Tesla's electric vehicle (EV) plant proposal from the Indonesian government suggests a whopping production capacity of roughly 500,000 cars annually.
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Tesla EV Plant in Indonesia?
The giant EV maker reportedly agreed to have a battery and EV factory in Indonesia.
As per a previous news story by Electrek, the head of investments of Indonesia disclosed the plan of the Elon Musk-owned automaker to have its facilities in the Southeast Asian nation.
While Tesla is an American automaker, its factories are currently found elsewhere, such as in Europe and Asia, thanks to its Berlin Gigafactory and Giga Shanghai in China.
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But it appears that the largest EV maker is looking to expand its facilities in another Asian country, none other than Indonesia.
Electrek notes that the rumors of talks between Tesla and the government of Indonesia date back to 2020. Back then, both parties were reportedly negotiating a nickel venture. It comes as the batteries that power EVs primarily contain nickel.
The talks reportedly expanded into a full-blown battery factory in the Indonesian territory. And these days, it has emerged as an entire EV plant.
Tesla Gets Proposal from Indonesia
It turns out that the talks between Tesla and the Indonesian government are far from over.
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This time around, according to the latest report by Teslarati, Indonesia proposed a full-blown EV plant, which lashes out an impressive annual production output.
No less than the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister of Indonesia, Luhut Pandjaitan, suggested that the American EV maker build a new facility in the Batang Regency.
The government reportedly proposed an EV factory to Tesla, which could produce up to half a million vehicles in a single year.
Pandjaitan boasts that the location in the Central Java province notably gets its electricity from renewable power sources.
Teslarati notes that the government of Indonesia is not only attracting the Musk-owned tech giant. It is also wooing other firms across the globe to invest in building their facilities in the country, citing its renewable energy.
A report from The Star says that the Indonesian government further prides that the Batang Regency sits a few miles away from a geothermal plant, which could supply power as high as 400 megawatts (MW).
On top of that, Pandjaitan said in a recent House of Representative Budget commission meeting that "Tesla could channel this green energy to its EV factory."
