Tesla, Saudi Arabia in Early Talks for EV Factory

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Tesla, Saudi Arabia in Early Talks for EV Factory

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Tesla’s talks with Saudi Arabia are part of the country’s push to diversify its economy away from oil. Photo: Filip Singer/EFE/Zuma Press

Saudi Arabia is in talks with Tesla about setting up a manufacturing facility there, people familiar with the discussions said, as part of an ambitious push by the kingdom to secure metals needed for electric vehicles and help diversify its economy away from oil.

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