Jokowi meets Musk after nickel talks

Big plan: A worker manning a furnace during the nickel smelting process at a plant in South Sulawesi. Indonesia has the world’s biggest nickel reserves, and President Jokowi is keen to develop a nickel-based EV industry at home. — AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo met Tesla Inc chief Executive Elon Musk on Saturday in Texas to discuss potential investments and technology, Indonesia’s government says in a statement.

The meeting between Musk and Widodo, better known as Jokowi, came after a round of working-level discussions on a potential investment in Indonesia’s nickel industry and supply of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), Indonesian officials told Reuters.