US electric vehicle giant Tesla has created its entry in India. Tesla has registered its Indian subsidiary in Karnataka’s Bengaluru. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tweeted, then deleted, a welcome message for CEO Elon Musk, who is today the world’s richest particular person thanks to Tesla’s meteoric rise. Mr Yediyurappa tweeted: “Karnataka will lead India’s journey towards Green Mobility. Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Tesla will soon start its operations in India with an R&D unit in Bengaluru. I welcome Elon Musk to India and Karnataka and wish him all the very best.”
Tesla has set up a research and improvement centre in Bengaluru – a city so infamous for its targeted traffic that every person on Twitter believed of the very same joke as news of Tesla’s entry broke out. While the excitement amongst vehicle enthusiasts was palpable and #TeslaIndia trended higher on Twitter, a quantity of customers also flooded the microblogging platform with jokes and memes – most of them centred on the situation of Indian roads.
#Teslaindia
elon musk following seeing the situation of indian roads : pic.twitter.com/X9EpKUSkFp— Tushar Patel (@tusharrrpatel) January 12, 2021
Tesla on Indian roads.#Teslaindia ???????? pic.twitter.com/XIZLfGXf7B
— Kachre Wala (@GaadiWalaa) January 12, 2021
Twitter customers worried about how Tesla’s electric automobiles would fare in Bengaluru targeted traffic
Next year you can spot a Tesla in these photos of Saki Naka Jn and Silk board #Teslaindiapic.twitter.com/xWGvNE0lrq
— Lalit (@lalpra) January 12, 2021
Some worried that Tesla’s autopilot function would be no match for Indian targeted traffic
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Tesla Be conscious about Indian targeted traffic, “Auto drive” mode might not be working right here… pic.twitter.com/Vo9ttaF0wV— fᵣₑₑ wₐy ???? (@T_O_freeway) January 13, 2021
Bold of Tesla to feel its algorithms can figure out Indian targeted traffic, roads and pedestrians.
— Sriraam Padmanabhan (@sriraamp) January 12, 2021
#Tesla autopilot following one particular ride in India.#Teslaindiapic.twitter.com/34osPkAO61
— Anubhav Chauhan (@ascmkk) January 12, 2021
Take a appear at some other jokes that have flooded social media:
Tesla has registered itself as a organization in Bangalore.
Explains Elon Musk’s appreciate for Signal.????
— Shridhar V (@iimcomic) January 12, 2021
Tesla ‘s Indian audience will book absolutely free test demo rides and say “Elon Musk bhaisahab price theek theek quote karo gaadi road pe drive karni hai Mars pe nahi jaana !!! ” #Teslaindia ????????
— Whosthatguy ???????????? (@theanantkashyap) January 12, 2021
#Teslaindia incorporated in India
*le indians in hope of job chance :: pic.twitter.com/U8Xqs2w6Hw
— Sujeet (@Oooo__baaa__maa) January 13, 2021
Tesla Motors India and Energy Private Limited was incorporated on January 8. Last year, Elon Musk had confirmed that his organization would enter the Indian marketplace in 2021.
The regulatory filing shows the Indian unit has 3 directors – David Feinstein, Vaibhav Taneja, and Venkatrangam Sreeram.