On September 22, Mahindra & Mahindra launched the Thar OG for a starting price of INR 1.032 million, with deliveries scheduled to begin on October 11. The three-door SUV is built on the M_Glyde 4G platform. It features rear PENTALINK suspension with Watts Link, DAVINCI damping technology, electric power steering, and

On September 15, Mahindra Auto announced that the XUV 7XO SUV has secured a five-star safety rating in the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP), scoring 30.76 out of 32 points for adult occupant protection and 44.97 out of 49 points for child occupant protection. The crash tests were conducted in July 20

On September 8, Mahindra & Mahindra launched the new Veero 1.1 XXL CNG and an upgraded Veero Diesel, expanding its Urban Prosper Platform (UPP) multi-energy modular CV lineup. The Veero 1.1 XXL CNG targets intra-city logistics and combines a 1.1 t payload with a 2,900 mm cargo deck and a 5.1 m turning radius.
The CNG

On August 31, Mahindra & Mahindra announced that it is moving towards taking possession of the first package of approximately 800 acres for its integrated automobile and tractor manufacturing facility at Additional Butibori in Nagpur, Maharashtra. The greenfield facility will be developed across 1,500 acres, while a

On August 28, Mahindra expanded its Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) program to its entire Electric Origin SUV range, including the BE 6 SPORTEQ, XEV 9S and XEV 9e. Under the program, customers finance the vehicle and battery separately through a dual-loan structure.
The BE 6 SPORTEQ is available under BaaS at INR 1.15 m

On August 14, PPAP Automotive announced that it is carving out its tooling division into a wholly owned subsidiary, Meraki Precision Tools Engineering Ltd, which is expected to start independent operations by Q3 FY 2027 (ending December). In parallel, PPAP is merging Avinya Batteries with the parent entity, a process

On August 14, Mahindra & Mahindra unveiled its global midsize pickup, to be sold as the Scorpio Lifestyler in India and as the Mahindra Lifestyler in international markets. First shown as a concept in Cape Town in August 2023, the production version is scheduled to launch in India by April 2027, with an ex‑showroom s

On August 13, Mahindra Truck and Bus launched the BLAZO i‑TRK, a new heavy commercial vehicle aimed at improving profitability for fleet operators through better fuel efficiency and tighter uptime management. The company claims the truck delivers up to 10% higher mileage compared with earlier models and is offering a

On August 11, Mahindra South Africa unveiled the all-new Bolero MaXX Pik-Up, expanding its single-cab vehicle portfolio. The new model is available in three variants, including 1.3 City, 1.5 City, and 1.7 HD, offering payload capacities of 1.3, 1.5, and 1.7 tonnes, respectively.
The Bolero MaXX is powered by Mahindr

On August 10, Lumax Auto Technologies’ board approved setting up a new manufacturing plant for its Intelligent Ambient Comfort (IAC) Division at Chakan, Maharashtra, with a capital outlay of around INR 1.56 billion. The project, to be funded through internal accruals, is aimed at catering to new orders from Mahindra

On July 30, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. announced that it has signed a binding agreement to raise approximately INR 3.22 billion in Mahindra Last Mile Mobility Limited (MLMML), its last-mile mobility business. MLMML has now achieved unicorn status in the electric vehicle market
The funding round was led by Lightrock, a

On July 30, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), in an investor update, announced that it will double its production capacity between FY26 and FY31 exit periods (ending March 31, 2031). M&M plans to scale up production during FY27 through debottlenecking initiatives and the addition of new product capacity.
Overall, producti

On July 29, SML Mahindra Limited announced that its board of directors has approved the acquisition of Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD) from Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) on a slump sale basis. The transaction is expected to be completed during FY 2027 (ending March 31, 2027). It will help to consolidate Ma

In its annual report, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited announced that, in FY 2026 (ending March), it is strengthening technology‑driven innovation in its Automotive Sector, focusing on advanced areas such as electric vehicles, battery technologies, active safety, advanced electronics, software‑defined vehicles, lightweigh

On June 30, Mahindra & Mahindra updated its disclosure on the divestment of its stake in Erkunt Sanayi Anonim Sirketi, a step-down subsidiary based in Turkiye, following an amendment to the original stock purchase agreement first intimated on April 10, 2026. Under the revised terms, the consideration to be received b

On June 23, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (Bharat Benz) became the latest OEM to sign an MoU with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways under the government's scheme for the replacement of old trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR, bringing the total number of participating manufacturers to six. Mahindra and SML Ma

On June 4, multiple sources reported that Akagera Motors, the automotive division of Akagera Business Group (ABG), had introduced the Mahindra XUV 3XO subcompact SUV in Rwanda.
The car is powered by a 1.2-litre turbocharged gasoline engine. The engine produces 82 kW of power and 200 Nm of torque. The vehicle is also

On May 11, Mahindra AI, the Mahindra Group's dedicated AI division, disclosed that it deployed nAIna, an AI conversational voice agent powered by ElevenLabs Text-to-Speech, ahead of the XUV 7XO SUV launch in January 2026. The agents handled outbound calls to fresh and lost leads, responded to inquiries, registered qu

On May 5, in an investor update Mahindra & Mahindra updated about its expanded product and capacity roadmap, raising its SUV nameplate aspiration from 16 (9 ICE + 7 BEV) to 25 (15 ICE + 10 BEV) and its LCV 3.5T product aspiration from 7 to 14 models by 2031. On the SUV side, 9 out of 25 planned nameplates have alread

On April 20, in an investor update, SML Mahindra confirmed that its first electric bus will launch within FY 2027 (ending March 2027), with work ongoing on EV aggregates and powertrain strategy. For heavy trucks, management sees hydrogen fuel cells as the more viable long-term green technology rather than pure electr