- Newsom said, “It’s a point of pride — always has been — that Tesla is a California company, started right here.” Musk went on to note the California governor was “one of the first people to buy a Tesla Roadster back in the day.”
- Despite his move to Texas, Musk’s business empire has maintained a significant footprint in California.
- The billionaire said during the presser that Tesla’s manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, is “the highest-output automotive plant in North America” and is set to churn out roughly 600,000 cars this year.
