New Delhi: This turns into a local battle versus MNC when it comes to import duties in an electric car.
While the MNC Top company – led by Elon Musk Tesla and others such as Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai and the Volkswagen company group – has pitched the task of the import electrical vehicle (EV), which said the request, said this would be contrary to the philosophy of increasing investment and manufacturing local.
Leading local opposition is a heavyweight like Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors.
“What is the service for this industry?” Maruti MD & CEO Kenichi Ayukawa said when asked about the demands made by MNC players for reducing import duties.
Ayukawa – who also heads the Automotive Society Of Indian Automobile Manufacturer industry – said making products locally must be essence, even for technology such as electricity.
“We are producing here.
This is useful for customers.
Just bring the product here and sell it, what kind of achievement (does it serve)?” He told Tii.
Tata Motors also opposed the move.
Tata Group, who used to be speculated to speak with Tesla for her Indian Foray, has said “contradictory” requests with the policies of the government’s special fame (adoption faster and manufacture of hybrid and electricity vehicles), which are looking for local loophies and indigenization of vehicles.
Shailesh Chandra, President of the Tata Motors’ passenger business vehicle business unit, said the localization of incentives remained key to encouraging higher electricity adoption and made it affordable, and thus efforts must be made to make products and components within the country against subsidized imports.
However, those who are looking for reviews have pushed their case.
When asked by one of his Twitter followers about plans for the Tesla factory in India, Musk said in July, “We want to do it, but import duties (in India) are the highest in any country! …
We hope that will There are at least temporary tariff assistance for electric vehicles …
“Musk said clean energy vehicles were treated with diesel or gasoline,” which seems not fully consistent with climate purposes from India “.
India enacted a 100% duty on imported car imports fully with CIF values ​​(costs, insurance and shipping) more than $ 40,000 and 60% of them which cost less than the amount.
Skoda Auto Global Chairman Thomas Schaefer also said the government must allow companies to test the global product market by lowering tasks.
“Electric cars cannot be punished.
If you believe that this is the future, then until the time until they are localized in India, you cannot punish them (with a higher task).
Otherwise you will stop developing and you stop movement in Market, and you lose relationships with the whole world.
“Hyundai India MD S Kim said cutting tasks needed until the time of green technology localized.
“It will take OEM time to localize EVs up to 100%.
We developed ‘made in India’ EV mass markets that are affordable, but at the same time, if the government allows a reduction in the import of imported CBU, it will be very helpful for all of us to create requests and achieve a scale.
“While Mercedes India’s head Martin Schwenk called the import duty in India” outrageous “, his Indian partner in Audi, Balbir Singh Dhillon, raises concerns” high tax rates and policy uncertainty “.