Tesla Welcome To India, But It Must Not Import Cars From China: Nitin Gadkari

Mumbai: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that electric carmaker Tesla is welcome to set up shop in India, make cars for sale and export them, but the company must not import cars from China.

“Making in China and selling here is not a good proposition,” the minister, Nitin Gadkari, said during a government conference.

Tesla, desperate to import and sell its electric vehicles in India, lobbied officials in New Delhi to cut tariffs, which the company’s billionaire CEO Elon Musk says are among the highest in the world.

But its efforts are in stalemate as Tesla has not revealed a concrete plan to invest in India, a move that follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” plan to boost local manufacturing and create jobs.

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