The governor of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León, samuel garciareported this Tuesday that he will travel to Austin, Texas (USA), at the invitation of the magnate Elon Muskfor the official announcement on Wednesday of the electric car plant of Tesla which will be installed in that region.
We’re going to Austin tonight. We are very happy that Elon Musk invited us to Investor Day, which starts tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning, and they already told me that tomorrow they are going to show a render of what the world’s largest ‘gigafactory’ would look like in Santa Catarina “, said.
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Speaking to the media after concluding an event at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the president thanked the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorand the chancellor, Marcelo Ebrardfor their participation in the proceedings.
Thank the president, thank Marcelo Ebrard and all those who collaborated and built for this great project to take place, this great investment that will be historic, thank you all from Nuevo León,” said the state president, from the opposition Movimiento Ciudadano (MC ).
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García’s statements come after López Obrador confirmed in his morning press conference that Tesla would put its plant in Nuevo Leóna state bordering Texas, after his call on Monday with Musk and months of political struggle to define the headquarters of the investment.
Federal officials wanted Tesla to settle near the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), López Obrador’s priority work for the Mexican capital, but Musk visited Nuevo León, a state governed by the opposition, since last October.
Even, López Obrador warned last week that he would not give the permits to Tesla for Nuevo León due to the scarcity of water that the region faces.
García said that, for now, he does not know when the first stone of the project will be laid, in the municipality of Santa Catarina, but he wants it to happen as soon as possible.
If we want to start as soon as possible. It depends on the company, but we will do everything to make it very fast, ”he indicated.
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