Could Texas be an electric vehicle hub? FacebookTwitterEmail Machinery at the Tesla factory under construction on Harold Green Road and State Highway 130 in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Tesla Inc.'s new factory in Austin, Texas, won’t build only the Cybertruck: State filings suggest the company also plans to make batteries on site as part of an ambitious strategy to further integrate its supply chain. Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/BloombergBronte Wittpenn / Bloomberg WASHINGTON - The push to clean up the world's energy sector to fight climate change has always presented an existential threat to oil and gas producing regions like Texas.