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Sep 2023
18m 13s

Is India ready for Tesla?

Bbc World Service
About this episode

It’s been a long wait for tech billionaire Elon Musk to push into India’s EV market.

High import duties have kept Tesla out of India so far. Mr Musk has repeatedly sought to lower those duties, but the government wants the company to manufacture cars locally before considering tax breaks.

Now there seems to be an agreement on the horizon.

But is India’s EV ecosystem ready for it?

Presenter/producer: Devina Gupta

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