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Indian automaker Mahindra has announced plans for a dealer network in the UK when it launches a sub-£10,000 electric vehicle next year. The company said that its first car would be available to buy from dealers by mid-2017, with more cars expected to follow over time. "We will most likely have our own network," Dr Pawan Goenka, group president of Mahindra's automotive sector "Introducing a new vehicle to a new market requires a different mindset...I don"t expect there will be a sudden rush to buy our car... therefore only an OEM that has a long-term interest in electric vehicles can justify the weight and the patience that Mahindra has to have to wait for the sales to pick up."