The city councils of Paterna, Sagunto and Requena and they have offered to host a production of Tesla Motors. Because of the strategic location of the existing area for 40 years by Ford, the Ministry of Economy has offered the US its implementation company in Valencia.

In parallel, the public has been organized through the popular portal Forocoches to be heard. They believe that if Ford came to Spain 40 years ago, Tesla Motors could do the same and leverage your strategic location .

The initiative, called SpainLovesTesla, already has thousands of tweets discharges with #SpainLovesTesla tag on Twitter to get attention from his prolific CEO and founder, Elon Musk. To do offer several arguments on the website of the initiative:

  • Leader in renewable energy : despite the sun and tax barriers Government own consumption, Spain is notable for the use of renewable energy. In wind is the third country in the world in terms of installed power, only behind Germany and the United States and is the third largest source of electricity. It is also one of the major investing nations in renewables, with strong growth in the photovoltaic market

  • Research and development .: despite constant cuts in this area and the migration of talent, Spain is one of the leading countries in research of graphene and the Polytechnic University of Valencia was awarded the Design Week Hyperloop SpaceX other companies Elon Musk .

  • Location : Paterna has five square kilometers of land available as well as a major industrial estates in Europe, source Jar. It has good connections by highway, railway, airport and the Port of Valencia. It is the commercial leader of the western Mediterranean port in terms of volume of containerized goods import / export. During 2014, 67,019,769 million tons passed through the ports of Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia

  • Skilled Workers . Spain it is the second largest car producer in Europe and eighth in the world, ensuring quality workmanship. In addition, wages would have to pay the company would be lower than in Germany or France.

Tesla already has a factory in Europe, established in 2015 in the Netherlands, but the company will need more to give rough with the overwhelming demand that has raised its Model 3, the first car brand with an affordable price for the general public.

Tesla wants to make 500,000 vehicles a year by 2018 , Paterna can be of help to the region and provide up to 10,000 jobs. Yes, France also welcomes with open arms the California company.

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