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What are the challenges when it comes to EV CE equipment? So we are quite in line with the government idea about the Viksit
(RP) If you talk about the EV, this construction equipment, it’s Bharat. With the green energy, we are ready. And not only that,
supposed to work in one confined area only. For that we can for mining, our dump trucks, the 70 ton period capacity dump
develop the charging station and everything in that particular trucks are a runaway success. They perform better than any
area. There is no challenge at all. It is not a challenge which competition, randomly pick one name. The TOC, the TCO, the
you must be comparing to an automobile. An automobile is a performance, the uptime, much better than any competition.
consumer. You have to have chargers at different places. Here,
if the customer is working, let’s say, in Nalanda in Bihar, and he In terms of Make in India mission. Do you think the CE equipment
has a work of one kilometer, two kilometers confined area, for sector has really moved on in terms of Make in India? And are
him it will be easy for him to get a charge at work. we ready for Made in India for the world?
Most of the machines, the large ones, give seven to eight hours, (RP) Made in India for the world is a good slogan but the fact
nine hours of operating time for one charge of 70 minutes. remains, we are moving in that direction. At every level, whether
And even we have the now big power bank, you can say. 423 it is manufacturing of hydraulics, manufacturing of track chains,
kilowatts power banks are also available. If you do not want to manufacturing of any components, the direction is set. We
move the machine, you can take the power bank there and will not say that next year we will challenge the world. But we
put the machine, keep on running. In terms of an end user, they are 100% sure the direction set is in line with the vision of our
will save a lot of maintenance expenses when it comes to EV? Honorable Prime Minister. We are all moving towards that. But
Almost 50 percent. The engine part is gone. again, the world was never built in one day. It takes time. It takes
technologies to get absorbed. Intricate technologies, hydraulics,
In terms of Viksit Bharat, what role does Liugong envisage you axels are still being made in India.
will be playing? But intricate hydraulic technology, whether it is pumps, mobile
(RP) We think it’s better that you judge our actions rather than devices, control walls, it will take time to absorb. And then
our thoughts. once we are ready, 2047 is the deadline for us. And we are
also investing hugely for our next plant. The next plant is under
What are your future plans in terms of the next two years, any construction In the same place Pithampur. We are coming with
more new products? the extension of our plant. By next year, maybe first quarter of
(NM) We will try to increase our market share in wheel loaders. the 2026 it will be operational.
Graders and Excavators. So now we have the full range of
products for the road construction. We have full range of What about after market service?
products for the mining. (NM) We have now set up a separate vertical. Because if you
We have dump trucks, we have higher capacity excavators, we see the canvas, it is huge. We have excavators, motor graders,
have higher capacity of graders. If we talk about any type of wheel loaders, compactors. Now MHE. The number of line items
application, infrastructure, road or mining. Full range of products required for all these parts in different models. And the expertise
is already available with Luigong. Not only IC engine, even with required. We actively engage with National Skill Development
the EV. Council.

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