Tesla opens 3rd ‘Experience Centre’ in India

The Elon Musk chaired Tesla Motors on Wednesday opened their third ‘Experience Centrr’ in India. The centre which is based at Orchid Business Park on Sohna Road in Gurugram is the second such centre in the NCR.

Tesla India officials highlighted that this is the largest center so far and the only ‘All-In-One’ centre with sales and service. The American carmaker also gave a hint of their future plans in India having started operations a few months ago.

Deliveries of their Model Y SUV started in September and the carmaker is busy establishing a network of ‘Superchargers’ with the first three already functioning and three more opening up in the next few months.  These superchargers allow the Model Y to gain 275 kilometres of range in only 15 minutes. It was hinted that the supercharger network will be expanded rapidly in other major Indian cities as will their sales network. However to entice sales, Tesla India announced that all buyers of Tesla vehicles until the end of the year would receive a home charger for free.  Tesla has recently hired Sharad Aggarwal as General Manager for their Indian operations. The former Lamborghini India chief is expected to ramp up the sales and service network. With Indian carmakers like Mahindra and Tata Motors also moving up the charts in terms of electric offerings and Tesla models attracting a high import duty, he will have his work cut out.