Auto Expo 2020 started in New Delhi to showcase latest cars

Auto Expo 2020

India’s biggest Car Exhibition Auto Expo 2020 started yesterday in New Delhi. There is no bigger event than the Auto Expo in the Automotive calendar of the year. It has most companies that sell cars in India participate and also foreign car companies that want to enter the Indian market.

All of whom showcase what they have to offer. Chinese Car Companies who are expected to make their debut in India stayed away from the exhibition due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. There are two Chinese carmakers that wanted to enter the Indian market but now may take time to come.

Less car sales doesn’t have any impact on car exhibitors

Almost all car manufacturers had something that they needed to launch at Auto Expo 2020. It definitely looked like the Automobile industry which was in a slump till a while back is hopping back to normalcy. Maruti CEO a few days back had predicted that the Megacities will see a drop in sales.

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But it is the Rural and smaller cities which will dominate sales. He also cited that India is not ready for the EV revolution. As India lacks the infrastructure for EV cars to run on Indian Roads. But however, Maruti did unveil an EV Concept that they would be launching somewhere in the future.

EV launches dominated much of Auto Expo 2020

Electric Vehicle launches dominated much of Auto Expo 2020. There were 11 EVs that were launched. Out of which the Mahindra Group gave the most surprising Launch. They will be launching the eKUV at a price of Rs 8.25 Lakhs which will make it the cheapest SUV in the market.

They also claimed that the Electric Vehicle had run a total of 20 Crore Kilometres. There will be also another cheaper Electric Vehicle which will be in the offering is the Mahindra Atom but there was no hint of the Price.

Toat motors unveiled concept Tata Sierra

Tata too had a surprise at the Auto Expo 2020. They unveiled a concept, Tata Sierra, among the other cars that they launched. It is not clear if they will actually relaunch the SUV that once was quite popularly seen on Indian Roads.

Chairman of Tata and Sons also announced that there will be 4 more car launches that will be added to the existing fleet that they had unveiled. Surprisingly even though Tata Motors had a lot to showcase. Their very own Jaguar and Land Rover brands seemed to be missing from the Auto Expo 2020