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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
American tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday said he is looking forward to his companies doing "exciting work" in India as he congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his historic election victory. Modi will be administered the oath of office on June 9, his third consecutive term as Prime Minister. Congratulations @narendramodi on your victory in the world's largest democratic elections! Looking forward to my companies doing exciting work in India, Musk said in a post on X. The congratulatory message came two months after the CEO of the electric carmaker Tesla and microblogging platform X in April postponed his proposed visit to India due to "very heavy Tesla obligations". Musk -- who was expected to be in India on April 21 and 22 and scheduled to meet Prime Minister Modi -- later wrote on X that he is looking forward to coming to India later this year. In June last year, Musk met with Modi during the latter's US visit and stated that he planned to visit India in 2024 while
US electric carmaker Tesla is 'silent' and yet to communicate its India plans to the government under the new EV policy, an official said on Friday. American tech billionaire Elon Musk, who was scheduled to visit India on April 21-22, had postponed his visit at the last moment citing "very heavy Tesla obligations". Musk, CEO of electric carmaker Tesla, was also slated to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit. "They (Tesla) are just silent.. the (EV) policy was always meant for everybody," the official said when asked whether the company has communicated its plans to the government. The commercial decisions are announced by the companies, the official added. An e-mail query sent to Tesla remained unanswered. Earlier in April, he confirmed his visit to India in a post on X saying, "Looking forward to meeting with Prime Minister @NarendraModi in India". In June last year, Musk met with Modi during the latter's US visit and stated that he planned to visit India in 2024
Musk said he would dismiss everyone working for Tinucci and Ho, including the roughly 500 employees who work in the Supercharger group
While Tesla relies only on cameras to detect hazards around self-driving cars, other automakers are rolling out systems that include lidar, which uses pulses of light to detect objects
EV industry experts says Tesla's presence in the country in inevitable as business slows down elsewhere
Elon Musk's trip to India has been postponed over reports claiming that he has a scheduled call with investors and analysts regarding Tesla's earnings on April 23
The Tesla factory in China, on the other hand, sources 95% of its components locally after 5 years
The consensus view among technical analysts is that a decisive break of this level could see the index slipping to the 21,700 level
Elon Musk is expected to meet PM Narendra Modi and announce that Tesla will set up a car and battery plant in India. He may push plans to launch Starlink's broadband services
Meeting attended by other global and Indian OEMs sought to offer clarity on EV manufacturing scheme
Reports suggest that Elon Musk is set to announce an investment in India of $2-$3 billion along with Tesla Inc's long-awaited entry into India
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Elon Musk is set to visit India and meet PM Modi. With the likelihood of a Tesla plant coming up in India, which are the EV makers they will compete with? Here is a list
Tesla has six Gigafactories in Fremont, California; Sparks, Nevada; Berlin, Germany; Shanghai, China; Austin, Texas; and Buffalo, New York
Elon Musk is expected to announce a Tesla EV manufacturing factory in India during his visit next week