germanheadquartered electric drive system manufacturer vitesco technologies recently inaugurated its new plant at talegaon pune the firm has invested nearly 30 million euro rs 240 crore in the new facility spread across 20 acres of land and will employ 900 employees in a press statement released it is stated that the plants first series of production will be for the twowheeler market followed by various powertrain solutions products such as engine management systems sensors and actuators as well as exhaust management components for passenger cars and commercial vehiclesthe company will concentrate its efforts at this facility on the growing demand for highly efficient lowemission technologies for internal combustion engines as well as electrified and allelectric drive systems as stated in the official release building this factory was a major milestone for vitesco technologies allowing us to provide better value to our clients in the indian market said klaus hau member of the executive board vitesco technologies he further stated that india plays a central part in our global growth strategy the countrys automotive industry is currently undergoing what is possibly the most significant transformation in its history the objective is to achieve a twin technological transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and from analogue to digital technology we embrace this transformation and have already begun to design our strategic course also with the new facility we will be able to better respond to market demands and developments in the futurevitesco technologies recently inaugurated its new plant at talegaon punelike all vitesco technologies facilities this pune plant will meet its grid demand entirely through renewable energy sources furthermore the site generates sustainable electricityall new photovoltaic systems have been installed generating 3 gwh of solar energy at present installed capacity is 26 mw with the company aiming to raise it to 36 mw by the end of 2022 with over 25 cobots and robots installed on the production lines and shopfloor the facility is also strongly pursuing automation digitization and industry 40our mission is to develop highly efficient lowemission technologies for internal combustion engines and electrification technologies for all types of vehicles in india for this we build a futuristic plant one that is intelligent sustainable and predictive with these key characteristics we were able to construct this plant of the future in pune several creative projects have been completed at this facility these projects on digitization automation and sustainability across our manufacturing network have helped us to shape the plant of the future says anurag garg managing director country head of vitesco technologies india private limitedfurthermore he added due to the growing carbon footprint we also considered climate change while building this facility i am delighted to say that the facility in pune is operating at a carbonneutral level and has fully established itself as a driver of sustainability