set up second manufacturing facility in gujarat plans new products for hybrids and evs in india the hyundai head who was responsible for establishing the santro in india said once the project is finalised the company can explore a localisation strategy for the battery motor or any other part and may tie up with lg samsung or even do it inhouse with hyundai mobis mahesh babu ceo of mahindra electric said the industry is at a tipping point and the company is looking at almost tripling its sales volume in 2017 it foresees 10fold growth in the next two to three years babu said there is a strong tailwind for the segment with the government playing an active role in driving electrification especially in the public transport space with threewheelers and buses and government purchases for passenger vehicles government is looking at how evs can address the issue of pollution congestion and cost of running by incentivising public transport we feel there is a much bigger role fleet operators would play over personal buying to start the ev revolution in india said babu apart from tenders for electric vehicles the government is seeking bids for 1000 charging points in delhi he said there are now about 300400 charging points across the country mostly in cities such as bengaluru delhi and mumbai mahindra recently set up 2030 fastcharging stations in bengaluru and nagpur and is in the process of adding a similar number in delhi the company plans to install charging infrastructure for evs in a tieup with power suppliers such as tata power reliance power and power grid among others also read california seeks to boost electriccar rebate program its investment earmarked for the ev business will go into the development of the product portfolio et view needed proactive policy whats also required is proactive policy for usage of electric vehicles in public transport such as buses and especially in dense urban centres a fleet of evehicles in public transport can hugely boost the demand for batteries and lead to economies of scale and lower costs much faster in tandem we need solarpowered charging points for evehicles so as to rev up green and environmentallybenign power in the entire transportation sector it would be pathbreaking indeed by ketan thakkar et bureau published on sep 5 2017 at 0734 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electric cars toyota hyundai auto companies tata motors mahindra mahindra homenewsauto companies like hyundai