It wasn’t clear if there were any other finalists in the mix. The person didn’t want to be identified because the site selection process is secret.
The electric car maker has said it wants the factory to be in the center of the country and closer to East Coast markets.
The stakes are high for state and local governments. Tesla has said the plant will be larger than its factory in Fremont, California, which employs 10,000 workers.
The Model Y and the Cybertruck would likely be manufactured at the facility, dubbed Terafactory, according to Electrek.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently opened his California plant in defiance of local health rules and tweeted that he was prepared to be arrested.
Musk’s other company, SpaceX, has a launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas near Brownsville, where the interplanetary spacecraft, called Starship has been assembled and undergone some testing.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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