Tesla opens bookings for Model Y in India at up to ₹67.89 lakh due to high import duties, with first deliveries expected later in 2025 from Shanghai plant
These models will be officially launched for public sale in August, following the inauguration of the company's plant in Thoothukudi, with deliveries to follow subsequently
Tesla India site lists Model Y RWD at ₹60 lakh, Long Range RWD at ₹68 lakh; prices significantly higher than in US, China and Germany
Musk asked X users publicly last year if Tesla should invest $5 billion in xAI, writing at the time that he was just testing the waters
Tesla will compete with its Chinese rival BYD, as well as domestic major Tata Motors in the Indian market
Deliveries are expected to start from late August, a separate person familiar with the development said. Customers will be able to configure and order their Tesla EVs from next week
Musk unveiled the 'America Party' on Saturday after openly sparring with Donald Trump over the US president's tax-cut and spending bill
Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja appointed Treasurer and Custodian of Records for Elon Musk's newly launched America Party, aimed at offering an alternative to the two-party political system
As Donald Trump calls Elon Musk a 'train wreck' over America Party announcement, the Tesla CEO mocks him with a jab on Truth Social, reigniting their war of words on social media
Still, shares of the electric automaker jumped 3 per cent in early trading as the decline proved less severe than the bleakest analyst projections
US President Donald Trump threatens to review Elon Musk's citizenship and EV subsidies as tensions over a Republican tax bill mount; Musk hints at retaliation but says he'll hold off - for now
Afshar, who was part of the CEO's office at Tesla, had started overseeing sales and manufacturing operations in Europe and North America last year
For years, Musk has said Tesla would soon operate its own autonomous ride-hailing service and also turn any Tesla, new or used, into a cash-generating robotaxi for its customers
The first robotaxi trips were limited to a narrow portion of Tesla's hometown of Austin, with an employee in each vehicle keeping tabs on the operations
Elon Musk promised in 2019 that driverless Tesla robotaxis would be on the road next year, but it didn't happen. A year later, he promised to deliver them the next year, but that didn't happen either. Despite the empty pledges the promises kept coming. Last year in January, Musk said, Next year for sure, we'll have over a million robotaxis. Would you settle for 10 or 12? Musk appears to be on the verge of making his robotaxi vision a reality with a test run of a small squad of self-driving cabs in Austin, Texas, starting Sunday. Reaching a million may take a year or more, however, although the billionaire should be able to expand the service this year if the Austin demo is a success. The stakes couldn't be higher, nor the challenges. While Musk was making those next year promises, rival Waymo was busy deploying driverless taxis in Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin and other cities by using a different technology that allowed it to get to market faster. It just completed its 10 millio
Tesla will open its first showrooms in India in July, starting with Mumbai and New Delhi, bringing in China-made Model Y EVs as it seeks growth amid slower sales in Europe and China
Tesla is starting from behind. Waymo has been driving paying passengers for years in Phoenix
Elon Musk says Tesla will tentatively launch its first robotaxi service in Austin on June 22, combining Full Self-Driving software and Model Y vehicles in a bid to outpace rivals
Donald Trump, who once threatened to return his Tesla, now says 'I like Tesla' after Elon Musk admitted he 'went too far' in his posts and slammed 'Big Beautiful Bill' as reckless
Musk said in a post on his social media site X that the date could shift because Tesla is being "super paranoid about safety"