Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off commercial production of Suzuki’s first battery-electric vehicle at the Hansalpur, Gujarat plant.
• The site is slated to export the made-in-India eVitara to more than 100 countries, including Japan and European markets.
• Hansalpur’s current output stands at 750,000 vehicles a year across three lines, with plans to scale the complex to a one‑million‑unit hub.
• Suzuki targets 67,000 EVs in FY26 and expects annual exports of 50,000 to 100,000 units, with four BEVs planned by the end of the decade.
• Maruti has not set a domestic launch date for eVitara as it ramps localisation, alongside the start of India’s first lithium‑ion battery and cell production with electrode‑level localisation for hybrids.