According to Indian media reports, Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently revealed in response to netizens' questions on Twitter about when to launch electric vehicles in India that Tesla is "still responding to many challenges brought by the local government" in India, and is studying how to introduce Tesla vehicles to India. Since then,
Leaders of several Indian states and political parties threw olive branches and invited Tesla to set up factories in the area.
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Recently, K T Rama Rao, minister of the Indian state of Telengana, said that the state is willing to cooperate with Tesla to set up a factory. In addition, Jayant Patil, a senior congress official in the state, has also publicly invited Musk to set up a factory in the region. Punjab Parliament Chairman Navjot Singh Sidhu and West Bengal Minister Ghulam Rabbani followed suit by throwing an olive branch at Musk.
On Sunday (January 16), Nafyot Singh Sidhu, chairman of the Punjab Parliament Committee, issued a new invitation to Elon Musk to support Tesla's opening of a branch in Ludhiana, the state's industrial hub.
Sidhu said in a tweet: "I extend an invitation to Musk that Punjab will build Ludhiana into the center of the electric vehicle and battery industry in the future, and we will provide investors with one-stop licensing." Tesla's factory here will bring new technologies to Punjab, create green jobs, and take the road of environmental protection and sustainable development. ”
Patil openly invited Musk on Twitter to consider setting up a Tesla auto manufacturing plant in the state. Patil tweeted: "Maharashtra is one of the most progressive states in India. We in Maharashtra will provide you with all the necessary assistance to help you gain a foothold in India. We invite you to set up a manufacturing plant in Maharashtra. ”
West Bengal's Minister of Education, Ghulam Rabbani, tweeted: "Welcome, we in West Bengal have the best infrastructure and our leaders are visionary. Coming to Bangladesh means business. ”
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According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the Indian government has a plan for the auto industry, and any company that produces locally in India can get huge tariff concessions. If Tesla assembles a car in India, its import kits will receive zero tariff benefits. The Indian government said on the 13th that Musk is trying to pressure India through social media, "Tesla wants India to reduce car import tariffs, but does not commit to production in India." ”
The Indian government is concerned that lowering tariffs will have an impact on the local auto industry. Tata Motors, a company opposed to the move, said concessions to Musk's company would run counter to India's plan to boost domestic electric vehicle manufacturing.