LONDON -- A reported visit by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to the U.K. has prompted speculation that the entrepreneur is reconsidering Britain as a site for the production of batteries or cars.
Musk flew to the U.K. last week to visit Bristol in southwest England to view a potential car factory site, the Times of London reported, without quoting sources. Musk may have visited the site of a former munitions plant in Bridgewater, southwest of Bristol, the paper said. The site is being redeveloped as an energy-related business park.
Tesla is currently building a car factory plant in Berlin, Germany, initially to build the Model 3. Production is scheduled to start in 2021, casting doubt on whether Tesla would need a second plant in the U.K.
Musk has previously said Britain had been in the running for the plant location but Germany was chosen because of concerns about the future of the U.K.'s future trading relationship with Europe. The U.K. quit the EU on Jan. 31 and…