At a testing facility near the town of Cheyyar in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, a new generation of Mahindra Group vehicles are being put through their paces.
The carmaker’s latest flagship sport utility vehicles whizz around a high-speed racetrack with sheer banking slopes, muddy off-road courses, and potholed lanes designed to simulate Indian roads. At the company’s nearby research centre, electric vehicle prototypes due to be released early next year are being fine tuned and equipped with the latest digital technology.
Mahindra’s futuristic fleet attests not only to a rising automotive sector in India, but to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, or “Self-reliant India”, campaign.