Tesla’s electric vehicle factory in Nueva León, in northern Mexico, could be ready in less than nine months, estimated this Thursday Samuel Garcíathe governor of the state.
The state president shared with the media that the executives of the electric car manufacturer told him that they seek to break the construction record of their plant in Shanghai, China, which was from that time.
His statements come after Tesla tycoon and director Elon Musk confirmed the investment of the firm in Mexico, in the northern city of Monterrey, during the celebration of his “Investor Day” on Wednesday.
According to the Mexican government, The investment would be around 5,000 million dollars for the largest electric car factory in the worldTesla’s first in Latin America and the third outside the United States.
The announcement put an end to months of political struggles because officials of the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wanted it to be installed near the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), Obrador’s priority work for the capital, but Musk visited Nuevo León since last October , governed by the opposition.
Governor García also said that the authorities need to work together and aligned in favor of the project: “Together I include the federal government.”
The new “gigafactory” would be in the municipality of Santa Catarina, in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, the second most populous in the country.
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