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Tesla Inc. is zeroing in on an area in southeast Austin, Texas, for the electric-car maker’s second US auto factory as Elon Musk prepares to choose a site for production base of a new pickup truck.
The company has filed an application with an Austin-area school district in Travis County seeking a tax abatement, according to publicly filed documents. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer, announced in March the Silicon Valley-based carmaker has begun scouting for sites to produce its Cybertruck, which is still in development, and Model Y crossover for customers on the East Coast.
“Tesla is evaluating the possible
