Maruti Suzuki considering hybrids in the next 3-5 years

Maruti Suzuki considering hybrids in the next 3-5 years

Maruti Suzuki is said to be working on a long term plans to get into the market of hybrid cars.

The company already has a minor presence in cars that runs on alternative fuels. This is also likely to be expanded in the coming years.

The demand for CNG powered cars is growing as it turns out to be a whole lot cheaper to run.

Maruti Suzuki Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi spoke about the possibility of launching hybrids and electric cars in the future: “We are developing electric car technology for India. But it might take us up to the next five years or more to manufacture and sell electric cars in the domestic market.”

Maruti Suzuki Chairman R C Bhargava had this to say: “We are working on multi-fuel variants and some models have been identified for CNG. A CNG kit currently costs over Rs 40,000 and that is expensive. Also, these cars can only be launched in 2010 or 2011, when there is a pan-India CNG filling system from companies like Reliance.”