New Delhi, June 24 -- Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that US vehicle major Tesla has so far shown interest only in opening a showroom in India, referring to the speculations of the company's intent to setup a manufacturing unit in India.

"Tesla is only interested in opening a showroom till now. They want to sell their car in India. There is no further development about Tesla," the Union Minister said, speaking on the sidelines of the launch of a portal that will enable foreign electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to submit their applications to manufacture EVs in India.

Launched by the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), the scheme is expected to attract investments from global EV manufactur...