Chennai: TVS Motor Company and BMW Motorrad have introduced an growth of their partnership to jointly design and develop a new widespread platform for electric autos. “The first vehicles from this new platform will come in the next 24 months and we will deliver dedicated bikes for TVS and BMW both in India and globally,” mentioned Sudarshan Venu joint managing director, TVS Motor Company. With the growth to e-mobility, the TVS-BMW Motorrad partnership has gone from a manufacturing cooperation to a platform design and improvement cooperation. “TVS is an important partner to strengthen the e-mobility part of BMW Motorrad,” mentioned Markus Schramm, head of BMW Motorrad.
The enhanced cooperation will assist launch the “This is a global scale platform for urban mobility in electric with a cool, next-generation tech-enabled focus,” added Sudarshan Venu. Although funding particulars weren’t introduced, “numbers will be big given that it is a new platform” mentioned Schramm. TVS’ personal aggressive investments in electric mobility up to now “will help in this new platform as well though each platform will have its own focus,” added Venu. The partnership’s expansio into EV with the new platform is as well as to the prevailing ICE platform for international and home markets which too will see “more product extensions in the next 24 months including a successor of the 310 model range,” mentioned Schramm. As for TVS, the corporate will launch a “range of electric vehicles in the next 24 months including the new urban mobility product being jointly designed and developed with BMW Motorrad,” mentioned Venu.
In April 2013, TVS Motor Company and BMW Motorrad signed a long-term strategic partnership to manufacture sub-500cc bikes for India and globally. This collaboration has resulted in three merchandise on the 310cc platform — BMW G 310 R, BMW 310 GS, and TVS Motor Company’s TVS Apache RR 310 — which have bought over 100,000 items globally.
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