Mahindra & Mahindra’s research centre in Detroit, the Mahindra North American Technical Center, has made it past the first round of the US Postal Service’s bidding process for a contract, estimated at $5 billion, to supply 1.80 lakh vehicles.
The centre, M&M’s first technical one in the US, is up against a dozen companies, including many automobile majors, defence contractors and electric vehicle start-ups, for the contract to make the next-generation vehicles for the postal service.
Rich Ansell, Head of Marketing at Mahindra North American Technical Center, told BusinessLine that M&M’s experience in right-hand-drive vehicles, in both two- and four-wheel drive configurations, gives it an edge.
US Postal Service delivery trucks are right-hand-drive vehicles.
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