Billionaire Elon Musk has shared a “beautiful” photo of the Tesla headquarters in Texas, which has left many stunned. The Tesla CEO posted the picture on his proprietary social media platform X. The picture, clicked in the morning, is an aerial view of the company headquarters. Soon after, the photo went viral and has been viewed over 4.3 million times.
Picture of Tesla HQ taken this morning pic.twitter.com/qfucSpBK17
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 14, 2024
In the comments section, many users called it “brilliant”, while others wondered if it was generated by AI.
“Beautiful sunrise,” one user wrote.
Gorgeous sunrise.
— Bella (@stockbella) August 14, 2024
Another added: “This looks so pretty!”
This looks gorgeous!
— Gambino (@GambinoXBT) August 14, 2024
“Even planet Earth shows the future Tesla HQ in all its glory,” a third person wrote.
Some questioned whether the image was even real. “So beautiful, I thought it was made by Grok-2,” wrote one user, adding, “Hyperrealistic Gigafactory on Mars in the future.”
So beautiful, I thought it was generated by Grok-2 with the message “Surrealist Gigafactory on Mars in the future”.
— Yuchen Jin (@Yuchenj_UW) August 14, 2024
Another commented, “Isn’t this AI?”
This is not AI????
— Crypto Network (@raffayalvi) August 14, 2024
In December 2021, Tesla officially moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to a large factory in Austin, Texas. The company announced this in a filing with US securities regulators.
The company has relocated from Palo Alto, California to a location called the “Gigafactory” on Harold Green Road near Austin, Texas. Previously, Musk hinted at an imminent move at the company’s annual meeting in October 2021.
In April this year, Reuters reported, citing an internal memo, that Tesla would lay off more than 10% of its global workforce. This came at a time when the company was reportedly grappling with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs).
Elon Musk previously said in a post on X, “About every five years, we need to reorganize and streamline the company for the next phase of growth”.
The company’s number will grow from about 100,000 at the end of 2021 to more than 140,000 at the end of 2023, according to documents filed with U.S. regulators.
