Customers should be encouraged to buy hybrid technology cars: Maruti Suzuki Chairman

Maruti Suzuki is set to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) in the coming months. Chairman R.C. Bhargava announced in his address to shareholders in the company’s 2023-24 annual report. The automaker is also anticipating a new policy framework that supports various clean technologies, including CNG, biogas, and ethanol. Bhargava expressed optimism that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s

Maruti planning to develop biogas from cow dung  

Maruti Suzuki India, one of the largest automakers in the country, is working on a project that will use cow dung to produce biogas for its carbon-neutral internal combustion engine vehicles like CNG, biogas, and ethanol automobiles. This initiative is part of Maruti Suzuki’s efforts to find sustainable mobility solutions and reduce carbon emissions from

Maruti to launch EVs with higher range

Maruti Suzuki appears to be finally stepping-up focus in EV segment. India’s largest carmaker will reveal its first all-electric model, codenamed YY8, at upcoming 2023 Auto Expo. It will be the company’s hero concept for 2023, on the same lines as Future-S was in 2018 and Futuro-e in 2020. Maruti YY8 will be manufactured at

Maruti to develop E85-compatible flex-fuel engines

Maruti Suzuki is working on new flex-fuel engines compatible with up to 85 percent ethanol blended petrol (E85 fuel). Vehicles equipped with these engines will be capable of running on a wide spectrum of ethanol-petrol fuel blends, including pure petrol and E85. E85 petrol has 51 to 85 percent ethanol. It requires a re-engineering of