[artichokegrower]

No Elon the state punishes California taxpayers for living in California. The taxpayer has to pony up the cash and give it to the rich environmentally correct elites who can afford $100,000+ Teslas.

[pepsionice]

You have to wonder....here’s this smart guy, and planning for the future. It would have made perfect sense to locate in a state like Georgia, Mississippi or Alabama. You would have gotten a tax-friendly state....low cost of living...etc. Probably 8-percent of the Tesla car cost....connect direct back to business being done in California.

[Cheerio]

In my wildest dreams I cannot understand how anyone lives or does business in Californication in 2018. Run by commies.

[DUMBGRUNT]

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.”

[CptnObvious]

Load ‘Em up the Truck Telsa and move out of Beverly, California that is.

[jjotto]

Live by government interference in free market, die by government interference in free market.

[wmileo]

"doing business in the state is hard enough without a fast-developing labor regulation backed by organizations that want to unionize its Fremont plant."

Just like an elitist. Where has this guy been? He probably thought those middle class folks who have been leaving the state over the past several years are peasants too poor to buy his overpriced taxpayer subsidized cars.

[Professional]

Elon meet Duh

[bmwcyle]

Elon, you help create a problem and you complain about it?

[rktman]

😹. So, are they making Elon put tags on his 'zero emissions" cars stating they are known, in the state of California, to cause cancer?

[Magnum44]

Musk was handed the former Military Fighting Vehicle plant in Freemont by Obama, along with huge (green) tax incentives by Obama. Now that Obama is gone, along with those tax incentives, Musk is realizing what all of the other CA industries have known for years. Without govt freebies, CA is not competitive.

[PapaBear3625]

The Tesla Model 3 starts at $36K. California subsidy for battery powered cars is up $4,500. California can set whatever conditions they want for being eligible for the subsidy.

This is on top of the federal tax credit of up to $7,500.

If subsidies and credits were ended, electric car sales would take a big hit.

[Zeppo]

a rule under development by two state agencies that would require it be certified as a "fair and responsible workplace"

How very Orwellian of those California organized criminal enterprises, um, I mean, those California state government agencies...

(That's what they call 'a distinction without a difference'.)

[mikeus_maximus]

To Mr. Musk: What part of “big government, corporation-hating, anti-capitalist, left wing lunatics” did you not get, smart guy? Did you really think they would leave you alone if you spoke their language, supported their causes, went to their parties, and stroked their egos? Welcome to the reality of the way the world works. I know it’s a shock, because you thought you had it all figured out since you made a lot of money in your life. As it happens, you weren’t paying attention to the important things.

[null and void]

Nevada is close, and you already have a major facility here.

Do the math!

[jiggyboy]

When your business plan depends on government rebates, you’re dancing with the devil. Surprise!