Maruti Suzuki launches much-awaited first electric SUV E Vitara at Auto Expo 2025
Maruti Suzuki cars are the most purchased cars in the Indian market. This Friday, Maruti Suzuki launched the E-Vitara battery electric vehicle at Auto Expo 2025. Along with this, the company plans to export to more than 100 countries. After introducing the electric SUV e-Vitara at the 2025 Auto Expo, Toshihiro Suzuki, President and CEO of Suzuki Motor Corporation, said that the electric SUV will be exported to various regions including Europe and Japan.
Production will start soon in Gujarat
In fact, Suzuki Motors owns about 58% of Maruti Suzuki India. The company also plans to make India the global manufacturing base for this model. “We plan to start producing the e-Vitara at Maruti Suzuki’s Gujarat plant in the next few months,” Suzuki said. From here, we plan to export to over 100 countries, including Europe and Japan.”The Indian automaker will use all its resources to build a battery electric vehicle (BEV) ecosystem so that customers experience complete satisfaction.” said.
Enabling customers to choose BEVs with confidence
Suzuki said this will make customers feel very comfortable and confident when choosing a BEV. He said that the e-Vitara is Suzuki’s first global strategic battery electric vehicle and is highly anticipated in India and many parts of the world. Suzuki said the company is conducting extensive research on customer requirements for BEVs around the world, particularly in key commercial regions of India, Japan and Europe. Based on this research, automakers aim to make BEVs attractive to customers through a three-step strategy that also includes the development of BEV-specific platforms to optimize performance, Toshihiro Suzuki said. said.
Invested 2.1 billion rupees in manufacturing of e-Vitara in India
Suzuki said the second is to develop products suitable for the target market based on customer requirements. The third goal is for the company to take advantage of the global economy and concentrate manufacturing in a single location around the world. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Takashi Takeuchi, Managing Director and CEO of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. said, -Vitara has two battery options: 49 kWh and 61 kWh. Once charged, it can travel approximately 500km.
