new delhi a year has gone by since tesla ceo elon musk announced he is finally entering india for the rich and famous eagerly awaiting the arrival of tesla cars the arduous wait continues owing to the import duty tussle between musk and the government amid repeated come and manufactureassemble your cars here calls from the top ministerstesla in 2021 was busy testing model 3 at several locations but concrete steps are yet to be taken to finally roll out the most coveted electric car for its fans in indialast month union minister for road transport and highways nitin gadkari informed that tesla car would cost about rs 35 lakh in indiathis indicates that both tesla and the government have a mutual interest in it tesla has already set up a corporate office in mumbai secured an office in bengaluru and is looking for key executives to start operations in the country we expect tesla to start selling cars in india around mid2022 soumen mandal research analyst iot automotive and devices ecosystem at counterpoint research told ianshowever this will materialise if tesla commits to start manufacturing in india he addedwith a 39990 global price tag tesla model 3 may remain as an affordable model in the us but with import duties it would become unaffordable in the indian market with an expected price tag of around rs 60 lakhcurrently india levies 100 per cent tax on the imported cars of price more than 40000 rs 30 lakh inclusive of insurance and shipping expenses and cars less than 40000 are subject to 60 per cent import taxthe government may consider lowering import duty along with offering other sops to tesla but for that the ev major would have to invest in setting up a manufacturing facility in the countrydid global auto component shortage and supply chain issues affect teslas 2021 plans for the indian market or is it merely concerns over high import duties on fully imported carsaccording to glenn odonnell vice president and research director at forrester musk has made statements that the semiconductor shortage is causing delays and price increaseshis spacex starlink service is also suffering similar delays a tesla car contains an extreme amount of silicon of many forms some chips are more constrained than others but all of them are under pressure odonnell told ianshowever if your car has dozens or hundreds of chips it only takes one of them to shut down delivery of that vehicle this applies to conventional vehicles not just evs he addedon the global level tesla had a minimal impact during covid19 pandemic last yearit never looked back from q3 2020 onwards moreover tesla has maintained a very good inventory level it can sustain 23 quarters easily if the automotive industry faces a slight component shortage the forrester analyst told iansin q3 2021 tesla production and deliveries increased by 64 per cent and 73 per cent respectively on a yearly basiswe think component shortage will not have any impact on tesla entering