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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Can battery as a service(BAAS) make EVs more affordable for Indian consumers?
Description: In this State of the Economy podcast, S Ronendra Singh speaks to Gaurav Gupta, Chief Growth Officer at JSW MG Motor India, to on the company's Battery as a Service (BaaS) model, a new approach aimed at accelerating electric vehicle (EV) adoption in India. Launched with the MG Windsor, a crossover utility vehicle (CUV), BaaS is designed to make EVs more affordable by separating the cost of the battery from the vehicle. The MG Windsor comes at a price of ₹9.99 lakh, with customers paying an additional ₹3.5 per kilometre for battery usage, much like paying for fuel i...