Jury out on whether Jokowi charged up Musk's enthusiasm
Observers doubt Indonesian leader sparked interest from Tesla chief to invest in country
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo's meeting with Tesla chief executive Elon Musk at his Texas headquarters last Saturday is seen by analysts as a gambit to entice the clean energy giant to invest in the South-east Asian country by way of a plant to support its electric vehicle (EV) production.
This comes as Tesla is partially shifting to lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) rather than nickel-cobalt-aluminium batteries for its EVs.