America’s leading electric vehicle maker Tesla has been eyeing the Indian market for a long time, and Indian customers are also eagerly waiting for Tesla to hit our streets. It is also true that the Tesla testing in India has been going on for a long time, even though there is no sign of an official launch yet. But let us tell today, why Tesla is not launching in India?
For the first time in the year 2021, the company was seen testing Tesla cars on Indian roads. Since then, Tesla has been working on tuning its cars. In view of this, many people have started anticipating its early launch in India, but due to many technical and legal issues, it did not happen.
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has claimed that they are “still facing a lot of challenges with the Indian government”. The most important is the import duty. Elon Musk is often seen on social media saying that India is one of the world’s highest import duty countries, and Musk is constantly discussing about reducing it by the government.
What is the current import duty?
As of now, India levies 100% duty on electric vehicles costing more than $60,000 and 60% on electric vehicles costing more than $40,000. With these charges, Tesla cars will cost a lot in India. Overall, it can be said that if Tesla enters India with this import duty, then the price of its entry-level model will also be more than Rs 80 lakh.
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Tesla is coming to India?
Despite all this, Tesla is in constant talks with the government about slashing import duties, but things don’t seem to be progressing. Elon Musk is also trying to use social media to raise these issues, but the situation is not changing. For the time being, it remains to be seen what is the solution of this conversation between the government and Musk.
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