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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will have a telephone interview with Elon Musk, executive director of Tesla, announced this Friday Marcelo Ebrard, who explained that the American manufacturer of electric cars is interested in increasing its presence in Mexico.
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After taking part in the meeting with the members of the Business Coordinating Council (BCC), the Secretary for External Relations announced: “There will be a call from Elon Musk and the President of the Republic and I will confirm the date of this call. “
When asked if Musk would choose Nuevo León as the headquarters of his next electric car manufacturing plant, Ebrard assured that it was not up to him to give this information, but he was convinced that the North American giant would arrive. in our country.
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“I would not like to advance this information because it corresponds to it… in this call this issue will be discussed and then we will know, but the important thing is that very soon we will have confirmation that this company, which is so important and which is very close to the electro-mobility that we promote, since it has chosen Mexico to increase its presence in the coming years,” said the head of the SRE.
According to the official, Tesla plans to install an ecosystem of companies, since the plan “is not going to install a factory, but in which states are the ones that supply us and what type of services we will need like logistics and other types.”
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Last week, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pointed out that the company had two options for setting up a factory in the country.
Although the Foreign Minister did not give details on when the conversation between López Obrador and Musk would take place, although some specialists indicated that Musk would announce the news in March, during his meeting with shareholders of You’re here.
For his part, President López Obrador announced last week that Tesla had two options to settle in the country: Hidalgo and Nuevo León. However, the Neolonian governor, Samuel García, assured this Wednesday that the North American company will establish itself in the north of the country.
In the plans of Tesla is the construction of a new factory, to achieve a production of 20 million vehicles by 2023.
According to journalist Mario Maldonado, investment in Mexico, if it materializes, could reach $10 billion.
At the beginning of February, the German BMW announced an investment of almost a billion dollars in a factory in San Luis Potosí, where it will produce batteries for electric cars, which marks a reference for the investment of Musk, considered as the second richest man in the world. the planet, with a fortune of 196 billion dollars.
It should be noted that the tycoon, Elon Musk, moved several of his businesses, such as Tesla and Star Link, to Texas, so if he moved to Nuevo León he would keep his network of strategic facilities nearby.