Tesla plans Supercharger network in Hyderabad, bets on home charging to drive India’s EV future

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The caller   six-seater Model Y L connected  show  arsenic  Tesla India Country Head Sharad Agarwal addresses the media astatine  the inauguration of the Tesla Experience Center astatine  Knowledge City successful  Hyderabad connected  Wednesday (June 17, 2026)

The caller six-seater Model Y L connected show arsenic Tesla India Country Head Sharad Agarwal addresses the media astatine the inauguration of the Tesla Experience Center astatine Knowledge City successful Hyderabad connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL

The caller six-seater Model Y L connected show astatine the inauguration of the Tesla Experience Center astatine Knowledge City successful Hyderabad connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) | Video Credit: NAGARA GOPAL

Tesla plans to rotation retired its proprietary Supercharger web successful Hyderabad arsenic portion of its strategy to link large Indian cities done dedicated charging corridors, with the institution maintaining that reliable charging and location charging, alternatively than simply expanding the fig of nationalist charging stations, volition find the gait of electrical conveyance (EV) adoption successful India.

Guided walkarounds for customers to acquisition vehicles

The announcement came arsenic Tesla connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) opened its 5th Experience Center successful India astatine Knowledge City, Hyderabad. The installation showcased the recently launched 2026 Model Y Premium Rear-Wheel Drive and the six-seater Model Y L. “Customers tin acquisition the vehicles done guided walkarounds and interactive merchandise demonstrations by Tesla Advisors,” said Sharad Agarwal, Tesla India state head. 

Tesla presently operates 5 Supercharger stations

Speaking connected the sidelines of the launch, a elder institution enforcement said Tesla presently operates 5 Supercharger stations successful India, lodging a full of 20 Supercharger connectors successful India and intends to found Superchargers successful Hyderabad. Charging corridors linking Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad are expected to screen astir 80% of the country.

One of the biggest questions prospective buyers person are astir charging infrastructure. The enforcement said that the absorption should not simply beryllium connected expanding the fig of charging stations but connected ensuring they relation reliably. “Home charging would stay cardinal to EV ownership, with each Tesla conveyance supplied with a partition connector,” the enforcement added.

Deliveries and after-sales operations

To enactment customers successful Telangana, the institution has besides commenced deliveries and after-sales operations from its installation successful the Bollaram Industrial Area. Hyderabad already has a assemblage store and work facility, which besides functions arsenic a transportation centre.

The enforcement besides said that dissimilar accepted automobile manufacturers, Tesla does not prescribe periodic attraction schedules, adding that owners whitethorn not request to physically sojourn work centres for 4 to 5 years. “Many issues tin beryllium diagnosed and rectified remotely. In cases wherever carnal involution is required, Tesla’s mobile work teams tin sojourn customers,” they added.

Describing Tesla arsenic an artificial quality and exertion institution alternatively than simply an automobile manufacturer, the enforcement said the company’s vehicles were ‘AI connected 4 wheels’.

The institution believes bundle is 1 of its biggest differentiators. More than 250 features were added globally during 2024 done over-the-air updates, allowing vehicles to continuously germinate aft purchase. Recent additions see Grok, Tesla’s artificial quality assistant. Software-driven improvements mean customers bash not person to hold for a caller exemplary to entree caller features, dissimilar the accepted attack followed by galore carmakers.

Priced astatine ₹50.89 lakh

The 2026 Model Y Premium Rear-Wheel Drive, priced astatine ₹50.89 lakh, offers seating for up to 5 passengers, 2,138 litres of retention space, a scope of up to 500 km and accelerates from 0 to 100 kmph successful 5.9 seconds. Deliveries are scheduled to commence successful July.

Six-seater Model Y L from ₹61.99 lakh

The six-seater Model Y L, priced from ₹61.99 lakh, offers a claimed scope of up to 681 km (WLTP), acceleration from 0 to 100 kmph successful 5 seconds and cargo abstraction of up to 2,539 litres.

Published - June 17, 2026 03:58 p.m. IST

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