Tesla is said to be in negotiations with the government for the production of electric trucks and vans in Italy.
Il Sole 24 Ore reports it talking about "contacts that have been going on for months between a few stop and gos".
According to some industrial sources, the newspaper writes, in recent weeks the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy has deepened its dialogue with a possible new automotive manufacturer and "the most serious contacts would be with Elon Musk's Tesla".
Il Sole speaks of an interlocution that has been going on since last summer, in parallel with those started with three Chinese manufacturers, again for possible production investments in the electric sector: BYD, Great Wall Motors and CheryAutomobile.
With the latter, in particular, the dialogue has entered a more advanced stage in the last month after a series of inspections in former industrial areas of the South proposed by MIMIT officials as possible locations.
Trying to bring another manufacturer to Italy, Il Sole underlines, would have the objective "of snatching a large investment in Italy" or "at least of shaking up the dialogue with Stellantis by presenting the group led by Carlos Tavares with uncomfortable competition in Italy".
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