Maruti plans four EVs by 2031

Maruti Suzuki says it will add four electric vehicles to its lineup by 2031 as India’s biggest carmaker pushes deeper into battery-powered cars. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Partho Banerjee, Maruti Suzuki India’s senior executive officer for marketing and sales, told reporters in Hyderabad on April 11, 2026 that the company has “four more” electric vehicles in the pipeline by 2031. The same event included a handover of 108 e VITARA sport utility vehicles in a single day. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) The e VITARA is Maruti Suzuki’s first battery electric vehicle, meaning it runs only on electricity stored in a battery pack rather than a petrol engine. Maruti Suzuki says the model is built at its Hansalpur plant in Gujarat for both Indian buyers and export markets. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) The company is pairing those launches with a charging build-out. Maruti Suzuki said in December 2025 that it had already set up more than 2,000 exclusive charging points across more than 1,100 cities and signed agreements with 13 charge-point operators and aggregators. (marutisuzuki.com) Maruti Suzuki’s target is more than 100,000 public charging points in India by 2030, working with dealers and charging partners. The company said the e VITARA is meant to go on sale in 2026 once that network is better in place. (marutisuzuki.com) (thehindubusinessline.com) This is also a reset from an earlier, bigger electric-car plan. Suzuki Motor Corporation’s mid-term plan, as reported in February 2025, cut Maruti Suzuki’s India electric-vehicle rollout to four models by fiscal year 2030-31 from six previously planned models. (autocarindia.com) The revised plan came as Suzuki lowered its long-term India sales outlook, citing slower growth in both small cars and all-electric cars. Even after that cut, the company still projected India would account for 60 percent of Suzuki’s global sales by fiscal 2031, up from 56 percent in fiscal 2024. (autocarindia.com) Maruti Suzuki is also using the e VITARA as an export product, not just a domestic launch. Company sources told The Economic Times that more than 25,000 e VITARA units had already been exported to 44 countries in fiscal 2026, with the vehicle ultimately destined for more than 100 countries. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Banerjee said Maruti Suzuki wants to be the number one player in battery electric vehicles by 2031. For now, the company is starting with one model, a charging network build-out, and a timetable that stretches five years from Hyderabad to its next wave of electric launches. (economictimes.indiatimes.com)