Tesla is close to a preliminary deal to build a 1 million-unit production facility in Indonesia, Bloomberg reported on the 11th, citing people familiar with the matter.
Indonesia's investment minister "confirmed talks with the world's most valuable automaker" about investing in US electric car company Tesla, Bloomberg reported.
Reuters reported on August 8 last year that “Tesla has signed a contract worth about $5 billion to purchase battery materials from an Indonesian nickel processing company,” a senior minister told CNBC last year.
At the time, Indonesian President Joko Widodo demanded in a Bloomberg commentary that “electric car manufacturers should make cars, not just batteries.”
Reuters reported on August 8 of last year, “With the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Tesla has been trying to establish production facilities in countries with large nickel reserves (Indonesia).
Earlier on May 5, Reuters reported, “President Jokowi departed from Washington to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and met Musk at the SpaceX launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. He invited the billionaire to Indonesia in November. Indonesia has been trying to secure a deal with Tesla for battery investments and potentially Musk's SpaceX aerospace company for years.
The Office of the President of Korea said on November 9 last year, “Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in November that Korea is one of the likely candidates for a plant that it plans to build in Asia to manufacture EVs.”
Musk made the comments during a video call with President Yoon Seok-yeol, and the company plans to step up cooperation with South Korea in its supply chain, the president's office said.
The President's office said that President Yoon asked Musk to build a factory in Korea because he knew that Tesla was planning to build a factory in Asia in the future. We will make a decision after reviewing the investment conditions in other countries, including production infrastructure,” he said.
Quoting Musk at the time, President Yoon said, "We expect to purchase more than $10 billion in parts from Korean companies in 2023 as we greatly expand our supply chain cooperation with them."
Reuters reported at the time, “The contact between President Yoon and Musk comes ahead of a criminal trial that will begin in South Korea, which is hung over questions about the safety of Tesla cars at a time when EV manufacturers are facing various lawsuits and increased scrutiny from regulatory agencies.”
Indonesia Maritime Investment Affairs Coordinating Minister Luhut Panzaitan said in an interview at the time, “President Widodo met Tesla founder Elon Musk earlier this year and strengthened his investment. "We are still in ongoing negotiations with Tesla. They have started buying two excellent products from Indonesia," he said, adding that Tesla had signed a five-year contract with Nickel, which operates in Morowali on the island of Sulawesi.
Nickel is a key material for Tesla's lithium batteries.
At the time, Reuters reported, “Indonesia is eager to develop its electric vehicle and battery industry domestically and has suspended nickel ore exports to ensure supply for investors. The move to stop has successfully attracted investment from Chinese steel giants and Korean companies such as LG and Hyundai,” he said. spoke about diplomacy.
Tesla makes electric cars at Gigafactories in Shanghai, Austin, Berlin and Fremont, Calif., and will announce a new plant in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Reuters reported.
Tesla then applied for a Gigafactory expansion in Texas totaling $775.7 million.
Reuters said on the 10th, “The Texas Gigafactory plant application is the largest expansion drive since the establishment of a $5.5 billion Gigafactory in Germany last year.” “We are adding five new facilities to our Austin site, including a cell testing lab and a device called ‘Cathode,’” it said.
Tesla's Austin expansion was announced shortly after it promoted Chinese executive Tom Zhu to direct oversight of the automaker's US assembly plant and sales operations in North America and Europe.
Tesla's Gigafactories are currently operating in Nevada and Fremont, California.
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