Tesla has formally introduced ‘Gigafactory Mexico’ to construct its next-gen car platform to help new fashions.

We knew it was coming for months, and it was confirmed by Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday, however now Tesla has made it official.

At Tesla’s Investor Day immediately, the automaker introduced that the challenge, now referred to as Gigafactory Mexico, will likely be constructed simply outdoors Monterrey in Nuevo León.

Tesla has launched the render of the manufacturing unit above, but it surely hasn’t launched any element concerning the manufacturing unit aside from will probably be used to provide autos based mostly on the automaker’s new car platform.

The timeline for the brand new challenge additionally hasn’t been launched, however we all know {that a} fast regulatory course of and street to building and manufacturing have been a part of the negotiation course of with the federal government.

The automaker goes to attempt to recreate its success with Gigafactory Shanghai and Gigafactory Texas, which Tesla has been capable of convey to manufacturing comparatively shortly.

One of many causes for selecting Monterrey is its closeness to Gigafactory Texas and Tesla’s headquarters, which is a few 7-hour drive away from the brand new plant website.

Tesla has additionally managed to barter an attention-grabbing deal will permit effectivity for journey between the websites.

As we beforehand reported, folks crossing the border between Texas and Nuevo Leon had been shocked to see not simply the same old marked lanes for vehicles and vans but in addition one marked “Tesla”.

We ended up discovering out that Tesla had struck a cope with the state of Nuevo Leon to have its personal lane on the border crossing to be able to cut back wait instances for cargo going by the border. Or at the least that was the reason of Ivan Rivas, the economic system minister of Nuevo Leon.

Whereas it’s true that Tesla has a number of suppliers within the state, as we reported on the time, we suspected that the transfer may need extra to do with Tesla doubtlessly investing in a manufacturing unit within the state.

Now it has been confirmed with Gigafactory Mexico.