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Batteries: the government wants to "convince" Elon Musk to set up a Tesla factory in France

The French government wants to take advantage of Elon Musk's visit to the Vivatech show in Paris on Friday to "convince" him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, the Minister Delegate for Digital, Jean-Noël Barrot, told CNBC on Wednesday.

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Batteries: the government wants to "convince" Elon Musk to set up a Tesla factory in France

The French government wants to take advantage of Elon Musk's visit to the Vivatech show in Paris on Friday to "convince" him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, the Minister Delegate for Digital, Jean-Noël Barrot, told CNBC on Wednesday. . “It would be great to have a Tesla factory in France. There has been a lot of effort and energy to ensure that it is possible and that it can happen,” he told the American media. “We have also invested in a whole sector of electric batteries and we will therefore try to convince him that France is the best possible place in Europe to set up the next Tesla factory”, added the minister.

The boss of Tesla and SpaceX, highly controversial due to his remarks and his brutal takeover of the social network Twitter, is seeking to set up a new mega battery factory, in addition to those that already exist in the United States, Germany and in China. It is due to take place on Friday at the 7th edition of the VivaTech show, one of the major tech meetings, which opened its doors in Paris on Wednesday. He will also meet Emmanuel Macron on the same day.

At the end of May, Jean-Noël Barrot, who is carrying a bill to regulate the digital space, threatened Twitter with being “banned, in the event of a repeat offence”, from the EU if he did not respect European rules. , in particular on the moderation of content.

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