Sensing that the real spurt in growth in the electric vehicle segment in India is going to come from two-wheelers, utility major Mahindra & Mahindra plans to focus more on developing and producing electric two-wheelers from its Nashik plant in Maharashtra. The company is looking at cutting down production of three-wheelers.
Following M&M's takeover of Bangalore-based electric car company Reva Electric, the firm is likely to source technology from Reva to power its two-wheelers, according to industry sources. Following the takeover of Reva, it has both expertise and the knowhow in developing electric platforms for its various products. M&M forayed into the two-wheeler segment in July 2008 after the company bought an 80% stake in the loss making two-wheeler company, Kinetic Motor Company.
Currently, the approximate size of the electric-two wheeler market in China is 14 million, while in India, it is only around 0.1 million. This shows that the electric two-wheeler market in India is bound to grow rapidly and this segment one can see lot of traction in coming few years. Abdul Majeed, head of auto practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, electric two-wheelers should see a double-digit growth in coming years.
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Maruti Suzuki | 11081.45 |
Mahindra & Mahindra | 3013.00 |
Hyundai Motor India | 1829.50 |
Mercury Metals | 99.75 |
Hindustan Motors | 21.65 |
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