Musk dangles track, car plant in wooing Texas lawmakers

"All I want to do is give the people in Texas the right to choose how they buy their cars," Musk said.

January 15, 2015 05:00 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) -- Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk urged Texas lawmakers on Thursday to ease restrictions on sales of the company's electric luxury cars as he floated the prospect of locating a new car factory or a test facility for his "hyperloop" mass transit concept in the state.

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