Overview
- Mahindra announced on Thursday that its Chakan manufacturing facility in Maharashtra rolled out its three‑millionth vehicle, the BE 6 born‑electric SUV, marking the latest cumulative production milestone.
- The company said the most recent one million vehicles were made in 27 months, down from 107 months for the first million, a change the president of Mahindra’s auto business attributed to rising demand and manufacturing improvements.
- Chakan spans 657 acres and builds 19 models in more than 450 variants on seven flexible assembly lines, using roughly 1,500 robots and more than 98 percent automation in the body shop for multi‑model production.
- Mahindra reports the plant gets over half its energy from renewables, runs EV operations on 100 percent renewable electricity, returns 131 percent of the water it uses, and holds a Zero Waste to Landfill certification.
- Vehicles from Chakan are exported to markets such as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and the increase in output could help Mahindra scale BE 6 supply for both domestic buyers and overseas markets.