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Tesla beefs up India executive team with Porsche alumnus

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Tesla has added another member to its executive team for its electric car operation in India. Samir Jain, who previously worked for Porsche, will assume the position of “Lead Aftersales – Regional Service Manager – India,” according to his LinkedIn page. New Tesla India Hiring Alert*.

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Porsche launches its first fully electric car ‘Taycan’ in India

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Porsche launches its first fully electric car ‘Taycan’ in India. Porsche, a luxury auto manufacturer has launched its first full-electric car, Taycan in India at Rs 1.50 The deliveries of the Porsche Taycan EV will commence in the first quarter of 2022. Porsche electric car Taycan.

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Ferrari Purosangue India full details | Autocar Professional

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The Ferrari Purosangue, the brand’s first four-door model, has finally touched down in India, with the first customer deliveries having recently taken place. With that, we now know the India price for the first Ferrari SUV and it’s Rs 10.5 crore, ex-showroom India. The brand’s naturally aspirated 6.5-litre

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Tesla’s next Gigafactory location unknown, but all signs point toward India

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While there have been rumors of deep talks in Spain , numerous meetings with French government officials, and heavy speculation regarding a relationship with Canada, Indonesia, and South Korea, it is becoming overwhelmingly clear that all signs are pointing toward India, a location where Tesla has mulled a factory for several years.

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Tesla India teams reassigned to other Asia-Pacific markets

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The Tesla India team was reassigned to Asia-Pacific (APAC) and other markets. The team in India includes Sami Jain, who previously worked for Porsche on the legacy automaker’s electrification effort. Most of Tesla’s employees in India were tasked to focus on the company’s efforts in Dubai and other Middle-East markets.

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Audi expects 50% luxury cars in India by 2028 to be EVs, keen on localisation | Autocar Professional

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Andre Konsbruck, Vice President of Sales Overseas at Audi AG believes that more than 50 percent of luxury cars sold in India by 2028 will be electric vehicles and hence the German carmaker is very actively looking at localising electric vehicles in the country. That is our planning premise,” said Konsbruck.

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Why manual transmissions are still popular in India amid rush for automatics

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Here are some key reasons why manual transmissions are still popular in India amid the rush for automatics. Subsequently, the higher sticker price of the car due to the automatic transmission technology drives up the insurance cost for the buyer, making the vehicle significantly expensive in a majority of the cases.

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