Tesla plans to announce the location of its new factory later this year, and Mexico has a significant advantage over Canada and the United States itself due to its lithium reserves.

Tesla, the pioneering automaker in the production of electric vehicles, could open a new plant, for which Mexico and Canada are candidates, as indicated by the Electrek technology portal.

Compared to Canada, Mexico has an important point in favor, and that is its lithium reserves, since according to data from the United States Geological Survey, Mexico is in the global top 10 of countries with the largest natural capital of lithium, with 1.7 million tons of potential reserves.

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It should be noted that the largest mine of this mineral in Mexico is in Sonora, and lithium is key for the batteries of electric cars from Tesla and the other assemblers that produce this type of vehicle.

Although the company is in the process of searching for the ideal site for the new facility where it designs and manufactures electric vehicles, the CEO acknowledged that his priority in North America will continue to be to increase the volume of production of the Gigafactory that it has in Texas.

Tesla is not the only automaker that has considered producing electric vehicles or some of its components in the national territory, since there are currently models of different brands that have the "Made in Mexico" seal.

BMW announced at the end of May its plans to build at its San Luis Potosí plant a version of the 3 Series Sedan model and the iX3 electric crossover, which has a range of up to 460 km and an electricity consumption from 18.5 kWh/100 km. .

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Ford is another of the automakers that has opted for Mexico for the production of this type of vehicle, since its Mustang Mach-E model is mass-produced here, which is the firm's first electric vehicle.

Globally, 20.6 million electric cars are expected to be sold by 2025, according to data from Bloomberg.

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