"We are here to create the ecosystem, to invest in the necessary infrastructure including the charging infrastructure," Isabel Fan, a regional director at Tesla, said at the launch event.

Tesla Inc. opened its first showroom in India on Tuesday, marking the electric vehicle maker’s long-anticipated debut in the world’s third-biggest automotive market.

"The question is whether they are going to threaten the mass market. The answer to that is no because the most popular selling cars probably sell at 1/10 of this price," he added.