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The state of Nevada has been fairly generous to startup electric-car makers that pledge to establish manufacturing operations within its borders. After offering a generous incentive package several years ago, the Silver State landed Tesla's lithium-ion battery "Gigafactory," which is now up and running just outside Reno. Then it lured the Chinese-backed startup Faraday Future and its planned assembly plant, which broke ground in North Las Vegas last year. CHECK OUT: Faraday Future vs Nevada treasurer: electric cars vs taxpayer protection (Jul 2016) That plant is now stalled amidst reports of...
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Colorado, Nevada, Utah to collaborate on electric-car charging network
Much of the U.S. innovation in electric-car incentives and infrastructure has come not from the federal government but from one or more states, especially California. With the decision years ago to let states either comply with national emission standards or adopt the stiffer California rules, both...
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Faraday Future halts factory work, hopes to resume early 2017 (update)
Work on Faraday Future's Nevada factory has stopped.
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Faraday Future imperils electric-car factory, misses payment to contractor
Faraday Future missed payments to lead contractor AECOM.
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Faraday Future vs Nevada treasurer: electric cars vs taxpayer protection
Self-made millionaires often possess an innate belief that they can create products and companies where none existed before. But with companies come factories, and with factories come tax breaks, and with tax breaks come inconvenient questions from government officials. Which is how Faraday Future...
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Elon Musk vs Warren Buffett: how two titans see carbon-free electricity
Companies backed by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett battle over solar power in Nevada.
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Last night's Tesla Model 3 electric car unveiling is getting all the attention today, with at least 135,000 reservations booked for the car. But to get the $35,000 Model 3 out the door with the announced 215-mile range, a generation of lithium-ion cells will be required for its battery. And that's where the massive gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada, comes in. WATCH THIS: Tesla Model 3: video of first ride in prototype $35k electric car To make the numbers on the Model 3 work, it has to have battery cells produced in massive volumes, at costs far lower than the cells Tesla buys from Panasonic...
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Tesla Gigafactory tour: local Reno paper gets to go inside
Local media looks inside the Tesla "Gigafactory."
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Faraday puts up $75 million bond to reassure Nevada on factory
Faraday Future put up a bond after Nevada lawmakers became concerned about its financial state.
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Faraday's Future bumpy; Nevada nervous, first car 'no Tesla'
Company startups are, by their nature, secretive and turbulent places. Toss in a Chinese billionaire or two, a new business model for selling transportation services rather than cars, and the brutal competition in the global auto industry, and you have the recipe for frequent and disruptive change...
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Tesla Gigafactory Jobs, Investments Fell Short Of Projections Last Year
Job growth and capital investments in the Tesla "Gigafactory" project aren't meeting projections, Nevada officials say.
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Test Tracks For Elon Musk's Hyperloop: Now There Are Three!
Three companies all plan to build test tracks for Elon Musk's Hyperloop.
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Faraday Future says it will build an electric-car plant near Las Vegas.
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Faraday Future Plans $1 Billion Electric-Car Factory, Site TBD
Startup Faraday Future says it is looking to build electric cars in the U.S.
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Tesla Adds Nevada Land; Will Gigafactory Be Planet's Biggest Building?
Tesla may be planning to expand its Gigafactory before work is even completed.
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Tesla Battery Gigafactory 'Slightly Ahead Of Schedule': State Officials
The Tesla Gigafactory will open next year, Nevada officials say.
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Tesla Gigafactory: New Photos Show Progress On Battery Plant In Nevada
To be able to build and sell its planned $35,000 Tesla Model 3 electric sedan, Tesla Motors must first build its lithium-ion cell "gigafactory" in Nevada and then test and validate the batteries it produces. But if the latest photos are any indication, work is proceeding rapidly on the huge...
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Tesla Gigafactory Spending: So Far, $50 Million-Plus--And Much More To Come
Tesla has already spent more than $50 million on Gigafactory construction, new analysis says.
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Photos can be deceptive, as any online-dating aficionado will tell you. So it's hard to tell from photographs just how large the lithium-ion cell gigafactory in Nevada that's being built by electric car-maker Tesla Motors will really be. DON'T MISS: Tesla Gigafactory For Electric-Car Batteries: Site Work Continues (Photos) You need some other very large things to compare it to. And that's exactly what EV Obsession has provided, in a post from last September that we'd missed until now. The comparison at the top of this article shows that the Tesla gigafactory is almost the size of Boeing's...
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Tesla Gigafactory For Electric-Car Batteries: Site Work Continues (Photos)
Last September, Nevada governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill granting various tax breaks and incentives to Tesla Motors for construction of its massive battery "gigafactory" outside Reno. Now, photos taken yesterday show that work on the site--empty desert land less than a year ago--is well...
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Feds Should Boost Electric-Car Incentives: Harry Reid, Nevada Senator
Today, most plug-in electric car buyers qualify for a Federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500--but Senator Harry Reid thinks those incentives should be expanded. He proposes to overcome one challenge with that incentive: Buyers must wait up to 15 months to realize the benefit, which they...
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Nevada Governor Signs Tesla Tax Break Bill For Battery Gigafactory
Tesla Motors' battery Gigafactory took another step toward construction with the approval of incentives worth up to $1.3 billion by Nevada lawmakers. Governor Brian Sandoval signed the package of four bills into law one week after announcing that the Silver State would host the first of what could...
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What Will Tesla Gigafactory Cost Nevada? How About $1.3 Billion?
Nevada is expected to offer $1.3 billion to Tesla Motors.
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Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory: Elon Musk, Brothel Owner, State Work Toward Deal
As expected, Tesla Motors announced yesterday afternoon that it would build its first battery gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada. The electric-car maker released platitudinous statements from CEO Elon Musk, Nevada governor Brian Sandoval, and state Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. Much of the business...
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