By Stefanno Sulaiman
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesia’s coordinating minister of funding mentioned that Elon Musk will think about a proposal to construct an electrical automobile battery plant within the nation, after the CEO of Tesla met with President Joko Widodo on Monday.
Musk was not instantly out there for remark after minister Luhut Pandjaitan made his remarks to reporters.
Musk and Widodo met in Indonesia’s Bali after each attended the World Water Discussion board on Monday. “We made a proposal, is it doable to construct an EV battery plant right here, precursor cathode. And he’ll think about it,” Luhut advised reporters.
Luhut mentioned Widodo additionally requested Musk to think about investing in an AI centre within the Southeast Asian nation and for SpaceX to construct a launchpad in Biak island in Indonesia’s Papua province, a proposal the federal government has made earlier than.
Indonesia’s authorities has been making an attempt for years to lure Tesla to construct manufacturing vegetation associated to electrical automobiles as the federal government needs to develop its EV sector utilizing the nation’s wealthy nickel assets.
On Sunday, Musk had launched SpaceX’s satellite tv for pc web service for the well being sector in Indonesia.
Starlink was now out there commercially, however the authorities would focus its companies first on outer and underdeveloped areas.
SpaceX’s Starlink, which owns round 60% of the roughly 7,500 satellites orbiting earth, is dominant within the satellite tv for pc web sphere.
(Reporting by Stefanno Sulaiman in Denpasar and Ananda Teresia in Jakarta; Modifying by John Mair)
