Tesla teams to visit Indonesia next month


(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 20,2020 shows newly manufactured Tesla electric cars are pictured in a storage area at The Western Docks in Southampton as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. - Tesla on September 22,2020, said it is slashing battery costs to speed a global shift to renewable energy, and could have a $25,000 model available in three years or so. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/ AFP)

JAKARTA: Tesla, the US automaker, will send delegations to Indonesia next month to discuss potential investment in a supply chain for its electric vehicles, the government said in a statement.

President Joko Widodo has touted Indonesia’s nickel reserves on a number of occasions, telling Reuters last month that “it’s very important because we have a great plan to make Indonesia the biggest producer of lithium batteries and we have the biggest nickel (reserves).”

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