"Tesla applies for first environmental permits for Giga Mexico", 11 August 2023

...Tesla seems to be getting started on the construction of its factory in Mexico. Through its subsidiary Tesla Manufacturing Mexico, Tesla requested first environmental permits from the Mexican Ministry of the Environment for the construction of the factory – initially for the construction of a warehouse.

According to media reports, Tesla stated in the application that its plant will span 260 hectares. However, it is not clear from the reports what proportion of this area is to be built on in the first step and in total.

...Tesla officially announced the factory in the Mexican state of Nuevo León at the beginning of March...

Incidentally, the application for the environmental permit states that the warehouse is to be built on an area that is currently “covered with a vegetation type of Rosetophyllus desert scrub and Microphyllus desert scrub”.

It is possible that Tesla has already received the first permits, as Mexican media observed that machines are already moving in. According to a social media post, construction machinery can be seen in the section near the road to Saltillo at the junction with the peripheral ring road of Monterrey since Wednesday. It is said to be the basic work for the first building that will house the administration of the Santa Catarina plant...

Tesla itself did not initially provide any information on the start of construction or production...