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Elon Musk Reveals The ‘Challenge’ Tesla Faces In India, And Desi Twitter Calls For Help

byJinal Bhatt
30th May 2018
3 minute read

The fuel price hike climate in India right now seems to be the perfect cesspool in which a car like Tesla could thrive. For quite some time now, Indians have been waiting with bated breath for one of the biggest innovators in the world to announce his entry into the Indian markets. And so far, it has only been a series of cryptic ‘definitely, maybe’s.

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Remember back in May last year when Elon Musk had tweeted about his misconception about FDI regulations in India?

And the Indian Government was prompt to reply to his tweet with a series of clarifications?

Ever since then, fans of the tech genius and his brand of electric cars have been gunning for some good news. And Musk, who often interacts with his followers on Twitter, has been dropping occasional hints that Tesla might not be ready for India yet, but there was hope in the future.

And now, looks like Indians might get some closure, or possible a new campaign to rally behind, to bring Tesla to India, thanks to Elon Musk’s tweet!

It began when Twitter user @yoyovinzi replied to Musk’s tweet about Tesla Superchargers.

He (or should I say, his GIF) pretty much shed tears to lament the fact that Tesla still wasn’t in India.

Musk’s reply shone like a huge beacon of hope for Indians, particularly because he mentioned that the fate of Tesla in India depended entirely on this one man, also an Indian!

The man in question, Deepak Ahuja is an IIT Varanasi alumnus from the batch of 1985 and has been working with Tesla for almost a decade. Musk’s tweet clearly indicates that the reigns of the Tesla’s electric chariot are entirely in the hands of Ahuja, who’ll be deciding when the time is ripe to arrive.

However, Elon Musk’s tweet seems to have triggered a campaign on Twitter, with people urging the government to look into the “challenging” regulations that Musk has mentioned and remedy them.

Tweets tagging PM Narendra Modi, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and several others have been shared, beseeching them to not this phenomenal opportunity slip from India’s grasp.

1. Resolve what’s keeping the world’s most innovative company at bay….

2. Red tape playing spoilsport.

3. A constant theme in these tweets has been a jibe at India’s ‘ease of doing business’ rank, which the government proclaimed, has been on the rise.

4. An industry disrupting innovator is knocking on our doors!

5. It would be a shame indeed….

6. Dear PM, this is our #MannKiBaat. Are you listening?

7. It’s the perfect timing, wouldn’t you agree?

https://twitter.com/theharsath/status/1001747488343130112

Author Chetan Bhagat’s tweet managed to perfectly sum up what was on everyone’s mind.

Touché.

Here’s hoping these pleas fall on the right ears, and both Elon Musk and Tesla land on the Indian shores soon!

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