US electric car maker Tesla is considering setting up an assembly plant in an industrial park near the new airport serving the Mexican capital, which would serve as an air export hub, the spokesperson said. of the presidency, Jesús Ramírez.

US electric car maker Tesla is considering setting up an assembly plant in an industrial park near the new airport serving the Mexican capital, which would serve as an air export hub, the spokesperson said. of the presidency, Jesús Ramírez.

The government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador inaugurated Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) in March, some 45 kilometers north of the capital. However, the controversial book did not get the expected traffic.

Tesla is looking at investing in this area to take advantage of AIFA,” Ramírez told Reuters on Monday evening, adding that the site could serve as a base for the company to export from there by air.

The official added that the electric vehicle maker’s sales would take place once the T-Mex Park industrial park, about three kilometers from the airport, is fully operational. Almost a year ago, the first stone of what would become the largest multimodal logistics hub in Latin America and the Caribbean was laid.

Ramírez did not provide further details, but his comments followed those he recently gave to El Heraldo newspaper on the prospect of the company investing in this area.

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Another Mexican official told Reuters that Tesla had seen the site but gave no indication of its plans.

Local media said Texas-based Tesla, run by tycoon Elon Musk, would build a “gigafactory” in Mexico’s northern state of Nuevo León with an initial investment of around $1 billion. The company has not commented on its plans in Mexico, although Musk has met with the entity’s governor.

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