with several affordable evs set to hit the road through the year the company said sales of electric passenger vehicles should more than double in 2023mg motor india which faced disruptions in production through most of the past one year said with an expected improvement in the supply chain in the second half of 2023 it will be able to clock a quarter of its sales from electric vehicles evs this yearwhile limitations continue in availability of components amid global challenges from the russiaukraine war to logistical delays in intercontinental movement supplies have started showing an improvement said gaurav gupta deputy managing director mg motor india advt we have started ramping up operations with easing of constraints in the supply chain we will hold on to our initial estimates of clocking a quarter of our sales from evs in the ongoing calendar year he saidhe said the companys pipeline remains healthy and that the company is doubling down on its efforts to resolve supply chain mismatches and upping production to reduce the waiting period on its vehicleswe have now had a full month of sales of the comet ev which is our most affordable car we will steadily launch the car across markets in india meanwhile we have increased production of the zs ev which is now doing about 600 units every month this we feel is a good number given its price points said guptamg motor india has sold about 10000 units of the zs ev since its launch in the country the company additionally sold 1914 units of comet ev last quarter as per data available with the society of indian automobile manufacturers siam the company started deliveries of the vehicle from may 22 it is working to put in place a production capacity of 3000 units per month for the comet ev at its manufacturing facility in halol gujaratwith several affordable evs set to hit the road through the year the company said sales of electric passenger vehicles should more than double in 2023 around 50000 evs were sold in the country in 2022 advt mg motor india intends to sell the comet ev largely for use by personal buyers in india it has not actively considered selling the car to fleet operators or exporting it on a scale to other countries but said it will be open to evaluating such opportunitiesoverall mg motor india is looking to expand sales to 80000100000 units this year up from 48000 units in 2022we are optimistic about growth prospects in the market given the resilience of the economy in india the fundamentals here are stable and with the spread of the monsoons we expect the demand momentum to remain healthy going ahead said guptaread alsomg motor launches suv zs ev with adas priced at inr 2789 lakhvehicle sales in june 2023 grow by 32 as auto industry transitions to bsvi phase 2 emission norms siamautomobile exports from india dip 28 in q1 as several markets hit by monetary crisistata motors