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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Trump warns Elon Musk building a Tesla factory in India would be 'very unfair' to his administration

U.S. President Donald Trump and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not in the picture attend a joint news conference at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, Feb. 13, 2025. (Credit: Hu Yousong—Xinhua via Getty Images)
  • The U.S. President does not support Tesla building cars in India, the world's third-largest car market. Foreign brands, however, only compete for about a third of overall demand—and total EV sales are vestigial, growing to just 100,000 vehicles last year.

President Donald Trump warned Elon Musk he would not take kindly to seeing one of his administration’s chief advisors build a manufacturing plant in India.

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