New Delhi: India has asked Tesla Inc.
to increase local procurement and share a detailed manufacturing plan before the demands of a car maker for lower taxes on electric vehicles are considered, someone with knowledge about the problem.
The ministry of heavy and financial industries seek details from Tesla in the meeting earlier this month even when the government examined the demands of the elon musk’s billionaire for lower taxes in EVS in the third largest economy in Asia, the person said it would not be identified because it was not identified because of that.
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The department has also asked Tesla to think about importing a car built fully compared to what is called a faint unit or vehicle built in part, which attracts lower import retribution, the person said.
Tesla did not respond to a comment request.
Representatives from the Ministry of Heavy Industries and the Ministry of Finance cannot be contacted immediately for comments.
Tesla based in California wrote to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July asked electric car import duties to be reduced to 40% from 60% to 100% at this time.
The company also requests an additional cost of 10% social welfare – which is collected on all imported cars and helps fund health and education programs – to be removed.
At the meeting, Tesla claimed to have bought a $ 100 million component so far from India and suggested that the number will increase after the tax concession, the person said.
Tesla also promised to make a significant direct investment in the sale, service, and infrastructure of charging and evaluate a wider investment in the manufacturing sector as soon as he entered the second most populous country in the world, said the person.
Musk has been for several years showing his willingness to enter one of the most promising car markets in the world, but complained that Indian rules forbade him testing the waters first with imports, because the high task of making Tesla cars “not affordable.”