Saar: The German carmaker has already commenced training its employees and dealerships on electric vehicles.

Earlier this month, Audi announced that it will launch four pure electric vehicles (EVs) by the year 2020. Those, along with other electrified versions from its entire model range, will help the carmaker in achieving its target of annual sales of 8 lakh electrified vehicles by 2025. That number, by then, is expected to account for a third of Audi’s total vehicle sales per annum.

Now though, according to a report from Business Standard, Audi India lining up an EV for our shores. It is expected to launch in the year 2020, provided a robust infrastructure is in place and the pertaining auto policies are in support too. Audi India has already commenced training its employees and dealership on EVs. It plans to start the EV sales in select cities, with charging stations installed at its own dealerships.

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Rahil Ansari, head, Audi India reportedly shared his views on the current state of affairs revolving the EV sphere. He said:

“The government has clearly sent a message that EV is the future and not hybrids while introducing the GST last year. For the past nine months, we have been working heavily on the infrastructure. We have set up a task force called Electrified India within the company to work on the EV launch in India. We are in a position to launch an EV in 2020 latest here in India but we will do so once the infrastructure is in place and there is clarity on all fronts. Launching is the easiest part.”

Ansari also pointed out that the Audi EV will not be anything like the EVs currently on sale in India. Unlike them, which run out of juice after a covering a maximum of 150km, the Audi EV will have a range of over 400km between charges. That’s quite similar to what Audi had shared about its first-ever EV, the e-tron. The Audi e-tron will be revealed in August this year and you can read all that we know about it here.