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Tesla in India: What is the Game Plan?

Tesla is set to land in India amid a capacity glut, rising competition and anti-Musk protests in key markets.

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Tesla in India: What is the Game Plan?

Amid beauty serums, trendy Stanley cups, and holiday shopping deals, something unexpected shot up on Amazon’s bestseller list on November 5—Donald Trump’s electoral victory day. The so-called ‘regret stickers’ bearing slogans like “Bought it before we knew how awful he is” and “Stuck with Tesla, not stuck on Elon” became a quiet but powerful form of protest among Tesla owners in the United States.

The backlash against Tesla CEO Elon Musk had been simmering for months due to his increasingly right-wing politics. However, that was not Musk’s only challenge. It was hemmed in by increasing competition from players like BYD ...

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