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Tesla submits homologation application for Model 3 and Model Y in India | Ensuring compliance with India’s safety and emission standards ahead of officially launching sales in the

chrisdh79 | 2025-03-18 14:21 | 220 views

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dancingjake 2025-03-18 14:27

TIL that Homologation is the process of official approval or certification that a product, especially a vehicle, meets the technical and safety standards required for its use in a specific region or country, ensuring compliance with regulations

itjohan73 2025-03-18 14:28

shit.. fsd in India.. with cows and stuff on the road.. must be some heavy upgrade to existing system :) trucks that breaks down in the middle of night just stops in the middle of the road with no warning light on..

woalk 2025-03-18 14:30

There will very likely not be FSD in India. This article is about actually selling the cars first.

ymjcmfvaeykwxscaai 2025-03-18 14:32

What I want is FSD neural net trained on indian driving. that sucker would be unstoppable.

Upset-Somewhere1238 2025-03-18 14:36

I can't believe India has safety and environmental standards.

Delladv 2025-03-18 14:42

India might be a huge market if the final price is acceptable, has any Chinese EV maker started to sell there?

22marks 2025-03-18 14:47

I don't know how current the videos I've seen are--and I'm sure many are extreme examples--but some of those uncontrolled intersections are wild. I'm amazed how few people are crashing into one another. When FSD can handle those situations like humans can, it will have truly arrived. One example from 10 years ago: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aSkJCUDAes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aSkJCUDAes)

Underwater_Karma 2025-03-18 15:00

Tesla did what now?

[deleted] 2025-03-18 15:02

Tesla is delaying her demise

1988rx7T2 2025-03-18 15:10

I can see India FSD videos being its own sub genre. Would love to see an someone trying to navigate the craziness as the software evolves

1988rx7T2 2025-03-18 15:10

It’s basically certification in the context of mass market vehicles

rideincircles 2025-03-18 15:12

It would need a ring of turtle shells spinning around it.

schaudhery 2025-03-18 15:34

Don't India and Pakistan have a grid problem? Every time I'm there they have scheduled load shedding. How do they plan on getting around that for future EV drivers?

ADGArrio 2025-03-18 15:38

During my last trip to Mumbai (this past December-January), I saw a couple BYD cars. There were tons of Tata EVs tho (a famous Indian company that happens to own Jaguar-Land Rover)

ADGArrio 2025-03-18 15:38

No idea about Pakistan, but load shedding is not an issue anymore in big Indian cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, etc.

schaudhery 2025-03-18 15:54

That's good to hear.

sherpa143 2025-03-18 16:09

This will surely help the stock price

thebiglebowskiisfine 2025-03-18 16:24

Only with 100% import tax.

RoshanGill441 2025-03-18 16:36

When Tesla starts training its FSD neural network in India....

trengilly 2025-03-18 16:40

In some ways these conditions are actually 'easier' for FSD. Where there aren't any actual traffic rules all FSD has to think about is: * Move forward * Don't hit anything * Go slowly around obstructions The really challenging stuff for FSD is learning all the specific driving rules (lights, signs, turn lanes, etc). The confusion of lots of vehicle and pedestrian activity is hard for us humans because we can't see and react to it all . . . but FSD can see and track everything without any real difficulty.

chestnut177 2025-03-18 16:51

Tesla has almost zero debt and over 30B in cash on hand. They could handle a decade long sales crash and still be okay. It is an extremely strong business and balance sheet. With a ton of assets and IP.

coveredcallnomad100 2025-03-18 17:27

indias market size is smaller than one china city

bookofp 2025-03-18 17:37

tsla has an incredible burn rate, they can not survive that long on a sales decline.

RealKillering 2025-03-18 18:12

I don’t think the FSD will be even close to the US offering. In Europe we already are not even close with the activated features and the traffic here is very structured. US traffic is so simple it’s usually the first step and it’s also super easy to get it legal.

QuantumProtector 2025-03-18 18:47

Definitely not India

[deleted] 2025-03-18 18:53

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dancingjake 2025-03-18 19:01

It sounds like you might be calling me stupid for not already knowing this. I don't think it's a terribly common word, so I looked it up and thought I'd share what I learned. What else did you think I was doing with my post?

Present-Ad-9598 2025-03-18 19:11

I had never heard this word before, it is not very common

Dr_Pippin 2025-03-18 19:14

A burn rate for R&D and expansion can be turned down if needed.

[deleted] 2025-03-18 19:17

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dancingjake 2025-03-18 19:25

\+1 for amending your post and owning up, -1 for not making a pun with being confused about your logation/location.

Limp_Divide7583 2025-03-18 22:46

India has emission standard?

bookofp 2025-03-19 00:08

Turning down R&D will eventually result in an even further reduction in sales... nobody wants to buy old tech.

libben 2025-03-19 01:09

Im shocked its for model 3 and y. Would assume its for the model q or model 2 depending on what the name will be. Cheap car with no ability to activate fsd until it has trained a year or two at least!

fleeeeeeee 2025-03-19 01:45

BYD and MG are the only Chinese EVs being sold. They are very smaller in number relative to local offerings from Tata and Mahindra.

treeforface 2025-03-19 04:11

Europe is just a regulatory problem. Look at the videos coming out of FSD China in the last week or two. It's very impressive. https://x.com/boolusilan/status/1902141882014298424 https://x.com/CharlesWBoy/status/1902016966229139755 https://x.com/boolusilan/status/1901526332158443624

iKnowRobbie 2025-03-19 04:24

And not, in fact, writing down names of guys you suspect of being gay, which we all thought it meant prior to reading the article.

Terron1965 2025-03-19 04:56

Tesla has been cash positive since 2021. What are you people smoking? They can deploy 30 billion next quarter in R&D and still have & billion in cash.

Terron1965 2025-03-19 04:58

India sold 4.3 million cars last year. China made 21 million for domestic consumption.

coveredcallnomad100 2025-03-19 05:06

Bmw mini sold 15k units in India, it sold 715k in china. 2024 numbers.

Intelligent_Mud1225 2025-03-19 05:34

Mini base variant costs $29k in China. Same costs $62k in India.

coveredcallnomad100 2025-03-19 05:39

How much is the tesla gonna cost

Intelligent_Mud1225 2025-03-19 05:51

Don't know. There is 110% import duty here, so you need to pay more in taxes than for the car. But government is making an exemption for EVs with a lot of conditions, so import duties can be reduced to 15%. Model 3 may cost between $46k (if Tesla does regional pricing well and satisfies all conditions enforced by government) to $80k.

coveredcallnomad100 2025-03-19 05:53

Yah it's gonna be a small market at that price

Intelligent_Mud1225 2025-03-19 06:02

Also Tesla doesn't have charging network, service network in India. It most likely won't have FSD too. Anyone with sense is not going to buy it here.

RealKillering 2025-03-19 08:32

That’s interesting, thanks for sharing the links

LeicaM42 2025-03-19 15:20

Safety and emission standards in India? Thanks huge irony.

Jumpy_Implement_1902 2025-03-21 09:45

I wonder how well Tesla will compete in a market like India with current competition there

varnell_hill 2025-03-21 14:33

I don’t want this on my car so I’m refusing the update. Pause.

WenMunSun 2025-03-21 17:53

getting ready to sell cars in india

[deleted] 2025-03-23 12:10

India is perfect for huge sales :  Although India is the fifth largest economy in the world, the average salary in the country is INR 46,861 (USD 557.32) per month. At the same time, the average annual salary in India is INR 562,332 (USD 6,687.76)

aptwo 2025-03-24 19:49

India has safety and emission standards? that's news to me lol

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