Elon Musk visits Germany, meets with state leaders over 'gigafactory'

FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he visits the construction site of Tesla's gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday evening met with the leadership of Brandenburg, the German state where the group's 5.8 billion euro ($6.9 billion) European gigafactory is being built, its Economy Minister Joerg Steinbach said on Twitter https://twitter.com/joergstb/status/1425538770565275650.

Steinbach, who posted a picture https://twitter.com/joergstb/status/1425538767876722690/photo/1 of Musk along with the tweet, said the meeting was also attended by Brandenburg's state premier Dietmar Woidke.