'Next Year For Sure' Says Elon Musk About Tesla's Entry In India & People Can't Wait
Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk has indicated that the U.S. electric carmaker will make an entry into the Indias market in 2021.
Tesla Inc chief executive, Elon Musk, has indicated that the U.S. electric carmaker will make an entry into the India's market in 2021.
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"Next year for sure," Musk said on Twitter in reply to a post with a photograph of a T-shirt with the message: "India wants Tesla."
"Thanks for waiting," Musk said.
Next year for sure
¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2020
He was replying to a tweet by 'Tesla India Club', which told the billionaire, "Hey Elon , just thought we'd put this out here. We wait and hang on to hope wrt "hopefully soon" for India Tesla entry. Would love to hear of any progress in this regard."
Omg!! Elon this is a celebrating news.. We were waiting for ages.
¡ª Amogh Bhushan (@amoghbhushan) October 2, 2020
Many Indians from all over the country expressed their eagerness and thanked Musk for confirming Tesla's arrival.
#1
#INDIA, Postpone your plan of buying car, Tesla's coming.@elonmusk @WholeMarsBlog https://t.co/bmCAwXuv8Z pic.twitter.com/bVaKL4y4vN
¡ª Amit Mishra (@ursamitmishra) October 2, 2020
#2
?? A Reply we had been waiting for years! https://t.co/4QqU6jpmCR
¡ª Subikash (@subikash_r) October 2, 2020
#3
Hurreyyy...Super Excited??? https://t.co/Chny1stLbp
¡ª Shahid Afrith (@ShahidAfrith2) October 2, 2020
#4
Wow!!
¡ª Pranav Vohra (@skyPranav) October 2, 2020
Such a good news to hear in recent times??.#INDIAWELCOMESTESLA https://t.co/4Tpj4lHaVZ
#5
Awesome !!! India dreams big in electric cars.. looking forward to welcome your next Tera Factory here in Bangalore.
¡ª Karthik Kanniyappan (@karthik227) October 2, 2020
#6
Excited ? lots of love and support from India @elonmusk
¡ª Shrimant Subhash More ?? (@Smshrimant) October 2, 2020
Elon ???? Musk ????? ? pic.twitter.com/8Hyrufl3EB
Tesla's entry could come at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is increasingly becoming focused on promoting the use and manufacture of electric vehicles.
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India's auto sector, already reeling from a slowdown in demand last year, has been further hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic, and carmakers are seeking government support to push sales.
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Musk commented last year about coming to India, in response to someone on Twitter who asked "What about India sir?"
"Would love to be there this year. If not, definitely next!" he said in March 2019.
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Tesla sold more than 11,000 vehicles, mostly Model 3s, in August in China - the world's biggest car market.
