Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 19, 2024, 09:01 AM
Elon Musk India Visit: An advisor of American electric car manufacturing company Tesla attended the meeting held on Thursday on India's new electric vehicle policy. Before the visit of American industrialist Elon Musk to India, advisors of his company Tesla attended the meeting of the concerned parties. A senior official said, “This was a consultation meeting organized to seek suggestions for the guidelines to be prepared for the new EV manufacturing policy.Tesla's advisor attended the meetingOn behalf of Tesla, its advisor 'The Asia Group' (TAG) participated in it. Vietnam's EV manufacturing company Vinfast was also present in the meeting. Sources said that representatives of all the major vehicle manufacturers of India including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra, Kia, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India, Renault were present in the meeting. Apart from this, representatives of luxury car manufacturers Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi were also included.Elon Musk is coming to India next weekMusk is expected to visit India in the third week of April. Musk is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit. Industry Ministry officials presented a blueprint on the EV policy in the meeting. He said most of the participants in the meeting were trying to understand the details of the policy in depth. This meeting was organized specifically for consultation.Expected to invest 2-3 billion dollarsAccording to a report by news agency Reuters, Musk will announce investment plans during his visit to India. They can announce an investment of 2 to 3 billion dollars to set up a Tesla factory in India. Tesla has already started looking for showroom space in New Delhi and Mumbai. Also its Berlin factory is producing right-hand drive cars, which the company aims to export to India later this year.