Ola CEO ‘strongly disagrees’ with Tesla, Hyundai on import duties

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said on Tuesday that he “strongly disagreed” with the views of Tesla and Hyundai on lower import duties for electric vehicles in India. He said India should have confidence in its ability to build electric vehicles indigenously while also attracting global manufacturers.

Earlier on Tuesday, Hormazd Sorabjee, editor of Autocar India, had tweeted: “Hyundai MD S S Kim backs Tesla’s call for lower duties in India on imported EVs. Says ‘lower duties will help grow the EV market’.”