Narendra Modi

Tesla’s Trek To India

Elon Musk has been talking about bringing Tesla to India for some time. In 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a tour of Tesla’s Fremont factory, and it was reported that the two discussed the possibility of someday opening an Indian Gigafactory. However, we’ve heard nothing about any such plans since.

Could India Really Become 1st Fully Electric Car Country?

Last year, when I presented* at a big institutional investment conference in India, there was a lot of talk about solar, but little about electric vehicles. Of course, a large portion of my presentation was about Tesla and electric cars. The presentation* from Indian Minister of Coal, Power, and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, highlighted the highly competitive cost of solar power but didn’t really touch electric vehicles.