Tesla officially entered the Indian market with the Model Y on July 15, 2025. Offered in two variants namely Standard and Long-Range at price points of Rs 59.89 lakh and 67.89 lakh, respectively.

For your information, the Tesla Model Y is currently available in four cities in India namely Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Gurugram. Tesla’s strategy for the Indian market includes expansion of EV infrastructure so that more and more people drift towards electric vehicles as compared to ICE-powered vehicles, predominantly in metro cities.

Sharad Agarwal, General Manager, Tesla India officially stated that in order to fight the severe air pollution in Delhi and Mumbai, the people need to shift towards electric mobility.

Sharad, in very clear words, told the Economic Times that future course of action involves a robust charging network to cover all major cities. “We always build our infrastructure around the lifestyle of our customers, where they eat, where they work, where they go for staycations,” he said to The Economic Times. Tesla started the deliveries of the Model Y in Sep in our country and has delivered 109 units of the electric SUV since then.

Since Tesla brought the Model Y car to India, the company has been setting up charging points everywhere – at people’s homes, apartment buildings, shopping centers, and hotels. Tesla is also building its fast-charging stations in major cities.
The Model Y costs 70% extra in taxes, which makes it 30% pricier in India compared to America. However, Tesla ships the car to India from Shanghai, China, not from the United States.

Tesla opened its first store in Mumbai in July and started selling cars in India. The company opened a second store in Aerocity, New Delhi by August 2025. With the latest charging station now open in Gurugram, Tesla has four charging locations across the country. These locations have 16 fast chargers and 10 regular chargers.

Tesla is moving carefully and slowly in the Indian market. Right now, the company has no plans to make cars in India. Instead, it is focused on opening more stores and building more charging stations. Worldwide, Tesla sold 497,000 cars between July and September 2025.

Tesla reportedly started a free 30-day trial of FSD (Supervised) V14 in North America. This seems to be a huge news for the 1.5 million Tesla owners, with HW4 cars, who haven’t purchased FSD.

FSD, of course, stands for “Full Self Driving”, which is an outright lie, so Tesla has in the meantime added the “Supervised” oxymoron hoping people wouldn’t notice that if it’s supervised, it’s not “full self driving”. The company says eligible owners will receive an email as well as a notification in the Tesla app about the trial.

To be a part of this all you need to own a Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, or Cybertruck in the US, Puerto Rico, Mexico, or Canada. You also need to be on software version 14.2 or later. This will arrive as an over-the-air update. To make sure you get it as soon as possible, keep your Tesla connected to Wi-Fi as much as you can.

You cannot defer the trial to a later date. Once software version 14.2 is installed, the trial will start and it will last 30 days (although Tesla reserves the right to end it sooner).

Apart from this, the refreshed Tesla Model 3 has won the DRIVEN Car Guide AA Insurance NZ Car of the Year 2025 award in the Passenger Car category, beating all traditional and electric rivals.

Judges praised the all-electric sedan’s driving dynamics, value-packed EV tech, and the game-changing addition of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that went live in New Zealand this September.

Why the Model 3 clinched the crown

DRIVEN admitted they were late to the “Highland” party because the updated sedan arrived in New Zealand as a 2024 model, just before the new Model Y stole the headlines. Yet two things forced a re-evaluation this year.

First, experiencing the new Model Y reminded testers how many big upgrades originated in the Model 3, such as the smoother ride, quieter cabin, ventilated seats, rear touchscreen, and stalk-less minimalist interior.

Mahindra just released a new electric car called the XEV 9S. The company now sell four electric cars total. Now, the company is looking to increase more cars.

• Right now, Mahindra makes 4,000-5,000 electric cars per month
• By March 2026, they plan to make 8,000 cars per month
• Factory in Chakan (Pune) can actually make up to 10,000 cars per month, but they won’t use full capacity yet

Why go slow?

The company wants to make sure their suppliers and workers are ready before making too many cars.

Sales goals

Today: About 7.5% of all Mahindra cars sold are electric
By 2028: They want 20-25% of their sales to be electric cars (3 times more than now)

What’s next?

Mahindra hasn’t decided yet which electric car models they’ll make more of. The company will decide based on which ones customers want most.