Sometime in 1966, a real estate agent came to the Austin Chamber of Commerce with a list of questions about the city. But he refused to name his client.The very next day, another agent arrived with the same list of questions but also refused to say who wanted the information.

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State and local leaders began pitching Oklahoma as the best home for Tesla’s new Cybertruck Gigafactory as soon as Elon Musk let it be known he was looking for a place to build in America’s heartland.

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It seems like forever ago that Mayor G.T. Bynum stood at the feet of a new-look Golden Driller and made a pitch for Tulsa to become the home of Tesla’s next manufacturing facility.In fact, it was just five weeks ago. Five weeks of waiting to see whether the electronic-vehicle maker would build its “Cybertruck Gigafactory” in Austin, Texas, or Tulsa.

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Desire is what sets Tulsa apart from Austin, Texas, in the race to land the Tesla factory, a Tulsa Regional Chamber executive said Tuesday.

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In another push to lure Tesla to Tulsa, the Route 66 Alliance is sharing this video of local historian and author Michael Wallis, who voiced the Sheriff in Pixar’s movie “Cars.” He tells how Tulsa’s history is entwined with Route 66, and why Tesla coming to Tulsa is the next chapter in our story.

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With a decision coming within weeks if not days, Tulsa began making one final argument Wednesday to convince Tesla to build a new “Cybertruck Gigafactory” here instead of in the Texas capital.

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DETROIT — Tesla says it delivered more electric vehicles worldwide in the second quarter than it did in the first. The increase came even though coronavirus restrictions forced it to shut down its only U.S. factory for much of the period.

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“The site is very important to Elon. He likes to get a feel for it. He really goes based upon his kind of personal feeling,” Kouplen said. “So that was a big part of it, just letting him experience the drive from downtown to the site.”

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