Just before Modi's state visit to Washington in 2023, Musk met with Modi in New York to discuss slashing electric vehicle import duties in India and other ways Tesla's expansion into India could become a reality.
Tesla has not publicly shared a plan to build a factory in India, and has instead continued to focus on China. But India has become a big growth market for U.S. tech.
Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon have pledged billions of dollars of investment in India's growth and to capitalize on the country's emerging middle class.