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Monterrey (Mexico) (AFP) – Governor Samuel Garcia is a man in a hurry, juggling his daughter’s birth and Tesla’s arrival in northern Mexico, which hopes to benefit from a new wave of foreign investment. Production of Tesla electric vehicles could begin next January at the giant new factory outside the city of Monterrey, the 35-year-old Nuevo Leon state governor said. It is part of the “nearshoring” trend of US companies — and their suppliers — choosing production sites closer to markets in the world’s largest economy, instead of in Asia. Work to build the new Tesla plant could begin in April…