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Musk has to manufacture here to sell Tesla cars in India: Gadkari
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SME Times News Bureau | 26 Apr, 2022
Elon Musk, who has just bought Twitter for $44 billion, will have to
manufacture his Tesla cars in India, and not China, if he wants to come
and sell the vehicles in the country, Union Road Transport and Highways
Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Tuesday.
Reiterating
that Musk will not get any special treatment when it comes to customs
duties, Gadkari said during the 'Raisina Dialogue 2022' that if Musk
wants to manufacture in China and sell Tesla cars here, "it cannot be a
good proposition for India".
"Our request to him is to come to
India and manufacture here. We have no problems. The vendors are
available, we offer all kinds of technology and because of that, Musk
can reduce the cost.
"India is a huge market and offers good export opportunities too. Musk can export Tesla cars from India," he added.
In February also, Gadkari had said that Musk has to manufacture in India first in order to roll out Tesla cars on the roads.
"Now
his (Musk's) interest is to manufacture the Tesla car in China and make
it sell in India. So, if you start here, you are welcome, no problem.
But manufacturing in China and selling in India is not a digestible
concept to all of us," he noted.
Asked about Tesla's demand to
cut customs duties on electric cars, Gadkari said that the country
cannot appease one automobile company.
"India is a huge market.
We have all the world's automobile giants -- BMW, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz,
Toyota, Honda, Hyundai -- present here. If we give one benefit to one
company, we have to give that benefit to other companies also. That is
the practical problem," he elaborated.
Musk had tweeted that he
faced challenges from the government for releasing its products in
India. "Tesla isn't in India yet due to "Challenges with the
government", he posted.
The government has questioned Tesla's
business practices of seeking tax breaks to use the Indian market to
sell its products, but not wanting to set up manufacturing facilities in
the country which can generate thousands of jobs.
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