Despite picking China for EV plant, Gadkari says Tesla welcome in India

Tesla had held months of public and private discussions with India before opting for the Chinese site

India is still open to Tesla Inc. setting up operations in the country, even though the electric-car maker chose China for its first car assembly plant overseas.

“If they are coming, if they are ready to come, we will welcome. We are ready to offer them land and all type of help,” Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said in an interview. “Presently Tesla doesn’t have any proposal to come to India,” he said. Palo Alto, California-based Tesla declined to comment.

Tesla, which last year said it was working with the Shanghai government on an assembly plant in Shanghai, had held months