Driving To The Future

We have garnered valuable experience with Indian customers and conditions which gives us the confidence that EVs are definitely going to be the future of mobility, says Mahesh Babu, CEO – Mahindra Electric.

- Niranjan Mudholkar

How does it feel to be in your position given the excitement and buzz around the electric vehicles segment both globally as well as in our country? 

In 2010, propelled by a vision of an electric future for mobility, M&M invested in EVs. We are very happy that this belief is now being reinforced. The world is not just acknowledging, but also appreciating the need for all of us to switch to a greener form of mobility. Globally the last few years have been very encouraging for EVs. Last September in fact saw the highest ever sales of EVs across the world. Several countries, including India, have declared their intention to go all electric within the next two decades, and in line with this, multiple OEMs are now working aggressively on their EV plans.

Being positioned as the pioneer of EV industry in one of the world’s fastest growing economies puts us right in the middle of all the excitement. You can feel the energy flow through our teams, the enthusiasm is almost contagious.

Over the last seven years, we have garnered valuable experience with Indian customers and conditions which gives us the confidence that EVs are definitely going to be the future of mobility. In fact, recently our e2o and e2o- Plus customers together covered over 50 million electric kilometers, the first of its kind for the country. That’s as good as going around the world over 1000 times.