Mahindra To Roll Out Two New Electric Vehicles By Mid-2019

M&M has also earmarked an investment of Rs 600 crore over the next two-three years to expand its electric vehicle production capacity from 500 to 5,000 units a month.

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Published on October 5, 2017

Highlights

The first one will be launched by the end of next year
The second EV will be launched by middle of 2019
They have also earmarked Rs. 600 crore for developing new EVs

Mahindra & Mahindra said it is developing two new electric vehicles which it plans to roll out in the country over the next two years. The utility vehicle major currently sells three electric models in the country -- e-Verito, e2o Plus and e-Supro. However, details for the new products were not revealed. The company is also looking to ink joint ventures in the field of power electronics and motors. Also Read: Mahindra To Supply 150 Electric vehicles In Phase-1 "We are working on two electric products. The first one will be launched by the end of next year and the second one by the middle of 2019," M&M Managing Director Pawan Goenka said. M&M has also earmarked an investment of Rs 600 crore over the next two-three years to expand its electric vehicle production capacity from 500 to 5,000 units a month. The capital would be also utilized to develop new technologies and come up with infrastructure to produce battery components. Also Read: What Anand Mahindra Had To Say About Tata Motors' 10,000 Electric Car Order "We have already invested Rs 500 crore on electric vehicles segment so far. Over the next 2-3 years we will invest another Rs 600 crore," Goenka said. He added that the company would stay out of battery cells manufacturing for now and just focus on module and other battery components. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)