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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric car in India

That's cheap even in a country where cars are cheap, but China sells one for $4,525

Report
Fisker Ocean to be sold in India, Pear could be built there

High tariffs make imported EVs even more expensive in India

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Official
Ford reconsiders India after halting production there, this time for EVs

This just four months after announcing it was pulling out

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Why Ford's India dream turned nightmare

Like others before it, the Blue Oval couldn't make it in India

Followup
Ford workers in India seek government help to safeguard jobs

'The government needs to step in and stop this now'

Official
Ford to end manufacturing in India, take $2 billion hit

It had less than 2% of the market there

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Report
Renault, Nissan and Hyundai face shutdowns in India over workers' COVID fears

Workers have protested and some are planning strikes until safety and healthcare demands are met

Tesla CEO Musk suggests India entry in 2021

'Next year for sure,' Musk said on Twitter

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India's air quality immediately improves under coronavirus lockdown

The improvement 'is mainly because of a huge reduction in vehicular traffic'

Indians breathed easier on Monday as lockdowns ordered to combat the spread of the coronavirus in India's megacities kept cars off the road and closed factories, improving air quality and letting people see blue skies instead of heavy grey smog. Last year, India accounted for around half of the world's 50 most polluted cities, according to Swiss firm IQAir, with emissions caused partly by industry, vehicle exhaust and coal-fired plants. Now, however, New Delhi and at least 75 Indian districts

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India's slowing economy led to record drop in car sales in 2019

Sales plummet 20% as economy slows

Car sales in India fell by a record 19% last year as a slowing economy made consumers reluctant to spend on big-ticket items and demand is likely to be flat this year, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Friday. Passenger car sales fell to 1.81 million in 2019 from 2.24 million in 2018. Sales of sport-utility vehicles (SUVs), however, rose 5% helped by the launch of new models, data released by SIAM showed.

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