FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's BMW (>> Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) is not interested in buying a stake in U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors (>> Tesla Motors Inc), German weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported on Friday, citing a BMW statement.

Earlier this week, a Tesla spokeswoman said there had been informal talks between the companies, but there were no plans to set up an alliance.

(Reporting by Harro ten Wolde; Editing by Ludwig Burger)

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