Mercedes-Benz plans to launch 4 EVs in next 8-12 months in India

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz plans to launch four new electric vehicles in India in the next 8-12 months to accelerate its electric mobility drive, Mercedes-Benz AG Head of Region Overseas Matthias Luehrs said on Thursday.

The company expects 25 per cent of its total sales in India to come from electric vehicles in India by 2027.

"We are very happy with the development of our EVs (electric vehicles) here in the Indian market with (models such as) the EQS and the EQB. We'll have four more vehicles coming in," Luehrs told reporters here in an interaction.

The company currently sells four luxury electric vehicle models -- EQS, EQB, EQC and EQS AMG -- in the Indian market.

On the sales expectation from the EV portfolio in India, Luehrs said, "We will have 25 per cent (of total sales), that's our planning assumption, of electric vehicles in the next four years."

At present, sales of EVs account for around 3 per cent of the company's total sales in India.

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