Tesla , the Luxury car company is setting its research and development centre in India

Americanelectric vehicle (EV) and clean energy company led by Elon Musk has initiatedtalks to set up its research and innovation centre in Bengaluru keeping the endof 2020 as a deadline.

 Accordingto a report, the company had a discussion with the officialsfrom the Karnataka government for setting up a research facility. The discussions are in the primary stages. A follow-up meeting will be heldlater in this month. The meeting will be attended by State Government officials and speculations are made that a detailed proposalwill be presented to Tesla executives.

 "Tesla has shown initial interest to invest in a research and innovation centre in Karnataka and talks are at a preliminary stage," as per the sources. In July, CEO Elon Musk had hinted that the luxury car company will "hopefully" come to India soon. 

Ifeverything goes well, India will be the second country outside the US whereTesla will have a research centre. This development comes after two months whenCEO Elon Musk showed his interest to bring Tesla's electric card in India. Lastyear in July, while interacting with the students of IIT Madras, Musk had alsoindicated the same intentions to launch Tesla cars on Indian roads by 2020.

 Backedsupport from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari hasoffered a land somewhere near a port to start with their technology.  

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FollowingKarnataka's footstep, 11 states including Delhi, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, TamilNadu, Telangana and Maharashtra have also launched a similar electric vehiclepolicy.

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