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Erdogan wants to bring Tesla to Turkey
September 18, 2023, 7:22 a.m
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The seventh Tesla factory is currently being built in Mexico, but where will the next electric car factory be built? India is already in Musk’s wish pot, but the Turkish president is now also throwing his ring into the hat. And all in person in New York.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is promoting a factory in Turkey to Tesla boss Elon Musk. At a meeting in the Turkish House, a skyscraper near the United Nations in New York, Erdogan asked Musk to build a production facility in his country, the state news agency Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Musk’s platform X. Erdogan is holding out the USA to attend the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Tesla and the Turkish embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
Not everything is fine between Turkey and the tech billionaire: Musk is at loggerheads with the Turkish government over In other cases, the social media company defied orders from Turkish courts.
In August, Tesla expressed interest in building a factory in India to produce a low-cost electric car. Tesla currently operates six factories and is building a seventh in Mexico to expand its global presence. Musk said in May that the automaker would likely select a site for a new factory by the end of the year.
This Monday, Musk will also meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in California. Musk announced on X that the talks would be about artificial intelligence (AI).
Tesla shares are up 123 percent so far this year and the automaker announced Saturday that it has produced its five millionth car. In addition to running Tesla, Musk also purchased X, formerly known as Twitter, for $44 billion in 2022.