Musk called Ebrard on the phone in 2021 and that was the beginning of a relationship: the story behind Tesla’s gigafactory in Mexico

By Aleyda Ángel

 

It all started with a call from Elon Musk to Marcelo Ebrard in 2021: the secretary of the Mexican foreign minister told him that the very owner of Tesla was speaking to him, but he did not believe him… until he heard the voice of the South African tycoon.

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