“Between directly and indirectly, 35,000 much better paying jobs are expected than the average we already have in Nuevo León today,” García said on his social networks.

After 14 months of negotiations, on the same day, prominent figure Elon Musk confirmed the investment of his new vehicle assembly company in northern Mexico, with an investment of 5,000 million dollars and with a production capacity of up to one million electric vehicles. , which will be key to achieving Tesla’s annual goal of 20 million.

The plant, which will be installed in the municipality of Santa Catarina, will be Tesla’s first car production plant in Latin America and the fifth in the world, after those already operating in Fremont and Austin (United States), Shanghai (China) and Berlin. (German).

Meanwhile, the governor of Nuevo León emphasized that this development will also provide important economic benefits to countries and entities in northern Mexico.

“This is not just an investment. This is the future and how we will build the new Nuevo León,” he said.

García also pointed out that this would allow universities in the northern entities to present new study plans, so that minors in Mexico “can dream of becoming astronauts, programmers, engineers, scientists and all future careers.”

“Because with Tesla, a great ecosystem will exist in electromobility, in the aerospace sector, and of course in telecommunications,” he added.

In addition, he compared Nuevo León and Tesla “had a lot in common”, because, he said, “we are generating continued wealth, we are looking for equality for everyone with good pay, very competitive, above the national average”, while he estimates that exports will triple.

“Look at the paradox, while the world is in recession, Nuevo León will break records, we will have the largest foreign investment in Mexican history, we will have more connectivity with the world, because cars that don’t pollute, that represent the future”, he explained.

As of Tuesday morning, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had anticipated that Tesla’s investment would remain in Mexico and would settle in this northern entity, bordering the United States, but it was not until Tuesday that the announcement was made. official from Musk.

“Perhaps the most significant announcement today is that we will be building a Gigafactory in Mexico,” Magante Musk announced this Wednesday, in the middle of Tesla Investor Day, where he presented his vision of the future of the company, which he called “Master Plan 3.”