The Nevada Treasurer has been a vocal critic of both the Faraday Future deal and Tesla's
Gigafactory incentive package.
Not exact matches
When electric - car maker Tesla touched off a multistate bidding war for its
Gigafactory battery plant last year, most of the attention focused on the tax breaks and other
incentives states were offering.
The State of Nevada previously offered $ 1.3 billion in
incentives to Tesla Motors when it decided to set up the $ 4 billion
gigafactory just outside Sparks, Nevada.
When Tesla moved into the state for its
Gigafactory, records show the automaker requested confidential treatment from the Nevada governor's office of economic development for certain items related to its request for tax
incentives, though it's not clear to what extent.
«Producing our forward - looking and fully - connected electric vehicles not only requires the latest technology, but the right community partner,» says Faraday SVP Nick Sampson in the release; it's likely that municipal and state
incentives will play a big role, just as they did in Tesla's selection of Nevada for the
Gigafactory.
This puts considerable pressure on the startup to show that it means business, particularly in light of Nevada's big bet: Faraday is building in Nevada to capitalize on tax
incentives, just as Tesla is doing with the
Gigafactory.