Tesla Motors, which is in negotiations to build an electric car plant at the old NASA site in Downey, has donated 100 remote-control cars to needy children in the area.
The city received the toys this week and distributed them to True Lasting Connections Resource Center, or TLC, PTA HELPS, Angel Tree, Downey Police Officers' Association and Downey Firemen's Association. Those organizations will pass the toys along to children in time for the holidays.
"We are extremely thankful and appreciate Tesla's generosity," said Downey Mayor Anne Bayer. "Our local needy children will have one more reason to smile about this holiday season."
Tesla has memorandum of understanding to build an electric car production line on the Downey Studios property off Lakewood Boulevard and Columbia Way. The San Carlos-based company also is considering a site in Long Beach, the former Boeing 717 site, also off Lakewood Boulevard.
