[speedmiester]

Originally Posted by Venkatesh

Tesla India makes new hires for Business Development, Charging Infra & HR


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Two of these folks are well known to me. It's a good hire by Tesla.
There will be few more key hires in the near future

[Venkatesh]

Tesla has reportedly zeroed in Mumbai Lower Parel-Worli for its first office in India. The Tesla office in Mumbai will house a retail store as well.

One of the key contenders to host Tesla's India office in Mumbai is the Blackstone Group-owned One World Centre, erstwhile One Indiabulls Centre. The complex is owned and operated by Nucleus Office Parks, which is a Blackstone Group entity.

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[M00M]

Originally Posted by Venkatesh

Tesla has reportedly zeroed in Mumbai Lower Parel-Worli for its first office in India. The Tesla office in Mumbai will house a retail store as well.



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Too much hype and importance is given to Tesla in India. I had a booking for the Model 3 when it was first unveiled to the world and i held it for 4 years. At the starting i got one card which said thank you for booking a model 3. Thats it. After that no communications from the company for close to 4 years. Fed up i withdrew my booking in 2019-2020 and cancelled my order. Just to get my booking back i had to email them almost 10-20 times and coordinate back and forth. It was a headache. While i do respect Elon for the revolution and the ease of Tesla but they really need to manage customer relations and image in better manner. The fact that they did not even bother to email reservation holders for 4 - 5 years is shocking and unacceptable to say the least.

I hope they learn and rectify their actions and bring more transparency in their way of operations and at least customer service and customer relations.

[volkman10]

Tesla India Headquarters To Be In Mumbai.


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Originally Posted by M00M

Too much hype and importance is given to Tesla in India. I had a booking for the Model 3 when it was first unveiled to the world and i held it for 4 years. At the starting i got one card which said thank you for booking a model 3. Thats it. After that no communications from the company for close to 4 years. Fed up i withdrew my booking in 2019-2020 and cancelled my order. Just to get my booking back i had to email them almost 10-20 times and coordinate back and forth. It was a headache. While i do respect Elon for the revolution and the ease of Tesla but they really need to manage customer relations and image in better manner. The fact that they did not even bother to email reservation holders for 4 - 5 years is shocking and unacceptable to say the least.

I hope they learn and rectify their actions and bring more transparency in their way of operations and at least customer service and customer relations.

I hope they learn fast. In India it will be a premium product with expectations to match. So if they want to sell they have to pull up their socks. As it stands their interiors will not match the competition.

I only expected GJ or KA since the NCR has become a labour hotbed.

[Venkatesh]

Tesla has appointed Prashanth R. Menon as Director for its India operations. Menon has been with Tesla for four years now and has taken charge to oversee the company’s introduction in India.



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Originally Posted by Venkatesh

Tesla has appointed Prashanth R. Menon as Director for its India operations. Menon has been with Tesla for four years now and has taken charge to oversee the company’s introduction in India.

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Don't think Tesla's India entry is possible this year looking at the current situation. But does anyone have any clue about them setting up an assembly unit in Karnataka? Heard this from one of my friends.

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Tesla in India is very positive as its high profile and garners a lot of attention among global investors.

Yet I sincerely hope that the govt agencies and banks are not extremely leveraged in this venture and use a hands off approach. Because this is still very much a bubble that can pop any day.

I am extremely pro EVs and fully understand it's necessity. But the technology/value proposition is still not good enough to have a sizeable impact that justifies such valuations.

Purely in business terms tesla is a carbon credits selling institution and still doesn't generate profits from selling cars.

[Venkatesh]

Karnataka makes EV policy more competitive. It will give a 15% capital subsidy on the value of fixed assets over five equal annual payments with maximum land covered under this incentive being 50 acres and production linked incentive of one percent of turnover for a period of five years from the first year of commercial operations.

The state government is in talks with Tesla to set up an R&D Hub as well as a manufacturing base.

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[volkman10]

Elon Musk has teased the potential for Tesla to soon expand into Russia and even maybe establish a factory in the region.

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Tesla factory in the UK? Elon Musk in England sparks Giga factory rumours

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No confirmation yet on its Indian manufacturing base, if any?

[udaikalra01]

Originally Posted by volkman10

No confirmation yet on its Indian manufacturing base, if any?

India manufacturing seems unlikely. State government is still trying to convince them for setting up a manufacturing plant as well as an R&D unit. Nothing confirmed, basically. Latest update:

Karnataka has upped the ante in its efforts to woo Elon Musk's Tesla, as it unveiled two new incentives in its Electric Vehicle policy, months after the world's largest EV maker opened a fully-owned subsidiary in Bengaluru.

According to a note from the state government, the new incentives approved include

15% capital subsidy on Value of Fixed assets over five equal annual payments with maximum land covered under this incentive being 50 acres, and production linked incentive of one percent of turnover for a period of five years from the first year of commercial operations.

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