Staff Writer
Bandung, Indonesia: Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group and one of the world\u2019s leading Commercial and Defence Vehicle manufacturers, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PT Pindad, Indonesia\u2019s premier state-owned defence and industrial equipment manufacturer. The agreement, signed at Pindad\u2019s headquarters in Bandung, marks a major milestone in strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries in sustainable mobility and advanced defence technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MoU outlines a strategic collaboration for the joint development and manufacturing of Electric Buses (EVs) and Defence Vehicles tailored for Indonesia\u2019s growing mobility and national security requirements. The partnership aims to leverage Ashok Leyland\u2019s global expertise in Commercial EV platforms and Defence mobility solutions together with Pindad\u2019s deep engineering capabilities, local manufacturing strength, and longstanding contribution to Indonesia\u2019s defence ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement was formalised in the presence of Prof. Sigit P. Santosa, Chief Executive Officer, PT Pindad, Mr. Amandeep Singh, President \u2013 International Operations, Defence, LCV & PSB, Ashok Leyland and Lord Tariq, Advisor to the Board, Hinduja Auto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indonesia has been accelerating its transition toward sustainable transportation and modernised defence capabilities. This MoU is aligned with the nation\u2019s push for energy-efficient mobility, electric vehicle adoption, and locally produced defence platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key focus areas under the MoU is to carry out cooperation in the field of Joint Development of Electric Buses and Defence Vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Amandeep Singh, President \u2013 International Operations, Defence, LCV & PSB, Ashok Leyland, said: \u201cAshok Leyland has a longstanding legacy of delivering reliable commercial and defence mobility solutions worldwide. Our subsidiary, Switch Mobility has now developed a wide range of electric buses with global appeal. Our partnership with Pindad allows us to jointly develop products uniquely suited to Indonesia\u2019s terrain, infrastructure, and operational needs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Staff WriterBandung, Indonesia: Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group and one of the world\u2019s leading Commercial and Defence Vehicle manufacturers, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PT Pindad, Indonesia\u2019s premier state-owned defence and industrial equipment manufacturer. The agreement, signed at Pindad\u2019s headquarters in Bandung, marks a major milestone in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[104,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cv-commercial-vehicles","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3954,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions\/3954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}