India, July 16 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde took a brand new Tesla car out for a ride, a day after the Elon Musk-owned American electric vehicle manufacturer opened its first ever showroom in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex.

Shinde took the car, which seems like the Pearl White version of Tesla's Model Y, out for a test drive outside the Mumbai Assembly on Wednesday. Surrounded by reporters and security personnel, Shinde's test drive of lavish white Tesla car started on a slow note, show videos.

The deputy chief minister also attended the inauguration of the Tesla showroom in Mumbai and said the carmaker chose the "right city and state", reported News 18.

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