NEW DELHI: India’s overtures to electric carmaker Tesla Inc. to set up an Indian factory have failed to deliver results. The California-based company has been cool to India’s offer of land near a major port to facilitate exports, and other incentives.

Transport minister Nitin Gadkari visited Tesla last year and proposed joint ventures between the carmaker and Indian automobile companies to manufacture pollution-free vehicles, especially in commercial and public transport. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tesla’s California facility in 2015.