Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Senator Dianne Feinstein hold a press conference for the opening of Tesla's new manufacturing plant, the former New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), on October 27, 2010. Up until April, the plant had been producing Toyota Corollas and Tacomas, and had been opened as a joint venture between GM and Toyota in 1984.
During the conference, Senator Feinstein talked of the jobs lost by the plant's closing, and how Tesla would begin to restore those jobs. She also spoke of the viability of high-tech manufacturing in California.