New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS): Automobile manufacturer General Motors Monday commenced its maiden vehicle exports from India to Chile.

According to the company, the first 140 left-hand-drive hatchback Chevrolet Beats were shipped from the Mumbai.

"The first shipment of Chevrolet Beats demonstrates our commitment to make our India-built products available in global markets. We will continue to ship models to Chile on a monthly basis," Arvind Saxena, president and managing director, GM India.

The company added that the Beat is produced at GM India's manufacturing facility in Talegaon, Maharashtra.

Saxena added: "We expect to identify additional export markets going forward. This will help drive capacity utilization at our Talegaon plant."

Earlier, as part of GM chief executive Mary Barra's recent trip to India, participated in the rollout of the first Beat for export on Sep 10.

The Talegaon manufacturing facility has an annual production capacity of 170,000 vehicles and 160,000 engines.