MG motors India is has already announced its India plans and you can read about it here. An SUV will be the first from their portfolio followed by cars in different segments, but the company is also well aware about India’s electric future.
SAIC, which owns MG Motors has invested as much as 3.2 billion dollars in the field of new energy vehicles. Also SAIC is the only automaker in China whose umbrella includes a plug-in hybrid, pure electric and fuel cell.
SAIC is already selling electric cars under its Roewe sub-brand. Roewe is into the luxury end of things and makes EV’s like the e50 hatch, e550 PHEV sedan, eRX5 SUV amongst others.
When electrification does happen, it will be easy for MG to bring in EV’s and hybrids in India. MG will launch its first SUV in India in 2019, post which it will be launching one new product every year. An EV or a hybrid might just be part of the plan as well. Stay tuned for more!