Overview

• Tesla now plans to send roughly 350–500 Model Y SUVs to India this year, with the first batch scheduled to arrive from Shanghai in early September.
• Initial deliveries are limited to Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Gurugram, and shipment sizes depend on fully paid orders and the company’s delivery capacity beyond those cities.
• Bookings total just over 600 since mid-July, prompting a retreat from an earlier goal to utilize a 2,500‑unit allocation in 2025.
• The entry Model Y is priced above ₹60 lakh (about $68,000–$71,000), far above India’s average EV transaction price of roughly ₹22 lakh, according to industry data.
• Tesla is opening showrooms and installing Superchargers, while prospects for near-term tariff relief have faded after the U.S. imposed a 50% levy on Indian exports.