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Tesla In India

Tesla's first India showroom to open in Mumbai's BKC, Delhi next in line

Tesla signs lease agreement for first India showroom in Mumbai's BKC, paying Rs 35 lakh per month for a 4,000 sq ft space; Delhi showroom also planned amid hiring spree

Updated On: 01 Mar 2025 | 5:03 PM IST

Tata Motors announces special offers on EVs as Tesla prepares India entry

Tata Motors is offering an exchange bonus of up to Rs 50,000, 100 per cent on-road financing with zero down payment, and more

Updated On: 20 Feb 2025 | 5:35 PM IST

Can Tesla's entry supercharge India's ailing EV charging infrastructure?

India's EV charging infrastructure, while expanding, remains in its infancy. Tesla's entry into India might just be the spark needed

Updated On: 20 Feb 2025 | 5:10 PM IST

Tesla likely to enter India with Model 3 & Model Y; check price and specs

In its initial phase, Tesla is likely to introduce the Model 3 and Model Y in India. However, both models are currently priced way above $25,000 in international markets

Updated On: 19 Feb 2025 | 4:02 PM IST

Tesla exploring Maharashtra for EV plant, may seek collab with Tata Motors

Tesla has advertised job openings on LinkedIn for 13 positions across vehicle service, sales, customer support, operations, and business development

Updated On: 19 Feb 2025 | 9:21 AM IST

EV giant Tesla likely to open first showroom in India, begins hiring

Carmaker may enter Mumbai, NCR markets

Updated On: 18 Feb 2025 | 11:07 PM IST

Indian states are inviting Tesla's component suppliers to lure the EV maker

States like Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are competing to attract Tesla's component suppliers, hoping that a robust local supply chain will convince the EV maker to establish operations in their regions

Updated On: 18 Jul 2024 | 11:21 AM IST

'Tesla's loss, not India's': Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Tesla's pullback

Elon Musk's Tesla has not responded to inquiries from officials in New Delhi and is no longer expected to invest in India

Updated On: 05 Jul 2024 | 3:39 PM IST

Tesla scouts for 1st India showroom locations; plans to begin sales in 2024

It wants to begin with a showroom of 3,000 to 5,000 square feet (280-465 square metres) as well as a service hub in each city, said one of the people familiar with the plans

Updated On: 15 Apr 2024 | 11:25 PM IST

Tesla & Reliance may join hands for EV manufacturing plant in India: Report

Tesla has earmarked $2 billion for its forthcoming endeavours in India and has been scouting various locations, including Gujarat and Maharashtra, as potential sites for the plant

Updated On: 10 Apr 2024 | 8:53 PM IST

Govt asks Tesla to lay down investment plans for EV plant in India

Vietnamese automaker VinFast recently broke ground on an EV manufacturing facility in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu

Updated On: 04 Apr 2024 | 10:15 PM IST

Why has Tesla stock tanked over 33% in 3 months? Here are 4 key reasons

Even before the sales numbers were unveiled, traders were aggressively selling off Tesla stock. The sell-off was attributed by analysts to a cooling-off in the electric vehicle (EV) market

Updated On: 04 Apr 2024 | 8:38 PM IST

Govt's big bet on Musk's Tesla 'gigafactories' in India might just work

On March 15, the government announced a new scheme to promote investment in EVs

Updated On: 25 Mar 2024 | 7:16 AM IST

India will not tailor its policies to suit US EV maker Tesla: Piyush Goyal

India will not tailor its policies to suit US EV maker Tesla, and its laws and tariff rules will be formulated to attract all-electric vehicle manufacturers from across the world to set up a base in the world's fastest-growing economy, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. Tesla has been seeking an initial tariff concession that would allow it to offset 70 per cent customs duty for cars priced less than USD 40,000, and 100 per cent for cars of higher value. In an interview with PTI, Goyal said the government recognises the need for a vibrant EV ecosystem as greater use of battery-run vehicles will cut carbon emissions as well as the staggering oil import bill. But for this, it will not tailor policies that suit any one company and would rather frame ones that will encourage all-electric vehicle manufacturers from across the world to set up shop in India, he said. "We are working on several initiatives where we are having inter-ministerial (consultations) and a dialogue

Updated On: 11 Mar 2024 | 12:01 AM IST

Tesla planning to bring in smaller batteries for its India car: Report

These smaller batteries are already being used by the company in China and could be key for Tesla to reduce the cost of the car it has proposed to bring to India

Updated On: 05 Jan 2024 | 11:06 AM IST

Tesla buys land for Shanghai battery factory, to make 10K units anually

The Shanghai location is Tesla's second dedicated Megapack factory, following the Lathrop plant in California. Its EV facility in Nevada can also make the Megapack

Updated On: 22 Dec 2023 | 11:45 PM IST

India cautious as Tesla yet to share electric vehicle launch pricing

The Texas-headquartered electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer has not disclosed pricing details for the introduction of its cars in the Indian market

Updated On: 18 Dec 2023 | 12:35 AM IST

Tesla may invest $2 billion for manufacturing in India but with conditions

Tesla is also likely to commit 20% localisation in its Made in India cars in the first two years and it may increase to 40% in four years

Updated On: 24 Nov 2023 | 9:10 AM IST

'No special policy for Tesla, can seek incentives under existing schemes'

The government so far is not looking to frame a separate policy for providing incentives to US-based electric car maker Tesla, and the company can apply to avail support measures under existing schemes like PLI for auto and advanced chemistry cells, a government official has said. The government has already rolled out the production-linked incentives schemes (PLI) for advanced chemistry cell (ACC) battery storage with an outlay of Rs 18,100 crore and Rs 26,058 crore PLI scheme for auto, auto-components and drone industries. "We have told Tesla that the policies, which are already there for all, they can also apply under that PLI. They are welcome. Generally, the policy will be the same for all. For a single company, the government may not like to make separate policies. So far, there is no plan to give special treatment," the official said. Representatives of Tesla's biggest supplier of batteries Panasonic have met "us and they have stated that they want to make batteries. We have .

Updated On: 23 Jul 2023 | 12:05 PM IST

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Updated On: 20 Jul 2023 | 8:28 AM IST