Fremont, California to Austin, Texas successful 2021 aft disputes pinch nan authorities complete COVID-19 restrictions. Musk has besides many times criticized California for being over-regulated and burdened pinch precocious taxes.

However, Tesla has maintained operations of its first mill successful Fremont, which still houses galore engineers.

Tesla tweeted that it’s hiring for caller engineering roles successful California, which would beryllium a ample portion of nan logic Newsom is backing nan EV-maker’s finance backmost into nan state. Sources told CNBC that nan attraction will beryllium connected engineers proficient successful investigation improvement and artificial intelligence.

“California prides itself connected being connected nan starring and cutting separator of find and caller ideas and innovation,” said Newsom, noting nan state’s agelong narration pinch Tesla. Newsom said he was excited to activity pinch Tesla to some toggle shape nan automobile manufacture and reenforce California’s manufacturing dominance.

Musk said nan Fremont mill is expected to nutrient much than 600,000 vehicles this year.

Tesla besides said Wednesday that it will attraction artillery compartment accumulation successful nan United States to return advantage of national incentives successful nan Inflation Reduction Act.

Although Tesla is California’s astir celebrated automaker, nan institution has a difficult narration pinch nan state. Tesla is being investigated by nan federal adjacent employment agency and is still successful nan mediate of a suit from nan state’s Civil Rights Department successful respect to complaints from workers that nan Fremont mill is rife pinch group bias and harassment. The CA Department of Motor Vehicles has besides accused Tesla of falsely advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) precocious driver assistance systems.

Tesla is expected to spell further into specifications connected nan announcement connected Wednesday during a scheduled livestream event.