MG Motors India on 19th October announced that they are set to train 10,000 professionals under the Saarthi program. The Saarthi program started in 2021 with an aim to bring chauffeurs of MG customers up to speed with the latest technologies offered by MG cars in accordance with the vision of CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric). Mr. Ganesh Prasad Saha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) inaugurated the event and felicitated the participants In a ceremony organized in Noida. MG Saarthi works on achieving the participants with advanced features in the MG cars by training more than 10,00 chauffeurs in India. MG had also announced recently its continued commitment to women’s empowerment by launching ‘MG Sewa – Saarthi’, a motor driving vocational training program for women from the economically weaker section in the Vadodara district.
MG Motor: Upcoming Cars
MG Motors India is set to launch an EV vehicle that is priced below Rs 15 Lakhs in the Indian market in the coming year to compete with Tata Motor’s locally made EV line-up. Rajeev Chaba, President, and Managing Director, MG Motor India, told ET the company will source batteries for the product locally to keep prices competitive. With this vehicle in the mainstream market, the company expects EVs to generate up to a quarter of its sales next year. “For India, if we want to democratize technology, we will need low-cost solutions. We will launch our second electric vehicle in the second quarter (April-June 2023). We expect to get good volumes,” Chaba said.
The company already has on offer the ZS EV, which is locally manufactured at its facility in Halol, Gujarat. The brand is teaming up with new businesses to innovate on battery science and charging solutions for the local market under the MG designer Program (MGDP), which ultimately can be recreated in MG Motor’s arm in the UK and in developing business sectors all around the world. Up to this point, 180 new businesses including Koinearth, Electreefi, Voxomos, Redbot Technologies, and Mihup have been recognized and tutored by MG and its consortium individuals to investigate and make applications in associated vehicle innovation, futuristic technologies, and CaaP (Car-as-a-Platform)