Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that Tesla is welcome to set up factories in India, manufacture cars for sale and export them, but Tesla should not import cars from China. During a conference, Minister Nitin Gadkari said, “Making in China and selling here is not a good proposition.”
Tesla is desperate to import and sell its vehicles in India. For this, Tesla lobbied with the authorities in Delhi for almost a year to cut the import tariff. Elon Musk has already made such a statement that tariffs in India are among the highest in the world. Tesla has not given any information about its investment plan in India for manufacturing and generating jobs in India in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India”.
He wants Elon Musk
Elon Musk wants the Indian government to reduce the import duty on Tesla cars, so that he can easily sell Tesla cars made abroad in the Indian markets. But the Indian government is not at all ready about this. It was said on behalf of the central government that the pressure of Elon Musk is not going to have any effect.
first make in india then talk about discount
Tesla wants to sell imported cars here instead of manufacturing cars in India. Tesla has said in many forums that the Indian government should reduce the import duty on electric cars. However, the Ministry of Heavy Industry has told Tesla vehemently that Tesla will come to India and make a car first, then any exemption will be considered. Sources in the government say that by giving exemption to Tesla, it does not want to send a wrong message to the entire industry as many domestic companies have invested heavily here.