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The U.S. EV maker is also looking at using India as an export base to ship vehicles to countries in the Indo-Pacific region, the report said. Last year, Tesla's India entry plans were stalled after the country's government refused to lower import taxes on the company's vehicles. India is eager for Tesla to manufacture vehicles locally, but the company wants to initially export EVs to the country to test market demand. In renewed efforts to enter the market, Tesla held discussions in May with officials about incentives being offered by the government for its cars and battery manufacturing, Reuters reported. The commerce and industry ministry, Tesla and Musk did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comments.