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Govt should not change EV policy for one company

The Indian government’s years-long wooing of Tesla, the electric car company, may finally be coming to fruition. It has been reported that an agreement on local manufacturing may be close, broadly along the parameters that Tesla owner Elon Musk has long sought. Tesla vehicles are currently not shipped to India because of the prohibitive tariffs that India imposes on imported automobile. Mr Musk has long claimed he will set up a Tesla factory in India if he is permitted to import cars manufactured elsewhere at a concessional rate. Currently, cars manufactured abroad with a value over $40,000 have a 100