[krb]

>Who starts a business today in California? On labor costs alone...I’d be in Georgia or Alabama.

You do manufacturing where the labor is cheaper, but you design where the pool of talent is amazing.

The Bay area of California is simply rich with brilliant engineers and programmers.

[El Gato]

The Bay area of California is simply rich with brilliant engineers and programmers.

Very few of which know jack about electric motors, motor controls, or cars in general. They know computers, software, and maybe communications.

[no-s]

never the less - the gov't imposed a condition which took jobs away from the bay area:

according to terms of the loan guarantee had to find a brownfield site – essentially a former factory it could retrofit — if it wanted to use the government’s guarantee. When it was unable to find an appropriate site in San Jose, it abandoned plans there and focused instead on the LA-area.

All the bay area congresscritters need to have their feet held to the fire on this one!!!! I mean, that is gov't cheese we BayAreasians should be getting! What's wrong with Nancy Pelosi? Darn!!!!