MUMBAI: Iconic electric car maker Tesla is unlikely to open its base at the proposed JNPT SEZ, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has indicated. When asked if the Elon Musk-promoted, the US-based Tesla is coming to the proposed SEZ at JNPT which is the country's largest container port, Gadkari replied in the negative. Gadkari had visited Tesla headquarters in San Fransisco last year and had invited the iconic auto and battery-maker to set up a facility in the country and offered land adjoining any port. Tesla has done advancements on power storage front which has also led it to launch some of the most sought after electric cars. On the government resolve to increase electric vehicles, Gadkari said the country will have electric cars, buses and bikes "over the next six months" and his constituency Nagpur already has 200 electric taxis plying.

Source: Economic Times August 13, 2017 07:07 UTC