MEXICO CITY.- After inaugurating a Tesla fast charging point in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, the Secretary of Economic Development of that state declared that the environmental policy of 4Q would have driven away the investment of a factory of the company in the Bajío . .
However, sources close to the electric car firm deny this theory, as in reality there were never any real intentions to make cars in Mexico.
Although #Tesla he intended to install an entire plant in Jalisco, which would generate thousands of jobs, federal clean energy policies made it unviable, but his eyes are still on our state and yesterday opened the first fast charging station in Tepatitlán. pic.twitter.com/qQf6OT1FbK
– Enrique Alfaro (@EnriqueAlfaroR)
December 17, 2020
The source said that Tesla’s decision to build its models in Texas is due to logistical and market convenience factors, as the complex will build the brand’s first pickup and that state represents the main pickup truck market. work all over the world.
The project to build the new plant is so important to Tesla that Musk himself moved from California to Texas to oversee its construction. Honestly, it’s hard to imagine Elon moving to Guadalajara to review its development, the source said.
Also, the source consulted points out that the brand’s commitment to the development of the electrical infrastructure network in Mexico is very strong and proof of that is the installation of the fast charging point that was inaugurated yesterday.
Tesla’s decision to select Austin, TX as the location for its next factory, has absolutely nothing to do with any policy or situation in Mexico, according to a source familiar with Tesla’s process for site selection.
“Tesla’s plans in Mexico are very important and I honestly don’t think the brand’s team to the United States is so much into the Federal Government’s environmental policy, so we can rule out that hypothesis,” the source concluded.