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After a decade of speculation over its launch, Tesla has finally arrived in India, but consumer response has been tepid, with sales confined to double digits
Tesla launched the new Model Y as its first EV in India in mid-July and kicked off deliveries last month. The company delivered the first unit to Pratap Sarnaik, Maharashtra’s Transport Minister, on 5th September.
According to data we’ve accessed on the government’s Vahan dashboard, Tesla delivered only 64 units of the new Model Y in September. This is a fraction of the volume the company moves in the U.S., European countries, and other key markets every month.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that Tesla had received just over 600 bookings for the new Model Y in India. The consumer response has not met internal projections, the business publication said, adding the company used to sell more than 600 cars every four hours globally between January and June this year.
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Tesla imports the new Model Y from Gigafactory Shanghai (China) and plans to dispatch 350-500 units to India by December. The company is accepting orders for the EV from customers across the country, but has opened showrooms only in Mumbai and Delhi so far. Initially, it is delivering the electric SUV in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram, and Pune.
The American EV maker has deployed four 11 kW AC Destination Chargers and four 250 kW DC Superchargers in Mumbai and three 11 kW Destination Chargers and four 250 kW DC Superchargers in Delhi. In the near future, the company will expand its charging network to Bengaluru, one of the leading cities in EV adoption in India. It does not plan to open a showroom there or in any other new city anytime soon, though.
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The new Model Y is available in India in Standard Range RWD and Long Range RWD variants, priced at 59.89 lakh rupees (ex-showroom) and 67.89 lakh rupees (ex-showroom), respectively. The Standard Range RWD variant accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.9 seconds, achieves a top speed of 201 km/h, and travels up to 500 km, as per WLTP.
The Long Range RWD variant hits 0 to 100 km/h 0.3 seconds quicker, in 5.6 seconds; maxes out at the same, 201 km/h; and delivers a 122 km longer range – 622 km.
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