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5 things to know about Elon Musk's growing empire outside Austin

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5 things to know about Elon Musk's growing empire outside Austin

Exactly what Musk and his companies are up to in unincorporated Bastrop County, about 20 miles east of the Tesla Gigafactory in eastern Travis County, has been hard to decipher at times. Here’s what we can glean from public records, news reports and the occasional Musk tweet.