Elon Musk was in Montereyduring the past weekend which immediately set off the alerts, since it is speculated that the Tesla’s CEO could have quite interesting plans in hand for the capital of Nuevo León.
Some photos published by Milenio quickly spread over the Internet. In it, Elon Musk is seen in the company of Tesla’s Director of Business Development, Rohan Patel, as well as the market manager of Tesla Mexico, Eduardo Grandio. Also included was Ken Salazar, United States ambassador to our country.
What could have passed as a business trip. He quickly raised suspicions, since the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García, and his wife, Mariana Rodríguez, were also there. Iván Rivas, Secretary of the Economy, and Francisco Rojas, Secretary of Labor, also attended.
Although, the real reasons were not disclosed after the meeting. It is speculated that they are working on the possibility of building a plant in the surroundings of the municipality of Santa Catarina. Another possible option is to consolidate logistics connections, since Tesla has suppliers installed in Mexico such as Forvia and ZF.
Either of the two options would be essential to Tesla which aims to increase its production capacity to reach around 20 million units by 2030 and to achieve this, the firm will need more factories and better supply logistics.