KTM Exports To The US Generating Higher EBITDA Than Company's: Bajaj Auto | CNBC-TV18 Turns 26
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0:13So, what's going to be Bajaj Auto's game plan for 2026 in terms of EV launches, pushing exports and the overall growth of the company?
2:20With the acquisition of KTM complete and approved, how do you now plan to scale up in India and global markets?
Welcome back. Well, as CNBC TV18 celebrates 26 years of leadership, Parikshit is in conversation with Rajiv Bajaj, the MD of Bajaj Auto. Parikshit, over to you.
So, what's going to be Bajaj Auto's game plan for 2026 in terms of EV launches, pushing exports and the overall growth of the company? Rajiv Bajaj is in conversation with us. Rajiv Bajaj, always a pleasure to have you here on CNBC TV18. We complete 26 years today. Give us a sense of your association with CNBC TV18 and the role that the channel has played in reporting on the automobile industry and the milestones of the automobile industry in the country.
Well, Parikshit, first and foremost congratulations to all of you and thank you so much for having me here on your special day. I must tell you that my first most significant business interview was on CNBC almost 24 years ago. So it was 2001, Govind did it. It was on the occasion of the launch of the Pulsar. So whether it's India, whether it's Bajaj, or whether it's me, the association goes back almost to the beginning of CNBC. And I can tell you from my experience I like to call it the ABCD of CNBC. A for authentic, B for balanced, C for compelling, and D for delightful. Authentic because you're probably the only channel that doesn't have this nonsense about source-based information. Everything is so credible. Balanced because there's always both points of view put before your viewers. Compelling because it is said discipline is repeating the boring brilliantly. So sometimes it may appear to you internally that what you do is getting boring, but to us on the outside it seems brilliant because it is so finely honed. And finally delightful because there is always an X factor in what you do, from Young Turks to Future Female Forward and everything in between. It's a delight to watch CNBC. So I have had a great 24 years with you.
All right, thank you so much for your compliments and support, Rajiv Bajaj. Now let me come back to the two-wheeler business. With the acquisition of KTM complete and approved, how do you now plan to scale up in India and global markets?
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Bajaj, R. (2025, December 8). KTM Exports To The US Generating Higher EBITDA Than Company's: Bajaj Auto | CNBC-TV18 Turns 26 [Interview transcript]. CNBC-TV18. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1052388/
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Rajiv Bajaj. "KTM Exports To The US Generating Higher EBITDA Than Company's: Bajaj Auto | CNBC-TV18 Turns 26." CNBC-TV18, 8 Dec. 2025. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1052388/.
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title = {KTM Exports To The US Generating Higher EBITDA Than Company's: Bajaj Auto | CNBC-TV18 Turns 26},
howpublished = {Interview transcript, CNBC-TV18. CEOInterviews.AI},
year = {2025},
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