Tesla India Launch Confirmed for Early 2021

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out that Tesla electric vehicles are coming to India ‘next year for sure,’ the nation’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari has confirmed that it’s indeed the case.

In the latest interview, Gadkari revealed that India is trying to make an enormous push for electrical vehicles and scale back our dependence on oil. It will help the nation curb air pollution woes that plague most metropolitan cities. The electrical automobile era has not dawned upon us as a result of a lack of infrastructure and investments.The transport minister went on to reveal that many Indian corporations, together with Tata and Ola Cabs, are engaged in electrical automobiles. They shall be as technically superior as Teslas, however available at a more affordable price point. Telsa may initially import its electrical vehicles and based on the response, it might choose India as its manufacturing and assembly hub down the road. “India is going to become a number 1 manufacturing hub for auto in five years,” stated Gadkari in the interview.

There is at the moment no official word for when Tesla intends to make its India debut. The reviews suggest that Tesla Model 3 would be the first electric car to reach in the country. While Gadkari suggests the corporate will launch its operations in India in early 2021, an Economic Times report says gross sales won’t kick-off till the second half of the year.

Also, Tesla will initially import the Model 3 for sale in India, so you may easily expect the price to be around Rs. 55 lakhs. This price range of electric cars, nonetheless, starts at Rs. 28 lakhs within the US. The firm has already seen a myriad of Indian buyers register their interest for $1000 back in 2016. But, they’ve been left high and dry with no launch window insight.

Now, Elon Musk and India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari have confirmed that Tesla’s electric vehicles will arrive in India in the next year. So yeah, we will probably get our hopes up again. We will keep you posted on Tesla Model 3’s India launch plans. Stay tuned for more information.

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