Maruti Suzuki aims to launch its First Electric Car in 2025

The largest car manufacturer in India, Maruti Suzuki India, is planning to launch multiple electric vehicles in India to effectively compete against its rivals such as Tata Motors. Currently, Maruti Suzuki India does not have any electric vehicles in its lineup in India. During an interaction, Hisashi Takeuchi, the carmaker’s managing director, and the chief executive officer informed that the company’s first electric vehicle (EV) will be launched in 2025. Takeuchi further revealed that the company’s first EV will be rolled out from its Gujrat plant and other factories will start manufacturing Electric Vehicles once the demand in the country increases.

Takeuchi said: “We are a little behind our competitors in introducing the (EV) model to the Indian market, but we see that still, the market demand for those EVs is limited. Actually, sales of EVs in the Indian market are still very, very limited.” Maruti Suzuki has been testing EVs using its existing platforms. According to  Takeuchi, the company has replaced the internals of several cars, adding batteries and the motor to test the EVs in the Indian environment. These tests were reportedly commenced over a year ago. Takeuchi further commented, “We have been doing this test for more than a year with multiple cars in the Indian environment so that we are sure that our EV technology will be good in the environment, which is very, very tough in India.”