# Tesla looks at Mexico **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** tesla\ **Created:** [February 1, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894 "2023-02-01T16:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/1 "2023-02-01T16:16:37Z")
… as their next site for an assembly plant: > **[Tesla Is Closing in on Mexico](https://jalopnik.com/tesla-is-closing-in-on-mexico-1850056281)** > > Tesla is edging towards building a plant in Mexico for major cost savings on EV production. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/2 "2023-02-01T16:41:43Z")
It seems as if chaos never ends with Musk . He has made a mess out of so many things . Putting a lot of people out of work to move to Mexico is just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/3 "2023-02-01T16:58:57Z")
Musk complains about cali but Tesla has billion dollar facility there. They going to move it? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/4 "2023-02-01T16:59:09Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > He has made a mess out of so many things He has also made a huge success out many things as well. > [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > Putting a lot of people out of work to move to Mexico This doesn’t replace a US plant, it is additional production capacity. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/5 "2023-02-01T21:11:34Z")
Musk had to know building a multi billion plant in cali would be a s\*\*tshow. Why did he do that? Taxes, unions, state regulators and so on. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/6 "2023-02-02T00:25:20Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > Why did [Musk build first Tesla production plant in Calif] ? I expect he needed start-up investors, and Calif is where many green-tech investors are located. Add to that, a manufacturing plant that was already configured to make cars was vacant and available. Originally it was a GM/Toyota joint venture plant, same plant where my oft-mentioned Corolla was manufactured. I expect that plant’s work will eventually move elsewhere, same as GM/Toyota did. I think most American-sold Corollas are built in Texas these days. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/7 "2023-02-02T11:57:52Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I expect he needed start-up investors, and Calif is where many wealthy greenie eco zealot whackos are located. Fixed that for ya George, 😉 you’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-looks-at-mexico/188894/8 "2023-02-02T15:22:03Z")
As a follow on, Musk did not build a plant, he took over the NUMMI plant and modified it for Tesla. He paid Toyota $42 million and Toyota agreed to buy $50 million for Tesla stock in the first IPO. That seems like a pretty good deal and allowed him to get into business much faster than if he tried to build a greenfield site.