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Tesla officially moved its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas CEO Elon Musk announced at the company's 2021 annual shareholder meeting.

In April 2020, on a Tesla earnings call, Musk lashed out at California government officials calling their temporary Covid-related health orders "fascist" in an expletive-laced rant.

In 2020, Musk personally relocated to the Austin area from Los Angeles where he had lived for two decades.

Tesla is moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk announced at the company's shareholder meeting on Thursday.

The meeting took place at Tesla's vehicle assembly plant under construction outside of Austin on a property that borders the Colorado River, near the city's airport.