Maruti Suzuki Plans to sell 6 lakh CNG units in this Financial Year

A senior official of India’s biggest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki India informed that the carmaker plans to sell 4-6 lakh CNG units in the current fiscal year. However, it will depend upon the supply situation of essential components. In the previous financial year 2021-22, Maruti Suzuki sold around 2.3 lakh CNG units. Currently, the automobile manufacturer offers a CNG variant in nine of its fifteen models. In the future, the company aims to increase its CNG variants. In an interview with PTI, Maruti Suzuki India’s Senior Executive Director (Sales and Marketing) Shashank Srivastava said: "It depends on availability (of essential components). But we are looking at any number between 4 lakh and 6 lakh units in the current fiscal." He further told that the share of CNG cars in its overall sales is expected to increase in the coming years as it plans to launch more models with alternative fuel technology. He said: "CNG volumes are now about 17 percent of our overall sales. We have CNG in nine models and in those models, their contribution is about 32-33 percent,"