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Maruti Suzuki India is planning to launch its first electric model e-Vitara in September this year. With this, Maruti will enter the EV market. Maruti is preparing to create panic in the world of electric vehicles. For this, the company is going to make a big change in its assembly line. A senior company official said that Maruti is making its production capabilities flexible. The purpose behind this is to produce more models including electric vehicles from the same manufacturing plant.
28 models will be in market by 2031
The country’s largest car manufacturer Maruti has targeted to add and add a production capacity of 20 lakh units with about 28 different models in the market by 2030-31. Currently, the company’s total production capacity along with its manufacturing plants in Haryana and Gujarat has 26 lakh units annually. Two plants in Gurugram and Manesar in Haryana produce about 16 lakh units annually. The new plant in Kharkhauda has also started production. Initially, the annual production capacity of the new facility will be 2.5 lakh units and it will manufacture compact SUV Brezza. Suzuki Motor Gujarat, a unit of the company, has also established a facility in Gujarat, which has an installed production capacity of 7.5 lakh units per annum.
EV vehicle weighs more
Rahul Bharti, Senior Executive Officer (Corporate Affairs) of Maruti Suzuki India, said that we are making our plants more flexible, so that more lines can produce more models. And we are also taking care that the new line established can also manufacture electric vehicles. Bharti said that EVs are far more heavy vehicles than traditional models because of battery weight. He said that therefore, there is some difference in the production line accordingly. But we are making it flexible, whether it is in Gujarat or in Kharkhauda (Haryana).
EV trains will reduce profits
On a question about profits from EV, he said that the company is aware that the profitability of EV will be very low according to the design and it is true for the whole industry. Bharti said that we cannot expect the same profitability from EV as IC (traditional) engine. And if this had happened, the government may not have to make five percent of the goods and service tax (GST) or so many schemes or so much support policies. Therefore, we have to be conscious about it.
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