Tesla, Panasonic and a new battery factory

[Onthe405]

BTW, maybe in 10 years, Musk and Tesla will be known more for their batteries and solar than their fancy electric cars...

That's already been announced as Tesla's business plan:

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...ry.html#page=1

[BankruptcyGuy]

From the Murdoch WSJ: "He's figured out that as long as you pick a politically favored industry you can be one of the world's richest men and still get taxpayers to finance your operations and become even richer."

I wonder how many thousands of times the WSJ could have said that about the oil and gas industry but failed to?

They rail against those, too.

I think the OP's question was: is having a Tesla factory something we should compete for? I posit the answer is pretty clearly 'no'.

[BankruptcyGuy]

And on cue:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/elo...ays-2015-06-01

[emu steve]

I don't have a lot of problems with tax subsidies, etc. for NEW things, but moving an automobile factory from MI to S. Carolina isn't 'new', in my book. It's like re-selling a used car.