Singapore/San Francisco — With two words and a question mark, Elon Musk dropped a hint Tesla may build another US factory, days after President Donald Trump suggested the CEO owed the country another manufacturing plant.

Musk posted “Giga Texas?” and started a Twitter poll late on Tuesday, referring in shorthand to gigafactory, a term he coined years ago to describe a big plant. As of 2pm New York time on Wednesday, 80% of about 260,000 respondents voted “Hell yeah.” The remainder clicked “Nope.”..

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