Shri Piyush Goyal met a Skoda Auto Volkswagen India delegation led by Piyush Arora to discuss auto exports and EV manufacturing.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal met a high-level corporate delegation led by Piyush Arora, MD and CEO of Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited (SAVWIPL), to discuss the country’s automotive landscape. The focus was on local manufacturing and exports of electric vehicles in India, with emphasis on expanding automobile shipments abroad, bolstering the domestic manufacturing ecosystem and accelerating electric vehicle assembly.
In a social media post, Mr Goyal’s office said the discussions focused on expanding automobile exports, enhancing India’s position as a global automotive manufacturing hub and advancing electric vehicle manufacturing. The post said the engagement also explored opportunities to deepen localisation, encourage innovation and strengthen India’s integration into global automotive value chains.
The meeting came amid growth in the carmaker’s domestic footprint. Skoda Auto India broadened its retail and service network to over 350 customer touchpoints across 193 cities on October 30, 2026. The 350th touchpoint, in Imphal, marked the company’s entry into Manipur and the first presence of any SAVWIPL Group brand in the state.
The network has grown from 191 touchpoints in 2021 to 325 in 2025. It currently includes 270 sales touchpoints and 203 after-sales touchpoints. Between January 2025 and October 2026, the company set up 58 showrooms across 38 new cities and opened 45 workshops in 34 new municipal areas.
Source: Hindustan Times
