Tesla picks Texas site for second US vehicle assembly plant

Tesla has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. The company will build on a 2,100-acre tract in Travis County and will get more than $60 million in tax breaks from the county and a local school district. The new factory will build Tesla’s upcoming Cybertruck pickup. It also will be a second U.S. factory for the Model Y small SUV. The region that’s home to the University of Texas at Austin and tech companies su