VW group to enter Indian EV market with premium SUV rollout by year-end

Audi's e-tron will be the first of 12 electric vehicles to enter domestic market; company plans to ship 200 CBU cars

Premium car-maker Audi, owned by the Volkswagen Group will roll out an all electric SUV called the e-tron by the end of the year in India, marking the entry of the first of a global electric line-up of 12 vehicles. Rahil Ansari,  Audi India head says the first batch to be imported in will include an order of 200 CBU (completely built-up) vehicles which will largely be distributed across dealerships in major metro cities that include Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and others. The reduced GST from 28 percent to 12 percent for electric cars is a good initiative