Tesla chief Elon Musk will visit India this month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is expected to make an announcement on plans to invest and open a new factory in the country.
The billionaire will meet Modi in the week of April 22 in New Delhi, and will separately make an announcement about his India plans, said the two sources, who declined to be named as the trip details are confidential.
The Tesla CEO will be accompanied by other executives during his visit, said the first source.
Reuters is first to report details of Musk’s planned India visit. Modi’s office and Tesla did not respond to requests for comment. Musk’s final India trip agenda could still change.
Musk and Modi last met in New York in June, and Tesla for months lobbied India to lower import taxes on electric vehicles while it weighed up a factory there. India last month unveiled a new EV policy lowering import taxes to 15% from 100% on some models if a manufacturer invests at least $500 million and sets up a factory too.
Reuters has previously reported that Tesla officials are expected to visit India this month to look at sites for a manufacturing plant that would require an investment of about $2 billion.
Tesla has also begun production of right-hand drive cars at its German plant for export to India later this year, sources have said.
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