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If Mukesh Abmani ties up with Elon Musk for Tesla's India expansion, it will be done faster than it was done in China. But may be wishful thinking.

JoelJacobson 5y ago
Not so sure about the "faster" part in that sentence. I think Tesla could possibly have too many parallel projects in the pipe already.
- pas 5y ago
  Isn't Tesla mostly bottlenecked by its vendors and regulatory approval? (For example each aluminium die casting machine - called a "Giga Press" and supplied by an Italian company - probably takes some time to get built. Just like with the semiconductor industry where ASML builds a few steppers per year.)
  - JoelJacobson 5y ago
    I have no idea. I was thinking about the Tesla Roadster and Tesla Semi, two products delayed with years and counting. I pre-paid the Tesla Roadster in full 2018-06-14 and was expecting it to be delivered in 2020, so every new Tesla project I hear about makes me a little nervous the Roadster will be postponed even further into the future.
ir123 5y ago
We don't want Tesla. We already see what car lobbies do to cities like Pune with a terrible public transport infra. We want a more reliable rail network and a useable metro for all important cities. And no, we can't have both, I don't want the car lobby to get stronger that it is.
- supperburg 5y ago
  You want to address your countries lobbying problem by killing business rather than using legislation or political action to prevent lobbying. That is decidedly unwise.
- pvsukale3 5y ago
  Still waiting for Pune metro. I think metros will do wonders for most big cities in India.
  - kylehotchkiss 5y ago
    How much longer are they expecting it to take? I was there several months ago and it looked like they had a ton of elevated track bridges ready
    - pvsukale3 5y ago
      Hard to tell, they are waiting for supreme leader to inaugurate metro before Pune municipality elections. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/inauguration-of-pune-metro-to-be-delayed-as-pm-cancels-visit-101641822989869.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/inauguration...

JoelJacobson 5y ago

Not so sure about the "faster" part in that sentence. I think Tesla could possibly have too many parallel projects in the pipe already.

pas 5y ago
Isn't Tesla mostly bottlenecked by its vendors and regulatory approval? (For example each aluminium die casting machine - called a "Giga Press" and supplied by an Italian company - probably takes some time to get built. Just like with the semiconductor industry where ASML builds a few steppers per year.)
- JoelJacobson 5y ago
  I have no idea. I was thinking about the Tesla Roadster and Tesla Semi, two products delayed with years and counting. I pre-paid the Tesla Roadster in full 2018-06-14 and was expecting it to be delivered in 2020, so every new Tesla project I hear about makes me a little nervous the Roadster will be postponed even further into the future.

ir123 5y ago

We don't want Tesla. We already see what car lobbies do to cities like Pune with a terrible public transport infra. We want a more reliable rail network and a useable metro for all important cities. And no, we can't have both, I don't want the car lobby to get stronger that it is.

supperburg 5y ago
You want to address your countries lobbying problem by killing business rather than using legislation or political action to prevent lobbying. That is decidedly unwise.
pvsukale3 5y ago
Still waiting for Pune metro. I think metros will do wonders for most big cities in India.
- kylehotchkiss 5y ago
  How much longer are they expecting it to take? I was there several months ago and it looked like they had a ton of elevated track bridges ready
  - pvsukale3 5y ago
    Hard to tell, they are waiting for supreme leader to inaugurate metro before Pune municipality elections. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/inauguration-of-pune-metro-to-be-delayed-as-pm-cancels-visit-101641822989869.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/inauguration...