Tesla considering setting up plant near Mexico City airport

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Tesla considering setting up plant near Mexico City airport

MEXICO CITY Reuters - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc is considering setting up an assembly plant near a new Mexico City airport, which would serve as an export hub for the firm, Mexican presidential spokesman Jesus Ramirez said.

Ramirez said that Tesla could set up a plant at an industrial park about 3 kilometers 2 miles from the Felipe Angeles International Airport AIFA, a new hub opened by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador last year.

Ramirez told Reuters late on Monday that Tesla was looking at investing in that area to take advantage of AIFA, but he added that the site could serve as a base for the firm to export by air.

He gave no further details, but the remarks followed comments by Ramirez to El Heraldo de Mexico about the possibility of a Tesla investment there.

Ramirez told the newspaper that Tesla will invest in an assembly plant to export directly by air.

A Mexican official told Reuters that Tesla had been shown the site, but had given no indication of its plans.

According to media reports and officials who spoke to Reuters, Chief Executive Elon Musk has been eyeing a possible investment in the northern state of Nuevo Leon near Texas.

Ramirez told El Heraldo de Mexico that Tesla was aiming to invest in the T-MexPark, a major industrial park that is close to the Felipe Angeles airport.