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A huge shift

With the rising popularity of electric vehicles, the auto industry is on the cusp of a transformation - and there will be winners and losers

A huge shift in the automobile industry

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You may have heard of the funny story of Elon Musk's lament about 'challenges' in bringing Tesla to India. A couple of weeks ago, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was asked on Twitter when his cars would be available in India. He replied, "Still working through many challenges with the government." The response from the government - not official - was that Musk's statement was essentially a pressure tactic to force lower duties for fully built-up imported cars. There were also several tweets from state ministers inviting Musk to set up a factory in their state. Maharashtra, Punjab, Telangana and West Bengal were the ones I noticed, with the West Bengal one unequivocally saying that the state was the most business-friendly one. I'm sure Tata Motors will be happy to vouch for this. The interesting part was the large number of tweets from Indians telling Musk to


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