Posted on 06/11/2015 7:02:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Fast-growing Tesla Motors has leased a Fremont building once occupied by Solyndra before the solar company’s high-profile implosion, the Silicon Valley Business Times reported Thursday.
The 500,000-square-foot facility, at 901 Page Ave., was the last of Solyndra’s former buildings to remain empty. Seagate Technologies snapped up Solyndra’s main factory — built with $528 million in federal loans — in 2012. And earlier this year, SolarCity leased a two-building Solyndra complex at 47700 Kato Rd. Tesla CEO Elon Musk chairs SolarCity’s corporate board.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...
Convenient and probably a steal for Musk. Hopefully it turns out better for him than Solyndra but I wouldn’t bet money on it.
there’s still a lot of empty tiltup buildings around..
he probably got a pretty good deal.. considering the smell that hits that area from time to time..-)
Building owner likes to lease to taxpayer leeches.
Filed under “epic failure”
A perfect fit. Exchange one leech for another.
Tesla thinks Solyndra didn’t ask for enough subsidies
The Model X has gullwing doors... What happens if it rolls over? Does it have explosive bolts like the new Mercedes gullwing?
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$$$$$$$
Left Over or New?
Either way it used to be Your $$$$$$
Have fun eating that
TT
Speaking of the late not so great Soyndra: has there ever been an audit to try to find out where all the money went?
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