Elon Musk Says Tesla Isn’t in India Yet Due to ‘Challenges With the Government’

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By Anurag Kotoky

January 13, 2022 at 3:20 AM UTC

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January 13, 2022 at 8:16 AM UTC

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Elon Musk has wanted to sell Tesla Inc. cars in India as early as 2019. Three years later, the U.S. electric-vehicle pioneer isn’t really much closer.

“Still working through a lot of challenges with the government,” Musk said in a Twitter post early Thursday in Asia, replying to a user who’d asked if there was any update on Tesla’s launch in in South Asian nation.