India's High EV Import Duties: A Tax Trap for Electric Vehicles?

Imagine you want to buy a cool toy car that's made in another country.

In its home country, it costs $10.

But when it comes to your country, the government adds a lot of extra money for taxes, like a special 'welcome fee' and another tax for using roads.

So, the toy car that was $10 at home now costs $20 here!

The toy car company (like Tesla) only gets $10, but the government gets the other $10.

This makes the toy car too expensive for many people to buy.

Some people think these high taxes are to help make toy cars in our own country, but others think it just stops everyone from getting cool electric cars, which are better for the air.