As a part of expanding its footprint in United States, Mahindra Group has opened the Mahindra GenZe manufacturing facility and North American Technical Center in south east Michigan. This new plant has the capacity to assemble up to 9,000 GenZe vehicles per annum, with the ability to ramp it up to 20,000 vehicles if needed.
Mahindra claims that the GenZe is the only two-wheeled electric vehicle of its kind in the United States. Targeted at students and urban commuters, the GenZe offers ease of travel, specialised storage and a range of 50km with many industry first features. With the top speed set at 50kph, there is no need for a motorcycle license to operate the GenZe in most states in the US. The GenZe features a lithium-ion integrated power module which combines the controller, battery pack and charger in one compact chassis.
"Michigan provided us the perfect eco-system to step up our US presence. We were able to draw on the terrific automotive engineering and manufacturing talent available in the state, to create industry leading initiatives for the United States. The North American Technical Center and GenZe represent important disruptive product incubators for the Mahindra Group. Constant innovation focused on improving the lives of our consumers, employees and the communities they impact is at the core of Mahindra’s Rise philosophy and we are delighted to see this come to fruition in the United States,” said Anand Mahindra, chairman, Mahindra Group.
Mahindra Group has always been in the forefront when it comes to clean energy technology. They are able to do this because of its sister company, Mahindra Reva who pioneered the electric technology in India. We hope to see many more products from the company that will keep our environment clean.
