Estephany de la Cruz
Reform Agency
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | 07:18
Guadalajara— Tesla contemplated installing in Jalisco a plant that would generate up to 4 thousand jobs and where it would arm electric cars like the Cybertruck and Model S, but before the policies against the investments in clean energies of the federal Government, the project changed course and it will now be in the United States.
Ernesto Sánchez, head of the Secretariat of Economic Development, said that since last year, the Government of Jalisco worked with the company of Elon Musk a project for the plant was in the entity.
However, he will move to Austin, Texas, at the urging of the Trump administration and in the face of uncertainty in Mexico, the official said.
“We were affected by the federal energy strategy, where the amount of energy that a plant like that requires, with 400 megawatts, although we were able to offer it in the short term, the company was afraid in the long run, so it was looking at rhetorical policies, “he said.