Musk: the Wall Street Journal's report that Tesla is considering building a factory in Saudi Arabia is "completely wrong".

CTOnews.com September 18 news, the world's richest man Musk just at 23:18 on the X platform (original Twitter) post, this time will target the Wall Street Journal: "The Wall Street Journal" This report is a completely wrong article. "

As of CTOnews.com, the tweet has received more than 1.7 million views and collected more than 30,000 likes. At the same time, the Wall Street Journal article still exists.

Previously on CTOnews.com: Tesla is in talks with Saudi Arabia to build production facilities there, the Wall Street Journal said earlier today, citing people "familiar with the matter." It is said that this is part of Saudi Arabia's ambitious push to promote the metals needed for electric vehicles, and it will also help Saudi Arabia's economy to diversify away from oil dependence.

The report also said that if the deal with Saudi Arabia is successful, it will help Tesla achieve its goal of increasing annual sales from about 1.3 million vehicles in 2022 to 20 million vehicles by 2030. Musk has said Tesla will likely need about a dozen factories to meet its goals and could announce construction of another by the end of the year.

Also today, Turkey's presidential communications bureau posted on X (Twitter) that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Elon Musk at the Turkvi Hotel in new york. He introduced Musk to Turkey's technological breakthroughs, digital Turkey vision and national AI strategy.

President Erdogan reminded Tesla to enter the Turkish market as well, calling on Tesla to build its seventh factory in the country, and said that Togg (CTOnews.com note: Turkey's first indigenous electric car) has officially hit the road on April 3, 2023.

President Erdogan said cooperation opportunities with SpaceX might arise for Turkey's space program and invited Musk to Teknofest, one of the world's largest aerospace events, in Izmir.