Tesla: 4 states contend for 6,500-job battery plant

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140227/BUSINESS0104/302270132/Tesla-battery-factory

Tesla: 4 states contend for 6,500-job battery plant
8:00 AM, February 27, 2014 |

Tesla Motors said on Wednesday that four states are in contention for a massive new $5 billion plant to build batteries for its next-generation of electric cars.

The electric-car maker released details of its plans for a plant capable of making batteries for 500,000 cars a year and employing up to 6,500 workers.

Tesla says that Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico are finalists for the plant, which would be powered largely by wind and solar energy. It says the plant would occupy up to 1,000 acres and that it is planned to start producing by 2017.

Tesla didn’t pinpoint potential sites in those states, but the Reno Gazette-Journal reported last week that Tesla is interested in a site near Reno-Stead Airport and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. It would be the closest location to Fremont, Calif., where Tesla makes its electric cars.

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1. Texas has the wind