@elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla “Import duties are extremely high (up to 100%). This would make our cars unaffordable.” -Elon Musk 2019 "India is the world's 6th largest economy...and 3rd largest by purchasing power" -Google No offense, but why is India Gov. so rich yet its people look so poor?🤷♂️Let Tesla in!
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla If Tesla is looking at importing into India, especially from China, those talks are not going anywhere. Especially the present ruling political party looses everything for a single such sale, its a huge political debt for it. Make in India and offset for import only way forward.
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla We look poor yet: 1. We manage to vaccinate 150 Cr Indians 2. kids from high school in West rely on online Indian tutors for doing basic maths 3. Our kids dont need to hold a side job along with education to fund it 4. Britishers looted us for 100 yrs.
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla The simple answer is that while potential consumption is high, the govt wants to ensure that there is not too much reliance on imports The only condition they put across for Tesla was to set up some level of mfg here, to create an ecosystem and jobs I know it's not a small ask
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla India is in no position to make demands. Tesla can get cheap labor somewhere else.
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla Ok Let us assume indians are poor, then how will indians be able to by your car? Also our Government is for, "Make In India" because it creates employment opertunity to the poor people of India.
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla Most of the Indian people's income is wasted in paying taxes....for cars we pay sales tax, road tax and what not.. still for using roads and highways we need to pay toll tax..for fuels, state tax and central government taxes again... we have a begging rich government here..
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla India is poor because of smartness of companies like Tesla and it's not working anymore with current government hence Tesla is feeling the pinch....
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla First know the population and culture of India then talk
@pandabearchap @elonmusk @PPathole @Tesla Manufacture in india then cone to india