The electromobility giant Tesla is asking several Chinese companies that are part of its supply chain in that country to build factories in Mexico to replicate their supply system there, according to local media.

According to the report by the local media 36kr, the pace that Tesla requires to complete its supply chain in Mexico is urgent and suppliers that ignore the call could lose orders worth tens of millions of dollars if they do not respond on time. , according to the report.

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The plant, which involves an investment of more than 5 billion dollars and a production capacity of more than 1 million vehicles, will be able to provide more information in 10 to 12 weeks when the groundbreaking event for the plant takes place in Santa Catarina. 

Tesla suppliers in China have announced plans to build factories in Mexico since the beginning of this year, such as the firm Ningbo Xusheng Group, which during the second quarter of this year confirmed that it will build a production plant in Coahuila, Mexico, with a total investment of more than 300 million dollars

Mexico is now a hotbed of investment, driven by low labor costs and support for the industrial chain. However, there are supply chain sources who say that Mexico is not as mature as the European and US market, as well as having relatively high social and geopolitical risks, the report noted.

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On July 18 last year, Bloomberg reported that Chinese electric battery giant CATL was considering building a manufacturing plant in at least two locations in Mexico, possibly to supply Tesla and Ford.

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