<p>Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc will make its global engineering headquarters in California, Chief Executive <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/elon-musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a> and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Tesla in December 2021 moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, where it is operating a new car factory. Musk's SpaceX rocket company also has a launch site in the southern tip of Texas.</p>.<p>Billionaire Musk himself moved from Los Angeles to the Lone Star State, which does not have state income tax.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/dissecting-elon-musk-s-tweets-memes-jokes-private-parts-and-an-echo-chamber-1193678.html" target="_blank">Dissecting Elon Musk’s tweets: memes, jokes, private parts and an echo chamber</a></strong></p>.<p>But the company's first factory was in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fremont, and Musk said on Wednesday that it would produce more than 600,000 vehicles this year.</p>.<p>California remains a key source of talent for tech companies, and the Tesla engineering headquarters will be in a former Hewlett Packard building in Palo Alto. "This is a poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley to Tesla," Musk said.</p>.<p>Musk previously criticized California for "overregulation, overlitigation, overtaxation."</p>.<p>The billionaire's relationship with California was rocky at times. In 2020, for instance, he threatened to move Tesla's headquarters and future programs to Texas during a dispute over the closure of the EV maker's Fremont factory due to Covid-19.</p>
<p>Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc will make its global engineering headquarters in California, Chief Executive <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/elon-musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a> and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Tesla in December 2021 moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, where it is operating a new car factory. Musk's SpaceX rocket company also has a launch site in the southern tip of Texas.</p>.<p>Billionaire Musk himself moved from Los Angeles to the Lone Star State, which does not have state income tax.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/dissecting-elon-musk-s-tweets-memes-jokes-private-parts-and-an-echo-chamber-1193678.html" target="_blank">Dissecting Elon Musk’s tweets: memes, jokes, private parts and an echo chamber</a></strong></p>.<p>But the company's first factory was in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fremont, and Musk said on Wednesday that it would produce more than 600,000 vehicles this year.</p>.<p>California remains a key source of talent for tech companies, and the Tesla engineering headquarters will be in a former Hewlett Packard building in Palo Alto. "This is a poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley to Tesla," Musk said.</p>.<p>Musk previously criticized California for "overregulation, overlitigation, overtaxation."</p>.<p>The billionaire's relationship with California was rocky at times. In 2020, for instance, he threatened to move Tesla's headquarters and future programs to Texas during a dispute over the closure of the EV maker's Fremont factory due to Covid-19.</p>