Erdogan asks Musk for Tesla gigafactory during meeting in New York
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By bne IntelIiNews Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk during a meeting with the entrepreneur in New York City to build a Tesla gigafactory in Turkey, the country’s communications directorate said on July 18. It also quoted Musk as describing how many Turkish suppliers were already working with Tesla and as saying that Turkey was among the prime candidates for Tesla’s next electric vehicle (EV) plant. Erdogan and Musk, who have met before, spoke during a meeting at Turkish House, a skyscraper near the United Nations in New York, Turkish state-owned news service Ana…