Mahindra & Mahindra has announced that its investment of Rs. 10,000 crore for electric vehicles has been approved under the Maharashtra Government’s industrial promotion scheme for Electric Vehicles.
The company, through its subsidiary, will make investments of approximately Rs. 10,000 crore over a period of 7-8 years for setting up the manufacturing facility, development, and production of Mahindra’s upcoming Born Electric Vehicles (BEVs), some of which were showcased in Oxfordshire, UK, on August 15, 2022.
Based on the state-of-the-art INGLO EV platform, these include the e-SUVs under the XUV brand with the Twin Peak logo in copper and the all-new electric-only brand called ‘BE’.
Based on Mahindra’s new INGLO platform, the five upcoming born-electric SUVs have been categorised into two distinct sub-brands – XUV.e and BE.
Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director, Auto & Farm Sectors, Mahindra & Mahindra, stated, “We are delighted with this approval from the government of Maharashtra for setting up our EV manufacturing plant in Pune, and investing in what has been our ‘home’ state for over 70 years. We are very thankful to the Govt. of Maharashtra for their continued support. The government’s focus on ‘ease-of-doing-business’ and progressive policies, together with Mahindra’s investment, will act as a catalyst for Maharashtra to become India’s EV hub, attracting further Indian and Foreign Direct Investment.”
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