After closure, the plant was refurbished and reopened as the more successful NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) joint-venture between GM and Toyota between 1984 and 2010, and later became the Tesla Factory in 2010.

Groundbreaking for the Fremont Assembly plant occurred in September 1961,[2] based on plans from San Francisco architect John Savage Bolles, the designer of Candlestick Park.

[3] The 411-acre (166 ha) plant produced GM A platform vehicles under the Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, and GMC brands for the Western United States.

[5] By the early 1980s, the adversarial relationship had deteriorated to the point where employees drank alcohol, smoked marijuana, were frequently absent (enough so that the production line couldn't be started), and even committed petty acts of sabotage such as putting "Coke bottles inside the door panels, so they'd rattle and annoy the customer."

[5] Partially demolished (south end and water tower), the remaining plant was refurbished and was used for the more successful NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) joint-venture between GM and Toyota between 1984 and 2010[5] and later became the Tesla Factory in 2010.