Musk extends apology to Goyal for being unable to meet him at Tesla factory

Tesla CEO Elon Musk conveyed his apologies to Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal after the two missed an opportunity to meet during the latters visit to the Tesla factory in Fremont CaliforniaMinister Goyal shared his excitement about touring Teslas cuttingedge manufacturing facility on Monday local time highlighting the significant presence of Indian professionals in key roles and the growing importance of Indian auto component suppliers in Teslas supply chain Despite the positive engagement Goyal expressed regret at missing Musks magnetic presence during the visit wishing him a speedy recoveryResponding to Goyals post Musk expressed his gratitude saying It was an honor to have you visit Tesla My apologies for not being able to travel to California today but I look forward to meeting at a future date Following his visit to Teslas manufacturing facility in Californias Fremont Goyal said that the US electric car maker is on its way to double its component imports from IndiaGoyal stressed that he is proud to see the growing importance of auto component suppliers from India in the Tesla EV supply chain He said that he is delighted to see Indian engineers and finance professionals working in senior positions and contributing to Teslas journey to transform mobilityTaking to X Goyal said Visited Tesla s state of the art manufacturing facility at Fremont California Extremely delighted to see talented Indian engineers amp finance professionals working at Senior positions and contributing to Teslas remarkable journey to transform mobility Also proud to see the growing importance of Auto component suppliers from India in the Tesla EV supply chain It is on its way to double its components imports from India Missed Mr ElonMusks magnetic presence and I wish him a speedy recoveryGoyal who is on a visit to the United States from November 13 to 16 arrived in San Francisco Monday morning local time and will participate in the third inperson IndoPacific Economic Framework IPEF Ministerial meeting from November 1314 2023 During his visit he will also attend the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation APEC Summit in San FranciscoMusk said in June this year that he is planning to visit India next year adding that he is confident that the electric carmaker will be in India and will do so as soon as humanly possible He said I am planning to visit India next year I am confident that Tesla will be in India and we will do so as soon as humanly possible adding I would like to thank PM Modi for his support and hopefully we will be able to announce something in the futureCalling himself a fan of PM Modi Musk also noted that the prime minister visited a Tesla factory in California many years ago The Prime Minister had previously met with Musk in 2015 during a visit to the Tesla Motors factory in Freemont California he really cares about India He is pushing us to make significant investments in India which is something we intend to do Musk said about his meeting with PM ModiThe Tesla CEO said that he had an excellent conversation with PM Modi and that quite likely there will be a significant investment in India His comments to reporters were made outside the Lotte New York Palace following a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was on a historic fourday State visit to the US in June this yearMeanwhile PM Modi tweeted after his meeting with Musk Great meeting you today elonmusk We had multifaceted conversations on issues ranging from energy to spirituality Musk said that PM Modi has invited him to India and that he is planning to come to India next yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever