The future is electric

Mahesh Babu, CEO, Mahindra Electric, tells TURN OF SPEED about its own battery technology, its powertrains, the EV revolution in India being led by two and three wheelers, and how it believes that India has a strong and stable policy in FAME. TOS: Tell us about the MESMA 48 platform. It is all the buzz, and is enabling so much at Mahindra Electric.  MB: Mahindra Electric Scalable Modular Architecture (MESMA) is India’s first electric architecture that has been designed and developed completely in-house. All the components of this architecture are being manufactured and assembled in India (except for battery cells). It is one of Mahindra Electric’s most utilised EV technology solution architecture. It has powered several electric vehicles which have been launched in India, and have collectively covered more that 210million electric kilometres. The platform is highly scalable and can electrify a range of vehicles including three wheelers, quadricycles and compact cars. With such high scalability across products, the platform has already powered more than 10,000 EVs running on Indian roads TOS: What steps have you taken in order to be self-sufficient and not rely on other countries for batteries and cells?  MB: Mahindra Electric uses its own battery technology to assemble EV batteries in India.