Elon Musk breaks silence, says challenging laws keeping Tesla out of India

He says that while 30% of parts must be locally sourced, the supply doesn't yet exist in India to support that

After four days and innumerable questions on why India was missing from Silicon Valley-based Tesla Motor’s global plans, founder and CEO Elon Musk broke his silence on social network Twitter saying that the regulations existing in the country were not conducive for the electric carmaker to do business here.

On May 26, Musk had Tweeted a map of the world showing every location where the company either already has or will install its superchargers (charging stations) signifying where it was selling its cars. As not a single location in India got a mention in the list shared by Musk, it