10 Reasons Tesla Should Come to Arizona

Katie Johnson March 4, 2014 6:00AM

Arizona is in the running to be the home of Tesla Motors' "gigafactory," a $4 to $5 billion lithium battery plant that would employ roughly 6,500 people. The high-end electric car company has narrowed down its list of potential locations for the plant to four states including Texas, Nevada, and New Mexico.

While Nevada is closest to the company's manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, and New Mexico may boast better taxes (according to USA Today), we can think of at least 10 reasons why one of the hottest car companies right now should choose the good old Copper State for its new plant.

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