Hero Electric Announces New R&D Centre

Hero Electric, India’s leading electric two-wheeler manufacturer, as well as the country’s oldest, has announced setting up a new research and development (R&D) centre. In a statement, Hero Electric said that the new R&D centre will redefine standards for features, quality, safety and technological innovations for its products and will meet the growing demand for electric two-wheelers. Just last month, Hero Electric also announced a second manufacturing plant in Ludhiana, Punjab, adjacent to the existing facility.

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The new R&D centre will be focussed on future product development, said Sohinder Gill, CEO, Hero Electric.

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Sohinder Gill, CEO of Hero Electric, said, “Our teams have been our greatest strength and most valuable asset. We constantly strive to make our work environment stimulating and exciting, throwing up challenges to the employees to innovate and conceive new ideas. The new R&D setup will be the nerve centre of our future product development incorporating the latest and the best technologies in electric two-wheelers. The R&D centre will collaborate with academia and incubators across the globe to work on mid and long-term strategies of our product.”

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