TESLA EYES MAKING OWN BATTERIES IN CALIFORNIA

Tesla Inc. is planning to expand a battery-research facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, adding manufacturing capabilities that would run 24 hours a day. The electric-car maker laid out its plans in documents filed with the city of Fremont, Calif., where the facility is located. It’s near Tesla’s auto factory and would employ 470 workers. The plans were filed earlier this year but surfaced weeks after CEO Elon Musk, in a contentious battle with Alameda County over coronavirus orders, threatened to yank the company’s headquarters from the Golden State. Even as Tesla opened new factories in Nevada and China and is now negotiating for one in Texas, it has steadily expanded its Fremont auto plant and snapped up satellite facilities nearby. The Fremont plans signal Tesla may begin making its own battery cells.