(Twitter Julio Menchaca)

Uncertainty about the state where it will be installed Tesla’s Gigafactory in Mexico was broken on the morning of this February 28, after President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) confirmed at New Leo as his chosen venue – although on previous days he had been reluctant to the option of the water crisis.

In this way, the aspiring entities of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Coahuila and Hidalgo were excluded from the reception of the factory of the electric car company belonging to the tycoon Elon Musk.

Despite his status being ruled out, the governor of Hidalgo Julio Menchaca congratulated the Chief Executive for the agreement he would have reached with the billionaire during the private meeting on February 27: “Mexico won, we all won!”, He expressed via his twitter account. Twitter, without including in their acknowledgments the governor of the Néoléonais country, Samuel Garcia.

“Having Tesla in our country is proof of the trust of world-class companies in Mexico.”

(Twitter: Julio Menchaca)
(Twitter: Julio Menchaca)

Recall that Hidalgo was one of the states that “raised their hands” for the installation of the mega assembly plant. So much so that even the state government had offered 800 hectares of the municipality of Tizayucaaccording to the columnist of The financier Dario Celis.

And although Musk had previously considered the Monterrey area in Santa Catarina, the reporter said that in late 2022 he had flown over the Tizayuca region and the metropolitan area to get “a sense of the environment.” Act in which Menchaca tried to maintain total discretion and confidentiality unlike his northern counterpart, who allegedly sponsored a media campaign to make it appear that Nuevo León had already been selected.

In this context, Menchaca Salazar shared two photographs of the meeting he had with the South African in Hidalgo, without providing details of the place or the exact date on which the meeting took place. However, and in this sense, the leader aspired to “reunite” with Musk in the Xantolo, vacation from the huasteca hidalguense celebrated as part of the Day of the Dead during the last days of October.

“This is only the beginning, we are sure that many great years await us! Elon Musk, see you in Xantolo!” The president wrote alongside an image in which the duo can be seen posing in front of a sculpture of Catrín.

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(Twitter Julio Menchaca)
(Twitter Julio Menchaca)

The invitation that the constitutional governor addressed to the tycoon was preceded by another declaration in which he manifested optimism as the company sees Hidalgo as a potential for other Gigafactory spin-off projects.

Thus, Menchaca Salazar assured that the entity has the necessary resources (economically and humanly) to finance future deals concluded with Elon Musk: “The doors of investment will always be open, we have the resources and the talent of our employees to meet all challenges,” he said in his publication.

“Elon Musk and Tesla will always have their doors open in Hidalgo for new spin-off projects from the plant that was announced today.”

(Twitter Julio Menchaca)
(Twitter Julio Menchaca)

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