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Tesla May Come to India in 2019, CEO Elon Musk Tweets

Tesla May Come to India in 2019, CEO Elon Musk Tweets

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 16 March 2019 19:14 IST

Elon Musk has teased the 2019 launch of Tesla in India through a tweet

Highlights

Tesls Model 3 was expected to enter India originally in 2017
Elon Musk blammed the FDI norms for the delay
Tesla's Indian-origin CFO Deepak Ahuja announced his retirement recently

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again vouched to make India his next big market. Breaking his silence over India after 10 months, Musk tweeted late Friday that he would love to be in India in 2019 or next year.

"Would love to be there this year. If not, definitely next! India," Musk tweeted in response to a question.

His tweet came after Musk earlier blamed the Indian government's restrictive policies for giving up on his India dreams.

Musk also blamed the FDI norms for the delay in the electric car maker's entry into the Indian market.

Earlier this year, Tesla's Indian-origin Chief Financial Officer Deepak Ahuja announced his retirement from the firm, thus bringing Musk's India dream to a halt again.

Musk wanted to drive Tesla in India in 2017 and Ahuja, who worked out of Tesla's San Carlos headquarters, quit the company in 2015 only to rejoin in 2017.

In May last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he would still love to roll out Tesla electric cars in India but the tough government regulations have forced him to apply the brakes on his plans.

"Would love to be in India. Some challenging government regulations, unfortunately," Musk tweeted in response to a Twitter user who wrote "No Tesla in India" on his Twitter handle.

"Deepak Ahuja, our CFO, is from India. Tesla will be there as soon as he believes we should," added Musk, also the SpaceX founder.

Tesla was expected to enter India with the Model 3 that sells for nearly $35,000 (roughly Rs. 24,14,000).

In 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tesla headquarters at Palo Alto, California and met Musk who gave Modi a tour of the company's electric car plant.

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