California Tesla Sedan Factory: Where?

[mt2]

Tesla closer to Downey deal, councilman says - Press-Telegram

Previous project sites in San Jose and New Mexico fell through after announcements were made.

Glad they threw that in. How far along do they have to be before we know it's for sure?

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Model S factory: what's the holdup?

Hi all, I realize that I'm probably getting a tad impatient and should learn to live with the 2+ year wait to own a Model S :smile: but, was just wondering why there has been no decision made yet on the location of the factory - Downey vs Long Beach ? - despite the Fed loan being a done deal and everything? Is the IPO filing a distraction?

 

[Iz]

They were trying to get the best deal from each municipality.

Look through previous postings. There was an issue with Downey and concerns regarding toxic dump sites.

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/tesla-motors/1310-california-tesla-sedan-factory-where-21.html

It will be a long 2-year wait for all of us.

 

[jimbayne]

The need to finalize a place. It's taking too long and everyone is talking about vaporware, or vaporcar in this case.

It shouldn't take this long. If they don't like either location there are lots of empty buildings all over the country, or world for that matter.

Time to fish or cut bait!

 

[dpeilow]

Tesla gets leasing OK from Downey planning commission - Press-Telegram


Over two months since we posted in this thread...

 

[AnOutsider]

well, they had more important things to do, like making a roadster with mis-matched mirror caps

 

[Cobos]

Even though AnOutsider is slightly sarcastic I do feel he did struck some truth. I can understand that Tesla really wants to start selling the Roadster now that they can deliver them pretty fast, but for me as a Model S person I really want more Model S info.

Cobos

 

[vfx]

Tesla gets leasing OK from Downey planning commission - Press-Telegram

If Tesla and IRG agree on a lease, Downey Studios would probably close, city officials said.

It would be sad to see the city backlot street go away.

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Built for

Christmas with the Kranks

Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 100 mins

Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julie Gonzalo, Dan Aykroyd, Jake Busey, Felicity Huffman,

Directed by: Joe Roth
Written by Chris Columbus

Country: United States
Year Released: 2005



Premise
A couple scramble to put together a holiday celebration after their daughter decides to come home for Christmas after all. Based on a book by John Grisham.

"Christmas with the Kranks," a wholly Midwestern affair focused almost entirely on a single street in suburban Chicago, was filmed in a former Boeing aircraft factory in Downey, Calif., 15 miles east of Los Angeles.
This is, of course, quite unremarkable - save for the fact that the filmmakers preferred to shoot in a genuine heartland neighborhood but, after scouting locations from Illinois to Minnesota, simply couldn't find one genuine enough.

You just had to get aluminum siding, didn't you?

No matter. From set to stunts, "Christmas with the Kranks" is phony, disingenuous family entertainment, suffocated by its green bean casserole approach to Middle America, spineless cardboard characters and paper-thin plot "twists."

Directed by Joe Roth and based on a novel by legal eagle John Grisham, it's the tale of reluctant empty nesters Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis), whose daughter Blair leaves home the day after Thanksgiving for a stint in the Peace Corps. (Never mind that Barbie-blond Blair looks more designer than do-gooder, Luther and Nora obviously raised that girl right.)

With the kid off doing peace-y things, Luther gets the bright idea to funnel funds normally committed to holiday hoopla into a couples Caribbean cruise (departure date: Dec. 25) and prods his wife, the personification of Christmas Past in her appliqu茅 sweater vests, to - Jesus, Mary and Joseph! - skip Christmas this year.

Yep, you read it right.

Bail on Christmas. Snub Santa. Kick Rudolph to the curb.

The Kranks' Hemlock Street neighbors are as appalled as you are, the most vocal among them cul-de-sac captain Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd), who orchestrates a community-wide campaign to free Frosty, the Styrofoam snowman imprisoned in the Kranks' basement.

Committed to withstanding the pressures of the season, the Kranks have their funny moments: Curtis is quite the physical comedian as she dives for her grocer's last honey ham, and Allen does a great bit on the perils of Botox as he and Nora beautify for their upcoming vacation.

But while the film dangles in front of us the prospect of bona fide holiday cynicism and a non-responsive Secret Santa, it quickly reveals itself as just another scam in this sugar-shellacked season.

Christmas cranks, look elsewhere for your fix. Like out your genuine window.

http://www.downeydailyphotos.com/2010/03/beauty-is-only-skin-deep.html

 

[aviators99]

Tesla electric car plant OK'd by Downey planning commission

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14755946

 

[ChrisC]

I don't know what's wrong with aviators99's link above but it cratered pretty badly for me. These should work.

http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14755863
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14755946
(both stories are essentially identical)
http://www.mercurynews.com/circare/html/sca_template.jsp?runSearch=true&query=tesla

It's good to have the tiniest amount of progress on this, even if this news is apparently from a week ago. I guess they have creep mode enabled on this process!

 

[Iz]

Hope TM knows what they are doing (and perhaps risking) given the toxic site discussions earlier.

 

[TEG]

The Downey Patriot - Downey Studios will remain open city says

 

[vfx]

The Downey Patriot - Downey Studios will remain open city says

In fact, the well known Suburban Street is not included in the new tenant’s plans and will remain open until that portion of the site is redeveloped.

Yay








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[tdelta1000]

Here's a link to the Downey Commission Meeting Agenda:TheTeslaMotors Ruling

 

[tdelta1000]

Here's a link to the Downey newspaper with an update on the Tesla plans.
The Downey Patriot - Tesla seeks 51 acres of land UPDATED

Here the updated info:http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_14750903

 

[dpeilow]

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/04/26/daily67.html

 

[Iz]

Tesla Motors Inc. has chosen a mass production plant on the West Coast and will announce the location in the next few weeks

Keeping us in suspense!!

 

[Todd Burch]

Good news. I assume that "in a few weeks" means *after* the IPO.

 

[cpk]

Tesla will announce the location of its West Coast Plant

Tesla Motors will announce within a few weeks which plant it has chosen to produce its electric vehicles
it will hire about 60 people, particularly specialists in vehicle engineering and production
more on http://www.auto-power-girl.com/cars...announce_where_the_model_s_will_be_built.html

 

[AnOutsider]

"Tesla will hire 50 to 60 people a month, particularly specialists in vehicle engineering and production."