Maruti Suzuki To Roll Out Both ICE, EV Models

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki is making its production capabilities flexible so that more models, including electric vehicles, could roll out from the same manufacturing set-up, according to a senior company official. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is looking to add another 20 lakh units-production capacity by 2030-31 with about 28 different models in the market. Currently, the auto major has a production capability of around 26 lakh units per annum across its manufacturing plants in Haryana and Gujarat.

The two plants in Haryana at Gurugram and Manesar roll out around 16 lakh units per annum. The new plant in Kharkhoda has also commenced production. To begin with, the new facility will have an annual production capacity of 2.5 lakh units and produce the compact SUV Brezza. Suzuki Motor Gujarat, a unit of the company, has also set up a facility in Gujarat with an installed production capacity of 7.5 lakh units per year. "In terms of production planning, increasingly we are making our plants more flexible so that more lines can manufacture more models.

And we are also taking care that the newer lines that are established can manufacture EVs also," Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer (Corporate Affairs) Rahul Bharti said in an analyst call. MSI plans to launch its first EV --e Vitara in September this year and majority of the production in the first year is expected to go to overseas markets.