Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm told the National Press Club in Canberra earlier this month the company wanted to have manufacturing capability on every continent.She said Tesla needed to “be in all of the major markets” in order to compete in a world moving towards the widespread use of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries.Ms Denholm said Australia had the skills and natural resources to get more people into advanced manufacturing, including making cars.“Tesla is a prime example of that; we’re producing vehicles in California, which is one of the most expensive places on the planet, and shipping them all around the world,” she said.Ms King said on Wednesday she would welcome a Tesla plant in Australia.She said the “incredibly disappointing” winding down of the Australian car manufacturing industry – which folded in 2017 with the last General Motors Holden – had broad implications for research and development.
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