According to India's New Delhi Television (NDTV), Krishan Pal Gurjar, Minister of State of india's Ministry of Heavy Industry, said on the 8th that unless Tesla produces electric vehicles in India, it will not relax its sales ban in India. He insisted that the Indian government would not allow Tesla to seize the Indian market but create jobs for China.
Tesla Image source: Indian media
Last year, Tesla sought to lower import tariffs on electric vehicles in India, but India's Ministry of Heavy Industry asked the company to start producing electric vehicles in India before seeking any tax incentives.
In response to a question from An Indian lawmaker about whether the Indian government would invite Tesla into the Indian market, Gurjar said: "The company wants to build cars in China and sell cars in India. This is not possible under the Modi government... Our government's policy is that if you want to enter the Indian market, jobs must be given to Indians. ”
Last month, Tesla CEO Musk said the company was tackling many challenges with the Indian government in order to sell electric cars in India.
Musk Image source: Visual China
Guljar said that the promotion of electric vehicles can bring some benefits to India, such as bringing advanced technology to India, and parts are also produced in India. The minister said Indians would get jobs and consumers would buy cheaper electric cars.
Tesla Image source: Visual China
According to Bloomberg, as early as last October, India's Minister of Transport and Transport, Nitin Gadkari, made a request to Tesla: it did not sell Tesla cars made in China. Speaking at a forum organised by an Indian media outlet at the time, Gardkari said he had made a request to Tesla, which wanted to enter the Indian market, to "make in India, sell in India, and export from India" instead of selling Cars made in China in India.
(Editor: ZLQ)