India-based automaker Mahindra wants to sell electric vehicles in US

Detroit

MAHINDRA & Mahindra Ltd, one of India's oldest vehicle manufacturers, is testing autonomous tractors, trucks and cars, while moving closer to bringing electric vehicles to the United States, chairman Anand Mahindra said on Monday.

The company, which opened a new North American headquarters north of Detroit on Monday, is considering when to begin US sales of the vehicles, Mr Mahindra said in an interview. It is also weighing whether the vehicles should carry the Mahindra brand or those of its affiliates Pininfarina, the famed Italian design house, and Ssangyong Motor Co, a Korean manufacturer of utility and crossover vehicles, he added.