Perhaps Tesla/Musk is planning to snub these states at the last minute, Christie/NJ-style.
On March 12, 2014 12:33:53 PM CDT, robert winfield <[email protected]> wrote: > >If Arizona is "Really" serious about wanting the gigafactory, the >lawmakers should monitor the financial newswires > >------------------------------------snip----------------------------------- >"While New Jersey is the third state to ban direct sales of Tesla's >vehicles, we find it curious Arizona and Texas are both competing to >host the company's Giga Factory, despite banning Tesla's direct sales >model. >The various state officials asking us through intermediaries to explain >how to improve their competitiveness in the process may want to look at >how amenable their rules are for Tesla's sales model," >---------------------------------snip--------------------------------- > >-------------------------------------------- >On Wed, 3/12/14, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: Tucson going after Tesla's 6,500 new jobs > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 3:55 AM > > > >http://azstarnet.com/business/local/tucson-going-after-tesla-s-new-jobs/article_8780e877-50d4-5e02-b334-3cbc671aa521.html > Tucson going after Tesla's 6,500 new jobs > Mar. 9, 2014 By Gabriela Rico > > [image] FILE - This June 22, 2012 file photo shows a Tesla > Model S outside > the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif. The Tesla Model S > electric sedan is > Consumer Reports’ top pick in this year’s automotive > survey. (AP Photo/Paul > Sakuma, File) > > The city of Tucson has made a formal proposal to become the > home of a $5 > billion “gigafactory” for lithium-ion batteries for > electric cars. > > Tesla Motors Inc.’s planned 10 million-square-foot plant > would need up to > 1,000 acres of land and create about 6,500 jobs. > > Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said land within the city has been > identified with > access to the Union Pacific mainline and the interstates. > > He also said the city has tax incentives to add to whatever > tax incentives > are offered by the Arizona Commerce Authority to lure Tesla > to the state. > > Rothschild said he could not disclose any other information > on the city’s > proposal. > > “But I can say I look forward to meeting with Tesla > officials and impressing > them with what we have to offer,” he said. “Tesla’s > founder wants to put men > on Mars and power the world with solar. All our efforts in > the state ought > to be to bring Tesla to Tucson.” > > “We are the home to the Mars exploratory mission at the > University of > Arizona and known nationally as the Solar City,” > Rothschild said. “I think > Tesla will feel right at home in Tucson.” > > Aside from Arizona, Tesla is looking at sites in Nevada, New > Mexico and > Texas for the plant, the company has said. > > Meanwhile, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith — who is running for > governor — announced > that he had sent Tesla CEO Elon Musk an invitation to visit > Arizona. > > “Arizona is on the short list for electric-car maker Tesla > Motors’ $5 > billion-dollar battery plant along with 6,500 high-value > jobs,” Smith wrote > in an email from his campaign, announcing the invitation. > “The move would > complement Arizona’s aggressive push to make manufacturing > a central > component of our growing economy.” > > While officials from the three other states in the running > for the Tesla > plant have all made statements about Tesla, this is the > first time officials > in Arizona have spoken about the state being considered. > > “We are proud to hear that Arizona is among the > finalists,” the letter to > Musk said. “Tesla can join companies such as Intel, > Boeing, Apple, Raytheon > and Honeywell that have chosen to locate a substantial > manufacturing > presence in our state.” > > The letter goes on to say Arizona has a skilled workforce, > business-friendly > tax structure and quality education. > > “Regardless of where you might choose to locate within > Arizona, you can be > assured that infrastructure will be available to meet your > needs,” it reads. > > Aside from Smith, the current president of the U.S. > Conference of Mayors, > the letter was co-signed by Avondale Mayor Marie Lopez > Rogers, immediate > past president of the National League of Cities. > > It was written on Maricopa Association of Government > letterhead. > > In response to emailed questions, CEO of Tucson Regional > Economic > Opportunities Inc. Joe Snell wrote: “We believe that > Southern Arizona is an > ideal fit for Tesla’s new gigafactory.” > > The key things Tesla has said it needs in a new site are > “innovative > manufacturing, reduction of logistics waste, optimization of > co-located > processes and reduced overhead.” > > Analysts commenting to news outlets in the three other > states have said a > unique-approach proposal would get Tesla’s attention. > > One unique approach is a program called Global Advantage. > > It is a partnership between the University of Arizona Tech > Parks and The > Offshore Group that offers research and development at the > tech park with > manufacturing capabilities in Sonora. The program was > recently endorsed by > the governors of Sonora and Arizona. > > “Global Advantage and the region Arizona-Sonora can bring > a competitive > advantage to Tesla,” said Offshore President Luis Felipe > Seldner III. “This > program distinguishes our region from the states we are > competing with.” > > Offshore owns and operates large industrial parks in Guaymas > and Empalme, > Sonora, and already has clients who are suppliers to Tesla, > he said. > > Seldner said what Telsa wants is available through this > program — the > expertise from the University of Arizona, solar and > renewable energy > initiatives in the region, simplified logistics and access > to every market > by road, rail and sea through the Port of Guaymas. > > “We have exactly what Tesla is looking for,” Seldner > said. > > He said the Arizona Commerce Authority — which has taken > the lead on wooing > Tesla — has not approached Global Advantage about > submitting a proposal. > > Commerce Authority’s CEO Sandra Watson could not be > reached for comment. > > Tesla said it plans to directly invest $2 billion in the new > plant, with the > rest of the $5 billion coming from its partners. > > A company timeline shows Tesla wants to pick the site this > year, construct > the facility in 2015 and begin production by 2017. > > Last week, the company announced plans to add 30 new service > centers and > stores in Europe. The “supercharger” locations will let > Tesla’s Model S cars > travel longer distances, officials said. > > Shares of Tesla stock are up around 600 percent in the past > year. A recent > analysis by Bloomberg News said the company is “the > highest-flying > automobile stock in at least two decades.” > > Musk, the company founder, was born in South Africa and > became a millionaire > in his late twenties when he sold his company Zip2 to Compaq > Computers. He > helped launch PayPal in 2000, founded Space Explorations > Technologies Corp. > in 2002 and Tesla Motors in 2003. > > In 2012, Musk launched the first commercial vehicle to the > International > Space Station. > [© 2014 Arizona Daily Star] > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: >http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: Kia KEB City and KEB Mountain electric bicycles > EVLN: Kauai, HI CCollege electrifies automotive mechanics > (video) > EVLN: 29 BYD e6 EVs added taxi fleet to fight the smog of > Santiago.cl > EVLN: Companies building public EVSE network in China > EVLN: Renault could upgrade owners' EVs > EVLN: Christie's double-dealing Tesla-no-vote> blocks EV > sales in NJ > + > EVLN: Fiat 500e EV> close to perfect > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- >View this message in context: >http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Tucson-going-after-Tesla-s-6-500-new-jobs-tp4668393.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list > archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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