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EVs designed specifically for India key for adoption: Maruti Suzuki’s RC Bhargava
Bhargava believes India needs EVs that are essentially designed for intracity use, and for intercity commuting, the lack of charging infrastructure is the major challenge.
02 Jan 2025
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Electric vehicle adoption in India’s passenger vehicle industry is still in the nascent stage with penetration rate in the low-single digits. RC Bhargava, non-executive chairman of India’s largest passenger carmaker Maruti Suzuki, believes that EVs have to be designed specifically to meet the unique needs and conditions of the Indian market for a wider adoption here, rather than designing it in line with Western consumer standards.
“My views on EVs for India are not necessarily the views of Maruti Suzuki or Toyota or anybody else. The EV market in India is different from the EV market in Europe and ...
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