Tesla coming to town?

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3:26p, 5/15/20

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https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/report-tesla-to-build-next-factory-in-austin/amp/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_KXAN_News&__twitter_impression=true

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3:41p, 5/15/20

Texas hasn't had a good nutty billionaire since Howard Hughes. If Musk doesn't want to deal with Alameda county type politicians, he'll avoid Travis county. The smart play would be to buy a neighboring county in toto, incorporate his own city, and make his own rules.

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3:43p, 5/15/20

Wonder if that would do anything to combat the idiotic car dealership laws in this state.

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In reply to Frozen Concoction • 4:16p, 5/15/20

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You forgot about H. Ross Perot

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In reply to Frozen Concoction • 4:54p, 5/15/20

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Frozen Concoction said:
Texas hasn't had a good nutty billionaire since Howard Hughes. If Musk doesn't want to deal with Alameda county type politicians, he'll avoid Travis county. The smart play would be to buy a neighboring county in toto, incorporate his own city, and make his own rules.

Wonder if his new city will have a hammock district. If so, I'm in.

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5:08p, 5/15/20

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Wow. Will be interesting to see where the final location ends up being.

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In reply to OXDL45 • 5:11p, 5/15/20

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Hopefully way outside of town....like Kyle or Buda

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5:13p, 5/15/20

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Never mind.

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In reply to expresswrittenconsent • 5:54p, 5/15/20

expresswrittenconsent said:
Wonder if that would do anything to combat the idiotic car dealership laws in this state.

Like what? I work at a dealership and genuinely don't know.

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6:02p, 5/15/20

The auto dealership lobby.
Because of them you can't buy a Tesla in Texas.

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In reply to wargograw • 7:30p, 5/15/20

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Like liquor stores they have arcane laws forcing consumers to pay higher prices. They spend a lot of money to keep it that way.

As for Tesla they should bring some good jobs this way. Welcome news

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In reply to expresswrittenconsent • 5:39p, 5/17/20

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expresswrittenconsent said:
The auto dealership lobby.
Because of them you can't buy a Tesla in Texas.

And a whole lot of other states. As a rep at one of their stores told me "All I can sell you is a hat or a t-shirt".

They do make it super easy to buy online though, it's been interesting to see the laws have little effect on their business.