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Musk Shaking Up India's Auto, Broadband Market
The New Indian Express Kochi
|February 23, 2025
Elon Musk is back in India with Tesla and Starlink.
Tesla's entry was shelved twice over the last 2-3 years. The messaging was: we are not interested in a fire-walled market. With the recent tariff talks between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Modi, news of hirings in India, and the first Tesla shipments coming in a few months, the buzz is back on the street.
Trump and Musk have been at pains to point out India has the highest tariffs in the world at 100%. The fact is it is even higher. The Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on fully built EVs priced above $40,000 is 70%. Add to that the Agri and Infra Cess of 40% and the effective import duty on Tesla cars is 110%.
Around mid-2023, the Union government set about making things easier for importing EVs with a view to embracing the green revolution. A new EV policy was cobbled to allow import of luxury electric cars with a low duty of 15%.
As is the wont in Indian policy-making it comes with heavy ifs and buts. The caveat in this case was to qualify for the lower import duty, the foreign company must set up local manufacturing with a turnover of at least ₹2,500 crore, and invest a minimum of $500 million. This queered the pitch for foreign auto makers, and from Elon Musk there was loud silence.
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