Overview
- The new electric vehicle manufacturing facility stands in Sarojini Nagar Extension-1 on the former Scooters India site, with Union ministers and company leaders attending the launch.
- The integrated chassis-and-bus unit begins with capacity of 2,500 vehicles a year and is slated to scale to 5,000, with the company indicating about ₹1,000 crore in investment and plans to build ICE, electric, and alternative-fuel commercial vehicles.
- Ashok Leyland described the plant as its first in Uttar Pradesh, said it was completed in roughly 14 months, and highlighted job creation and MSME supply-chain opportunities, though some reports cite longer timelines and higher eventual output.
- Chairman Dheeraj Hinduja framed the site as central to the company’s growth strategy and reiterated an ambition to place among the world’s top 10 commercial-vehicle manufacturers.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh linked the launch to the state’s defence-corridor buildout with investments topping ₹34,000 crore across six nodes, while Ashok Leyland shares rose about 2.5% after the inauguration.