India’s Tata, MG offer free charging, battery rentals to lure EV buyers
NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – India’s top electric vehicle maker, Tata Motors, is luring consumers with free charging and steep discounts, while rival MG Motor has launched its first battery rental plan, in strategies aimed at propping up sales of the clean cars.
Use of electric vehicles (EVs) has grown rapidly in recent years to account for 2% of India’s annual sales of 4.2 million cars, but sales growth is now faltering, which analysts blame on high prices and lack of charging facilities.
Satinder Singh Bajwa, chief commercial officer of MG Motor, said at an event to launch the firm’s new EV with a battery rental service, the world’s first of its kind.
We want to make electric vehicles affordable,
Bajwa added, as the firm, a joint venture of India’s JSW Group and China’s SAIC (600104.SS), opens new tab, attempts to make one of the cars’ most expensive components affordable for buyers.
You are paying for the usage of the battery as you pay for the fuel,
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