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the plant was previously owned by General Motors and Toyota

More info for the curious:

The joint GM / Toyota project started in 1984: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI

And the GM Fremont Assembly plant opened in 1962:

This American Life has a great podcast about the manufacturing plant, and how it went from being one of the worst in America to producing the best cars (all pre-Tesla). http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/403/N...