Look Who Is Here : Tesla Opens First India Showroon In Maharashtra ; CM Devendar Fadnavis Reacts

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said Maharashtra wishes to see Tesla establish its research and development and manufacturing facilities in India, and invited the global EV major to consider the state as a partner in its journey.

Fadnavis was speaking at the inauguration of the company’s first Experience Centre in India, located at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai.

“We wish to see research and development and manufacturing being done in India. I am sure Tesla will think about it at an appropriate stage,” Fadnavis said.

“Consider Maharashtra as a partner in your journey,” he added.

Fadnavis called Tesla’s decision to open its first centre in Mumbai a statement of confidence in the city and state.

“The inauguration of the Tesla Experience Centre is a statement that Tesla has arrived in the right city and in the right state – that is Mumbai and Maharashtra,” he said.

He said Mumbai is not just as the financial, commercial and entertainment capital of India, but also an entrepreneurial hub.

“Mumbai stands for innovation and sustainability,” Fadnavis said.