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Bajaj Auto sets up Rs 300 crore EV manufacturing facility in Pune

Akurdi is the site of the original Chetak scooter factory that made Bajaj Auto a household name in India

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Arindam Majumder New Delhi
Bajaj Auto on Wednesday announced an investment of Rs 300 crore as it commenced work at its brand-new unit at Akurdi, Pune, for manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs). The unit, which is spread over an area of half a million square feet, will employ nearly 800 people and have a production capacity of 500,000 EVs a year.

“In 2001, Bajaj 2.0 took off on the roaring Pulsar. In 2021, Bajaj 3.0 has arrived on the charming Chetak. Going forward, for the Bajaj portfolio, except for implementing one state-of-the-art ICE platform that is currently under development, all our R&D resources are now laser

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