What I feel like is, in order to sell tesla's in India like hotcakes the price range should be between 10,000$ to 15,000$ for the starting model without self-driving features. This will also force the other manufacturers to make value for money EVs. What do you guys think?
See, let's take it point by point
Tesla doesn't need to go for 7-10L car price. They can't without sacrificing safety and features which Elon will never allow. It will be small car, which Elon again won't like. And they can't make it anyway right now no matter what they have to sacrifice. Let's leave that market for other companies.
The Near $25k tesla i.e. near 18L one will compete with cars ranging from 12-22L cars. Because TCO. No fuel, minimal maintenance. Because of this advantage that EVs have, there's no need for them to go that below. And that 25k tesla will sell wonders here. So many people will stretch.
I don't know, Elon will like it or not, but I am making a point here from the perspective of climate change, I am talking about the impact he will make if he sells more EVs, this will help in reducing pollution in India and if he sells more it will inspire other companies to switch to electric completely, also will help in building the electric station infrastructure. Safety features are important but I think features like self-driving and some other extra features are not that important for the lower price range, obviously for the USP of Tesla it's important but to make tesla's cheap he has to prioritize features.
The FSD hardware doesn't add much cost to the vehicle. It's software that costs. Yes I agree cheaper car is needed, but they just cannot make at that price. Even doing 25k is going to be hard for company.
Tesla has pushed other automakers to go for Electric too, so tesla is definitely making impact.