PM Modi met Elon Musk and his family at Blair House during his US trip. Tesla and India have engaged on-and-off for years, but the carmaker had stayed away from the South Asian nation over concerns on high import duties. India’s EV market is still nascent compared to China’s, but it offers an avenue for Tesla to check slowing sales after it posted its first annual drop in EV sales in over a decade last year. The electric-vehicle maker sought candidates for 13 roles, including customer-facing and back-end jobs, according to advertisements on Monday on its LinkedIn page. At least five of the positions, including service technician and various advisory roles, were available in both Mumbai and Delhi, while the rest of the openings, such as customer engagement manager and delivery operations specialist, were for Mumbai. the India intent follows Modi’s meeting with Musk and President Donald Trump in Washington last week. Trump later said the Indian leader agreed to begin negotiations to address the US trade deficit boost US military purchases, including steps to ultimately supply F-35 fighter jets. Last month, Italy confirmed talks with SpaceX for a deal to provide secure telecommunications for the nation’s government, a development that followed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meeting with then President-elect Trump in Florida.
