Tesla says manufacturing plant will be in the United States ; 20,000 of jobs possible . The all-electric Model sedan will go for a base price of about $ 50,000 . Lockheed 's challenge : Recently though , the economic downturn has forced Tesla to delay production of their would-be flagship Model S until 2011 . Will consumers pay that much for a car in recessionary times ? The company hopes to make 20,000 Model Model sedans a year .
Tesla says manufacturing plant will be in the United States ; 20,000 of jobs possible . The all-electric Model sedan will go for a base price of about $ 50,000 . Lockheed 's challenge : Will consumers pay that much for a car in recessionary times ? The company hopes to make 20,000 Model Model sedans a year .