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Electric carmaker selects New Mexico for factory,
Michigan had tried for factory.
February 20, 2007
FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
A California electric carmaker picked Albuquerque, New Mexico, to build a factory that will employ around 400.
Michigan officials had made a last-minute pitch in January to locate the factory in the state after Tesla Motors announced it would locate an engineering center in Rochester Hills that will employ 60.
Tesla selected Albuquerque over locations in Pittsburg, Calif., and Flagstaff, Ariz.
The jobs created in Albuquerque are projected to pay between $24,000 and $100,000 a year, plus benefits and stock options, according to a state of New Mexico news release quoted by the Albuquerque Tribune.
The plant will build a four-door electric-powered sedan called WhiteStar that is projected to run for 250 miles per charge and cost $50,000 to $65,000. The engineers in Rochester Hills will work on the White Star.
Tesla already is building an electric roadster in England that costs $100,000. The car has gone on sale but has not been delivered to customers
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