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NEW DELHI: Global automotive main Stellantis plans to make India a hub for exports of electrical automobiles initially focusing on Southeast Asian markets, in accordance to a senior firm official. Stellantis India on Thursday commenced exports of its Made in India ‘E-C3’ electrical automotive with the cargo of 500 items to Indonesia and is looking for to leverage on India’s price competitiveness in manufacturing to improve its abroad shipments.
“We will be the first ‘multinational OEM’ in India to achieve this feat (to export EVs). We also have plans for a couple of other markets, Nepal and Bhutan. This is just the start…the plan is to take it from there,” Stellantis India CEO & MD Aditya Jairaj instructed PTI.
Stressing on the importance of graduation of exports of the E-C3, he mentioned, “We have a dedication to the government-led ‘Make in India’ initiative. We are focusing on this as a very important aspect for Stellantis as a company.
Moreover, he said, “This can be aligned with Citroen’s ambitions of democratising electrical mobility. The thought of that is to improve adoption of sustainable and clear modes of transportation.
Stellantis, which was fashioned after the merger of Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French PSA Group, presently sells its Jeep and Citroen manufacturers in India.
With ‘Make in India’ on the centre of the corporate’s technique, Jairaj mentioned, “It is also important for us as a player in the Indian automotive space to be competitive. We want to leverage India as a ‘best cost country’, which is what we call ‘India for the world’.”
When requested if Stellantis would develop the export marketplace for EVs additional, he mentioned, “We’re also evaluating some other markets where the EV acceptance is at a good level, where we can send our cars.”
At this level, he mentioned, “We are at advanced stages of evaluating exporting the E-C3 to other Southeast Asian markets. If we see today, in Southeast Asia the EV penetration is quite significant in several markets and there is the customer demand.”
On the entire, he added, “We’re looking at West and East of India (for EV exports) but we have not yet come to a stage where we can announce that we are going to be sending these cars to these different locations, but very soon we will add to this.”.
Commenting on the importance of India in Stellantis’ total export technique, Jairaj mentioned, “One of the key reasons is the ability for India to export to different markets.”
Citing the instance of the corporate’s standard engine automobiles, he mentioned, “C3 is exported to Africa. We send it to multiple countries in Africa. We’re also evaluating other right-hand drive markets that it can be exported to. We’re also sending C3 Aircross to Malaysia and Indonesia. The Citroen brand is being exported to multiple markets right now.”
Stellantis’ different model Jeep is exported from India to Japan, a developed market the place the standard requirements necessities are very excessive, Jairan mentioned, including “We’re also looking at exporting Jeep to other Southeast Asian markets and also in Africa. So as a whole exports will be very significant.”
He additional mentioned the thought is to proceed to give attention to this as “the quality of product from India is comparable to the best in the world and from a cost perspective we are very competitive”.
Also in a altering world, he mentioned, “We are very flexible and dynamic and our reaction time to making changes has come down. We are leveraging all of these and exports are a very significant tool, I would say at this point for Stellantis in India.”
“We will be the first ‘multinational OEM’ in India to achieve this feat (to export EVs). We also have plans for a couple of other markets, Nepal and Bhutan. This is just the start…the plan is to take it from there,” Stellantis India CEO & MD Aditya Jairaj instructed PTI.
Stressing on the importance of graduation of exports of the E-C3, he mentioned, “We have a dedication to the government-led ‘Make in India’ initiative. We are focusing on this as a very important aspect for Stellantis as a company.
Moreover, he said, “This can be aligned with Citroen’s ambitions of democratising electrical mobility. The thought of that is to improve adoption of sustainable and clear modes of transportation.
Stellantis, which was fashioned after the merger of Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French PSA Group, presently sells its Jeep and Citroen manufacturers in India.
With ‘Make in India’ on the centre of the corporate’s technique, Jairaj mentioned, “It is also important for us as a player in the Indian automotive space to be competitive. We want to leverage India as a ‘best cost country’, which is what we call ‘India for the world’.”
When requested if Stellantis would develop the export marketplace for EVs additional, he mentioned, “We’re also evaluating some other markets where the EV acceptance is at a good level, where we can send our cars.”
At this level, he mentioned, “We are at advanced stages of evaluating exporting the E-C3 to other Southeast Asian markets. If we see today, in Southeast Asia the EV penetration is quite significant in several markets and there is the customer demand.”
On the entire, he added, “We’re looking at West and East of India (for EV exports) but we have not yet come to a stage where we can announce that we are going to be sending these cars to these different locations, but very soon we will add to this.”.
Commenting on the importance of India in Stellantis’ total export technique, Jairaj mentioned, “One of the key reasons is the ability for India to export to different markets.”
Citing the instance of the corporate’s standard engine automobiles, he mentioned, “C3 is exported to Africa. We send it to multiple countries in Africa. We’re also evaluating other right-hand drive markets that it can be exported to. We’re also sending C3 Aircross to Malaysia and Indonesia. The Citroen brand is being exported to multiple markets right now.”
Stellantis’ different model Jeep is exported from India to Japan, a developed market the place the standard requirements necessities are very excessive, Jairan mentioned, including “We’re also looking at exporting Jeep to other Southeast Asian markets and also in Africa. So as a whole exports will be very significant.”
He additional mentioned the thought is to proceed to give attention to this as “the quality of product from India is comparable to the best in the world and from a cost perspective we are very competitive”.
Also in a altering world, he mentioned, “We are very flexible and dynamic and our reaction time to making changes has come down. We are leveraging all of these and exports are a very significant tool, I would say at this point for Stellantis in India.”
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