The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorrevealed this Wednesday that he is open to the tycoon Elon Musk, whom you invited to the country, participate in the plan of lithium utilization in the northern state of sonorous although the mineral was nationalized a year ago.
I clarified that lithium has already been nationalized, but that does not imply that we cannot agree, lithium belongs to the Mexicans, but if the raw material is purchased, if the battery plants are put into sonorousif you give work to the Sonorans, to the Mexicans, an agreement is reached ”,
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His statements come after the Mexican government confirmed on Tuesday the investment of 5,000 million dollars so that the electric car company Teslaof Musk, install a plant in the northern state of Nuevo León, which will be the first in Latin America and the largest in the world.
In his daily press conference, Lopez Obrador reiterated that the details of the factory in the city of Montereythe second most populous in the country, will be officially announced this Wednesday in the “Investor Day” that Tesla organize in Austin, Texas (USA)where the company is headquartered.
The president recalled that “the conversation with Mr. Elon Musk was very good, on two occasions, he was very receptive.”
I invited him, he wants to come, he also sent me to say when I think we could tour the country. Today I am going to make the agenda to see when it comes ”,
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The president expressed his desire to tour with Musk the state of Sonora, bordering Arizona, where the Government of Mexico estimates that one of the largest lithium deposits in the world.
Although the Government promulgated a reform last April so that only the State can exploit lithium, López Obrador indicated that he could negotiate with Musk if he agrees to install a battery factory for electric cars in the place.
Lithium belongs to the nation, but agreements can be presented to sell the raw material, for example, the use of the raw material in our country, that agreements be reached, but that the plants be installed in Sonora or where the lithium”,
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Tesla’s announcement ends a political dispute in Mexico, where federal officials wanted the plant to be installed near the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), López Obrador’s priority project for the capital, but Musk visited Nuevo León, governed by the opposition.
López Obrador, who had warned that he would not issue the permits in Nuevo León due to the drought that the state is facing, stated that he had spoken with Musk to get him to invest in other parts of the country.
He is interested in investing more in Mexico, I spoke about the Sonora Plan with him and we agreed to resolve this in Monterrey, then he is going to send his technicians to respond to the commitments, to the request that we made in the case of Nuevo León, related with the water”,
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