Hong Kong/Bangkok CNN —Tesla is in talks with the Thai government to build a production facility in the country, the prime minister’s office told CNN on Tuesday.
The government has offered Tesla (TSLA) a 100% green facility, according to Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary general to the prime minister, who added: “We are in talks with them.”According to Prommin, Tesla representatives last visited Thailand in November, the same month Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin visited the electrical vehicle giant’s Gigafactory in Fremont, California.
“It is my hope that this collaboration will cement Thailand as the hub for EV and renewable energy in the years to come,” he wrote.
That factory is Tesla’s biggest car manufacturing plant outside the United States and accounted for the bulk of its global deliveries last year.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly spelled the name of the prime minister's general secretary.
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