Although the manufacturing of Tesla cars will be done in Nuevo León, research and development will be done in the state of Jalisco, affirmed the general strategic coordinator of Growth and Economic Development, Xavier Orendain.

Currently, 24% of the components of that company's vehicles that are manufactured in Austin, Texas, are produced in Jalisco, so the state plans to increase that participation once the Nuevo León gigafactory begins to operate.

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The head of the Secretary of Economic Development (Sedeco) of Jalisco, Roberto Arechederra, told El Economista that Jalisco seeks to insert itself, in addition to the components and auto parts of Tesla vehicles, in the supply for the entire construction and operation of the assembly plant .

“Two of Tesla's main suppliers worldwide are Bosch and Continental and several of the things that these two suppliers do are done in Jalisco; In addition, there are other suppliers such as NXP and large contract manufacturers such as Jabil, Flex, Sanmina and Foxconn, they also make some particularities to Tesla”, mentioned Arechederra Pacheco.

Therefore, the Jalisco authorities seek that the entity's companies increase their participation in the supply chain of the automotive company, once the Nuevo León assembly plant begins operations.

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"To give an example, the (vehicle's) computer, in addition to all the chips that it entails, requires a plastic injection for the casing that brings together all the components and what we are seeing is if that plastic injection can be done here in Jalisco ”, detailed the head of Sedeco.

He also commented that both Tesla, as well as all the new industries that will be installed in Mexico as part of the phenomenon of nearshoring or relocation of companies, "may have suppliers from Jalisco."

He cited as an example the electro-welded meshes that are placed around the perimeter of manufacturing plants and even those that delimit the environment of robots in manufacturing companies.

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