Elon Musk said on Friday Tesla may soon come to Russia.
It’s important for us to support Tesla supporters like yourself,” Musk said via video-link for an event for Russian students called “New Knowledge,” addressing a student fan who asked the question.
Musk said in addition to its already existing Tesla factories in California, Nevada and Shanghai, and plants under construction in Germany and Texas, Tesla will potentially open factories in Russia.
“Over time we’ll look to have factories in other parts of the world, potentially Russia at some point,” he said.
Among other topics, he spoke about how he sees the future, proposed to build a base on the moon and a city on Mars, and said he doesn’t rule out the existence of alien life.
“50 years is hard to predict,” he said, answering a question about what the next 50 years will look like.
When asked if he believes in God, Musk said, “I’m not religious in a traditional sense, because you know I was raised in a scientific school of thought.