Overview
- YPF CEO Horacio Marín visited Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory and signed a non‑binding carta de intención with Tesla executives to begin joint technical studies and negotiations.
- The scope under study includes installation of fast chargers for electric vehicles, large‑scale battery storage and other applied energy technologies such as possible data‑center projects.
- The document does not commit funding or final timelines, although Marín said the companies are discussing corridor deployments on major routes and that initial work could start this year if formal agreements are reached.
- YPF would offer its roughly 1,600 service stations as deployment sites while Tesla would contribute its supercharger and storage know‑how; Tesla currently has only limited official commercial presence in Argentina.
- The talks come as Argentina’s EV sales have risen after tariff changes, a trend that would increase demand for high‑power chargers and could make long‑distance electric travel more feasible if the partnership materializes.