Via Samrhitha Arunasalam and Arpan Varghese in reuters.com : Saudi Arabia is in early talks with U.S. electric automaker Tesla (TSLA.O) to set up a manufacturing facility in the kingdom, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The report comes just hours after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a vehicle factory in Turkey, according to the countrys communications directorate. Musk is also set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in California on Monday.
