Indonesia woos Tesla with green energy; factory set-up proposed to be built in Batang regency


President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo meets with Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk in Texas on May 14, 2022. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, June 11 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The Indonesian government is promoting industrial estates supplied with electricity from renewable sources as it hopes to attract foreign direct investment by multinational firms conscious of their carbon footprint.

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has announced that the government had proposed that Tesla build a factory in Batang regency, Central Java, with an annual capacity of roughly 500,000 electric vehicles (EV).

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