With an 85.5 kWh battery, the sedan has an incredible tested range of 792 km, which has been possible due to its extremely slippery shape and a very efficient motor.
Mahindra is so confident about the XEV9s and its ‘conventional’ design and tech appeal that it’s doubling production at its Chakan EV plant to 8,000 vehicles a month.
Ashish Gupta, Brand Director for Skoda India, said while performance cars like the Octavia RS are not too cheap, ‘car buyers who know and love their cars find them to be far better bang for the buck’.
India might not yet offset BMW’s losses in China, but Munich knows its future lies here. And the 2 Series Gran Coupe shows they know what they’re doing.
In China, the world’s largest EV market, various Chinese carmakers, including BYD, are offering an improved line-up of hybrids, particularly plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.
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