The company maintained margin above 10 per cent level despite subdued environment.

Bookings have started while deliveries will begin in a few months time.

The southwest monsoon rains have increased over central India, Northern Plains and Western Himalayan region since Wednesday, it said.

Initially, 1,000 EV charging stations are earmarked for deployment through this expression of interest (EOI).

The dealers had sold 2,35,539 units in June 2018.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget to promote e-mobility had proposed to slash the Goods and Services Tax.

But a senior IMD official said this model has not been giving accurate forecast and therefore, higher rainfall is also possible.

This factory produces a range of radial tyres for the passenger vehicle (PV) segment in Asia's third biggest car market.

Last month, PV sales fell 17.54 per cent to 2,25,732 units, down from 2,73,748 units the automobile sold in the year-ago period.

The Kona is powered by a 136hp electric motor and gets a 39.2kWh lithium-ion battery with a claimed 452 km range per full charge.