Politicians from at least four states took to Twitter to invite Tesla Inc. to set up shop in their provinces, just days after billionaire founder Elon Musk said U.S. electric-vehicle pioneer was still facing a lot of challenges with the government.
Indian politicians reached out to Tesla founder Elon Musk over Twitter in bids to lure the electric vehicle giant to set up production in their provinces, Bloomberg reported. Local leaders from at least five Indian states Telangana in the south, Maharashtra in the west, Punjab in the north, West Bengal in the east, and Tamil Nadu in the south urged the carmaker to set up
Even as the Narendra Modi government is persuading Tesla to 'Make in India' instead of exporting its futuristic cars, several states have begun clamoring for Elon Musk's attention and thereby a heavy investment. West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tamil Nadu took the lead in the race but first among the lot is Telangana, with its industries and commerce minister K T Rama Rao