Recently, foreign media reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed to build battery and electric car factories in Indonesia after meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the SpaceX launch site in Texas on May 14th.
According to Bahlil Lahadalia, Indonesian Minister of Investment, the deal has been completed, but few details have been provided. He suggested that the project may start this year. As reported by the Southeast Asian news website BenarNews, the minister said that Tesla has agreed to build a battery and electric car factory in an industrial park in Central Java province.
“God willing, Tesla will enter Indonesia this year. But I cannot yet announce the month. Let’s wait a moment because we haven’t signed the agreement yet. The amount of investment is still secret and awaiting confirmation. But this is a great thing.”
Since Tesla has not yet officially confirmed the transaction, the news cannot be confirmed true or false at this time.
On May 15th, Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated after his meeting with Elon Musk that he discussed “technology and innovation” with the billionaire entrepreneur. In a video released after the meeting, Musk said he was “ignited” by Indonesia’s enthusiasm and added that Tesla and SpaceX are “closely looking at potential cooperation in many areas.”
In recent years, Indonesia has been trying to leverage its position as the world’s largest producer of nickel to boost its investment plans in the field of new energy vehicles. Indonesia has set a goal that 20% of locally produced cars will be electric vehicles by 2025. This is an ambitious goal for an island nation where most cars (about 1 million per year) are currently powered by internal combustion engines.
In addition, Hyundai and LG Energy Solution have started building an $1.1 billion electric car battery factory near Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, which is expected to start production in 2023. Once completed, the factory is expected to produce enough batteries to power 150,000 electric cars per year.## Tesla 将在印度尼西亚建造电池电动汽车工厂
美国电动汽车生产商 Tesla 正在积极与印度尼西亚政府展开谈判，计划在该国建造一座电池电动汽车工厂。据报道，该计划是印度尼西亚政府与特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 在前一周的通话后发生的。印度尼西亚国有企业、国营石油公司 Pertamina 将会是合作伙伴之一。Tesla 称这一计划旨在满足快速发展的印度尼西亚电动汽车市场的需求，并促进该国本土电动汽车产业的发展。
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