Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director & CEO, Martin Schwenk had an expertise of a lifetime when the highest boss of the car agency obtained caught in a visitors jam in Pune.
Sharing an image on Instagram, Martin Schwenk wrote, “In case your S-class is caught in visitors on the great Pune roads – what do you do? Perhaps getting off the automobile, beginning strolling for just a few kilometers, after which grabbing a rickshaw?”
The put up garnered numerous reactions from the netizens and it created a buzz with individuals commenting and liking the photograph shared by Martin Schwenk.
A netizen commented by saying,”#PerfectDesicionOfCEO🔥🔥👏👏 as per scenario have to alter the technique👏👏 Wonderful CEO. One other consumer commented,”There must be a backup plan for the whole lot.. welcome to Pune visitors.”
In the meantime, Martin Schwenk mentioned {that a} commerce deal that places India in a aggressive scenario or offers it a bonus over different markets the place Mercedes produces vehicles would “undoubtedly assist”, Martin Schwenk mentioned in an interview with Reuters, when requested in regards to the German agency’s export plans.
“To provide one automobile out of India for all markets of the world might be a method. But when we can’t, for instance, export to the EU with out penalties then we will be unable to compete in opposition to our manufacturing unit in Hungary,” he mentioned.
Mercedes just lately launched its first domestically constructed electrical automobile (EV) in India – the EQS 580, a variant of its flagship S-Class sedan, with plans to probably construct extra clear vehicles within the nation.
“We’re aiming within the subsequent 8-10 years, to completely electrify the portfolio and be an electrical producer right here. The intention is to construct the potential now and relying on how demand develops … enhance the numbers,” he mentioned, including the present technique was to not export.
To provide a mannequin in a single location would require an annual quantity of 150,000 to 200,000 vehicles, Schwenk mentioned.
Though Mercedes is India’s largest luxurious carmaker, it offered simply 11,242 vehicles in 2021. At its peak in 2018, it offered 15,500.
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