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Tesla visits nickel plant in Indonesia for potential investment

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Nickel Industries from down under has invited Tesla, Panasonic, Northvolt, and other automakers and battery suppliers to invest in its facilities in Indonesia. billion plan in Morowali, Indonesia and seeks investors like Tesla or Panasonic—companies with a strong presence in the EV industry. Indonesia is still communicating with Tesla.

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Roskill: Indonesia to overtake China as top refined nickel producer this year

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Materials supply chain intelligence company Roskill expects Indonesia to become the world’s largest producer of refined nickel this year, pushing China to second place. As recently as 2014, Indonesia produced only 24kt of refined nickel. The Lygend plant will be the first HPAL plant in Indonesia. Earth Environ.

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Tesla’s nickel plans in Indonesia meets opposition from environmental groups

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Tesla’s apparent nickel plans in Indonesia have met a challenge from environmental groups urging the Texas-based electric vehicle maker to reconsider its plans to invest in the country’s nickel industry. Prohibit nickel sourced and produced in Indonesia in every business line of Tesla Inc.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk meets with delegation from Indonesia at Giga Texas to discuss potential nickel deal

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently accommodated a delegation from Indonesia in Gigafactory Texas. The group reportedly discussed a number of topics, among them being Indonesia’s nickel deposits , which would be valuable for Tesla and its battery production efforts. The delegation from Indonesia was not just received warmly by the CEO.

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Tesla investment hope not yet abandoned by Indonesian President

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Tesla is still in talks with Indonesia regarding a potential investment, the country’s President Joko Widodo said. Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has been adamant for some time now on Tesla investing in his country. I am worried about the high interest rate environment that we’re in.”

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US/Indonesia agreement on sustainable air transportation and aviation alternative fuels

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This agreement with Indonesia will also allow the FAA to further leverage the work of the Aviation Sustainability Center ( ASCENT ), which is the agency’s Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment. Earlier post.)

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Comment on Indonesia's largest taxi operator to buy 80% of its EVs from BYD by Reagan

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With more EV vehicles, China can help to bring down the world's transportation prices and give the world a cleaner environment and helps to combat Global Warming. China saves the world more money and ReSet most of the expensive goods prices downwards.