EKA Mobility has announced a partnership with Mitsui & Co (Japan) and VDL Groep (Netherlands). This cooperation marks a evolution of the Indian automotive industry, propelling India toward becoming a global hub for sustainable transportation. The alliance is set to establish global OEMs in the region.
This partnership in the mobility segment in India bringing together the strengths and expertise of three automotive conglomerates in Asia & Europe to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative electric mobility solutions. Under the cooperation, EKA Mobility will receive investments from Mitsui and technological support & equity partnership from VDL Groep.
As part of this partnership, VDL Bus & Coach, a subsidiary of VDL Groep and Europe’s frontrunner in electric buses & coaches will support EKA Mobility by transfer of technology to produce electric buses in India for the Indian market.
Dr Sudhir Mehta, founder & chairman of EKA Mobility, stated, “This partnership with Mitsui and VDL Groep represents a significant step toward making India a global hub for electric vehicle manufacturing.”
Nobuyoshi Umezawa, GM of mobility business division in Mitsui & Co India, said: “We aim to contribute to Make in India by leveraging EKA’s excellent engineering and local network, and VDL’s cutting-edge technological capabilities.”
Rolf-Jan Zweep, CEO, VDL Bus & Coach, said: “Although the basis of our high-quality development and manufacturing competences lie in north-western Europe, we see many opportunities in India, which is obviously a promising growth market. With this cooperation, we foresee especially many synergy benefits in the areas of procurement and development.”
EKA Mobility is one of the commercial vehicle manufacturers approved under the Champion OEM Scheme & EV component manufacturing scheme of the government of India’s Auto PLI policy.
