Maruti Suzuki says NO to Electric Car..!?
As automobile companies around the world are flocking to electric
vehicles,
maruti Suzuki, which makes one-tenth of the total cars sold in
india, is yet to make any decision on electric
car production. What is the
maruti Suzuki plan? Why is there still no significant boost to electric
car production ..? Do you know the answer given by RC Bhargava, Chairman,
maruti Suzuki?
Maruti Suzuki believes that electric
vehicles are not the only solution, at least not an immediate solution, as
india is one of the world's leading emitters of greenhouse gas emissions.
maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava has said that the company wants to build cars that run on cleaner fuel.
That is why
maruti Suzuki is currently engaged in the production of cars that run on hybrid technology, natural gas, and biofuels. Electric cars will be right for
india when green energy dominates, and until then cars running on alternative fuels will be right for India.
But at the same time,
volkswagen, the world's second-largest automobile maker, has sidelined
tesla by investing heavily in electric cars.
volkswagen aims to meet
tesla by 2024.
Toyota, the world's largest
car maker, plans to make more electric cars and is currently focusing on hybrid cars.
maruti Suzuki has adopted the same formula.
Despite the low production and sales of electric
vehicles in
india compared to
china and the United States,
prime minister Modi has said that
india will soon reach the Net
zero target by 2070.