By Stefanno Sulaiman
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesia’s collaborating minister of financial investment stated that Elon Musk will think about a deal to develop an electrical lorry battery plant in the nation, after the CEO of Tesla met President Joko Widodo on Monday.
Musk was not instantly offered for remark after minister Luhut Pandjaitan made his remarks to press reporters.
Musk and Widodo satisfied in Indonesia’s Bali after both went to the World Water Online Forum on Monday. “We made a deal, is it possible to develop an EV battery plant here, precursor cathode. And he will consider it,” Luhut informed press reporters.
Luhut stated Widodo likewise asked Musk to think about buying an AI centre in the Southeast Asian nation and for SpaceX to develop a launchpad in Biak island in Indonesia’s Papua province, a deal the federal government has actually made before.
Indonesia’s federal government has actually been pursuing years to draw Tesla to develop factory associated with electrical automobiles as the federal government wishes to establish its EV sector utilizing the nation’s abundant nickel resources.
On Sunday, Musk had actually introduced SpaceX’s satellite web service for the health sector in Indonesia.
Starlink was now offered commercially, however the federal government would focus its services initially on external and underdeveloped areas.
SpaceX’s Starlink, which owns around 60% of the approximately 7,500 satellites orbiting earth, is dominant in the satellite web sphere.
(Reporting by Stefanno Sulaiman in Denpasar and Ananda Teresia in Jakarta; Modifying by John Mair)