Shortly after, Nishant Prasad, in charge of establishing Tesla’s supercharger network in India updated his Linkedin profile to Charging Operations Lead-APAC, Indian vaccine king, Adar Poonawalla has advised Tesla chief and the world’s richest man Elon Musk to invest in India for high-quality, large-scale manufacturing of Tesla cars.
Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Poonawalla wrote: “Hey Elon Musk, just in case you don’t end up buying Twitter, do look at investing some of that capital in India for high-quality large-scale manufacturing of Tesla cars.” “I assure you this will be the best investment you’ll ever make,” he added.
The move by Musk-led Tesla appears to be a retaliation as the Indian government has not accepted the demand by Musk to reduce import duties on Tesla vehicles. Musk has been eyeing the Indian market for a while, however, the automaker has stated that they have no plans to produce their premium electric cars in India but to import from China and sell it directly to customers.