Tesla is rumored to be setting up a factory in Indonesia. As reported by Bloomberg, the Tesla factory in Indonesia has a production capacity of up to 1 million units per year.
In addition, Tesla’s factory in Indonesia Indonesia will also be part of the world’s supply chain. This means that Tesla’s electric vehicle products in Indonesia can be exported to a number of countries, including countries in Southeast Asia which have a potential market of 675 million consumers.
Elon Musk then spoke up about the rumours. In his Twitter account, Elon replied to the tweet about the news.
“Please be extra careful writing articles mentioning ‘unnamed sources’ as most of them are wrong,” Elon wrote.
Please be cautious about writing articles citing “unnamed sources”, as they are frequently false
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 11, 2023
The Indonesian government is known to continue to seduce Tesla to invest in Indonesia. The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is even sure that Tesla will invest in Indonesia. Moreover, Luhut promised Tesla that if he built a factory in Indonesia, he would definitely make a profit.
“Our market is big. Where are you fighting us. We are the middle class of 60 million (people), our population is 280 million (people), how many of you are in Thailand. So our market size is already bigger. So we have to be a little arrogant like that , and confident,” said Luhut in November 2022.
Since the meeting of the Indonesian delegation at the Tesla electric vehicle assembly plant in Austin, Texas, on April 26. Kemenko Marves and the team from Tesla appointed by Elon Musk continue to negotiate intensively to formulate various matters regarding the details of the investment formula to be used. However, the final decision regarding the investment will be in the hands of the American electric car company.
Tesla was previously rumored to be building a factory in the Batang area, Central Java. Until now there has been no official news regarding the Tesla factory. Tesla itself has the ambition to build 10 to 12 factories globally in various parts of the world. Apart from Indonesia, it is reported that Mexico is also being targeted as a destination for Tesla’s factory development.
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