Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. plans to launch its first electric car in 2025 and in doing so is expanding away from its traditional compact offerings in an attempt to recover ground ceded to rivals like South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co.
India’s biggest automaker will make batteries for its mid-sized electric sports utility vehicle, dubbed the eVX or ‘Emotional Versatile Cruiser’, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, Suzuki Motor Corp. President Toshihiro Suzuki told reporters at India Auto Expo 2023 on the outskirts of New Delhi.
