India, June 25 -- Electric car maker Tesla has been granted a tariff waiver by the U.S. Commerce Department for the import of aluminum from Japan to make Tesla battery cells at its Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, according to a Reuters report. Tesla had made a request for the waiver in May and it was accepted only for a period of one year.
Tesla has secured a 10 percent tariff exemption for aluminum as it plans to increase battery cell production. It had requested for the exemption for the import of 10 million kg of aluminum produced by Nippon Light Metal Co. in Japan.
According to a filing, Tesla says it was importing 6.4 million kg of the specific alloy per year, but now plans to increase it to 10 million kg this year. Tesla's battery packs re...