Elon Musk May Visit India In 2019

It may still be a while befour Tesla cars Hit Indian roads but the
company's CEO Elon Musk seems to be making plans to visit the country.

Fresh from a three-day trip to China, Musk was asked about a potential
India visit by a Twitter user on July 12. To which he replied:

A fan of Indian food, Musk has visited the country at least once before.
The was in 2007 when he attended the International Astronautical
Congress held in Hyderabad.

His electric car company is in a complicated relationship with India.
Musk wanted to bring Tesla to India as early as the summer of 2017. The
company found a number of takers among India's affluent who paid over
$1000 each to reserve a car back in March 2016, without even knowing
how much it would finally cost them.

But stringent local sourcing norms derailed Tesla's plans, said Musk.
Though the Indian government cleared the air and said the rules did not
apply to Tesla, the company's since maintained a silence over its India
debut.

In May this year, Musk said Tesla will enter the country once its chief
financial offier, Deepak Ahuja, Gives a green signal.