Tesla Could Start Making Cars in Mexico Next Year, Governor Says

[RandySF]

Tesla’s new factory in the Mexican state of Nuevo León will cost $5 billion, will employ up to 7,000 people and could start churning out cars as early as next year, the state’s governor said on Friday.

Tesla announced this week that it planned an assembly plant in Mexico — its fifth worldwide — but provided few details about the investment, including how much it would spend, when construction would start, how many people would work at the factory or how the company would deal with regional water shortages.

Samuel García, Nuevo León’s 35-year-old governor, filled in some of the blanks. He said Tesla executives had told him that the factory — outside Monterrey, the state’s capital — could grow to be the company's largest, producing not only cars but also batteries, semiconductors and software. Over time Tesla could double or triple the initial $5 billion investment, Mr. García said in a telephone interview.

“These opportunities, I think they happen once every 100 years,” he said.



https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/business/energy-environment/tesla-nuevo-leon-mexico-factory.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Gee, what could go wrong..? And this from a cretin too scared to move through his own Twitter HQTRS

without bodyguards. Nuevo León is the site of the so-called "Highway of Death" where cartels have targeted Americans and others--"disappearing them" to a degree one might think would cause notice among Tesla's executives. If that is their definition of "advancement" in the organization, I'd want to know if Musk is taking out life insurance policies on them (payable to his own organization, of course) before they are transferred.

For those who doubt what I am saying:
https://www.vallartadaily.com/the-dark-days-of-cartel-violence-in-mexico-is-making-a-comeback/

[Lovie777]

2. What happened to "made in America"?.....

F-upped Musk cares nothing for the USA, as usual with RWers - it's all about money/power while they gaslight their cult and blame others.

[PJMcK]

3. So what?

I’m not going to buy one.

Fuck off, Musk.

[niyad]

4. egoloon muskrat is a dangerous waste of resources.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. If it sounds to good to be true

Competition is coming. i believe US factories and labor have more discipline, consistency, and quality. Can you build such a complex product there?

[AllaN01Bear]

6. and the illusion of low wages . hem

[Freethinker65]

7. Hope they got their money up front for completion and an iron clad multi year commitment.