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Electric Vehicles including hybrids and plug-ins
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Eh, don't care. A sane person would've pick something well established, like a Tata Nexon, a Mahindra XUV400EV or a Citroen eC3. Or in premium segments, a Hyundai Ioniq 5, a KIA EV6 or those BMW cars whose names I don't remember. Only rich, entitled ancap brats in India would buy something as expensive and proprietary as a Tesla.
Hell, even BYD
Oh yes, they're also available, but owing to the China-maal (China-stuff) sentiment, which is the Indian equivalent of Chinesium, propagated and fueled by the western media, I'm not sure if expensive products like cars will be well-received.
However if local companies step in for a partnership, like for example the Tata-Chery venture, then they would have easy entry in the market. BYD was temporarily associated with Megha Engineering, who were involved in huge cases of corruption, so there's that too.
I don't know who the current partner of BYD is (OHM E Logistics?), but as long as they can stay away from NDA-associated corrupt companies, they could probably do well.
Agreed I have been seeing BYDs in the national capital these days, they are surprisingly more common than I would think. Some cursory analysis suggests people aren't aware it is Chinese, like with MG Motors (Morris Garages) which are in a JV with Jindal. They research electric vehicles to buy and don't realise/care for the origin sometimes. I hope this happens though.