It was a short run in Texas for Tesla.
Elon Musk moved the company’s engineering headquarters to Austin in 2020, but announced this week it would be returning to the Golden State, at a former Hewlett-Packard site.
Musk said per the Dallas Morning News, “We’re excited to announce that Tesla’s global engineering headquarters will be right here in the former headquarters of Hewlett-Packard.
“This is a poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley to Tesla.”
Prior to the move to Texas, Musk criticized California’s “sour business climate and economic environment” for his decision to move Tesla HQ to Austin.
“If a team is winning for too long, they tend to get complacent,” Musk said in December 2020. “California has been winning for a long time, and I think they’re taking it for granted.”
Musk announced the move back to California in a joint statement with California governor Gavin Newsom, who said that he’s aware California can’t be complacent, even if its economy would be one of the world’s largest.
“I recognize the world we invented is now competing against us,” the governor said. “You can’t rest on your laurels.”