Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers.

The construction site of Tesla's Texas factory is seen via drone on Nov. 29. (Courtesy of Joe Tegtmeyer/Austin American-Statesman) [Ensure you have all the info you need in these unprecedented times.

Tesla will spend over $1 billion to set up its manufacturing footprint in Austin, Texas, and it hopes to be wrapped up by the end of 2021, according to filings with the state.

Tesla is planning to spend more than $1 billion on a new assembly plant in Texas, and plans to complete construction by the end of this year, according to public filings.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed this year that Tesla plans to build batteries near its $1.1 billion vehicle factory in Travis County. "We think, over time, this will be the biggest (battery) cell ...

Tesla has said the plant would be the first of its kind in the United States and could produce a steady supply of a material the company currently imports from other countries. Some industry ...

Tesla Inc. has applied for construction permits to move ahead with more than $700 million in investments on the Austin, Texas, campus of its newest manufacturing plant.

Tesla has said the plant will be among the auto industry’s most water-efficient, but it opens as Austin’s rapid pace of growth, combined with drought conditions in central Texas and what ...

AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Electric car maker Tesla has chosen Texas as the site for its largest auto assembly plant that will employ at least 5,000 workers.