Tesla has given up his plans for the construction of a production facility in Thailand and will instead concentrate on the expansion of charging stations. This was announced by a government -related source.
The decision follows the discharge of a team of Tesla-Executives that Thailand had visited in November and December.
"Tesla Currently only discussed on charging stations, the plans for factories were not only exposed to Thailand, but worldwide. They neither go forward in Malaysia, Indonesia nor anywhere else except in China, America and Germany, "said the source.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced in November last year that Tesla Thailand wants to make his EV production stroke. This announcement came after several meetings Tesla-Executives had held both in the USA and Thailand.
Srettha visited Tesla's Foreign Factory in California during his US visit to the 30th Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting in November Tesla-Executives and posed with a cyberruck, Teslas flagship electric vehicle.
Srettha and the guide of the governing Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, received the Tesla-Manager Rohan Patel at the Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai on November 28th. At the same time the prime minister announced that Tesla Examining three potential factory locations in Thailand and an investment of over $ 5 billion is expected in the first quarter of this year.
However, has Tesla Now decided to delete his investment plan in Thailand after the executive team has been dissolved. This decision is part of Tesla's withdrawal of investments in Asia and beyond.
Previously had Tesla announced that the plans for the construction of a gigafactory in Mexico to be suspended until after the US presidential election in November, since the candidate Donald Trump had announced a 100%customs tax on vehicles produced in Mexico. The Gigafactory near Monterrey in Nuevo León was first announced in March last year and was to go into operation in the first quarter of 2025. However, the project met with several delays and uncertainties.
By September 2023, some of Tesla's suppliers slowed their own plans for the construction of new production facilities in Mexico, out of concern that they would not be completed in time. Confirmed in October Tesla, that the project was paused on the basis of economic concerns.
