Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday he had left California after a heated squabble earlier this year with local authorities, who ordered one of his auto factories closed to stop the spread of Covid-19.
"Yes, I have moved to Texas," he told a conference organized by The Wall Street Journal.
Musk justified the move by saying he needed to be closer to two of his biggest projects: the development of rockets by his company SpaceX in the southern part of the state, and construction of a Tesla automobile plant near state capital Austin.
Texas also offers a