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Maruti Suzuki Gujarat Plant Hits 1 Million Unit Capacity
30 Jul
Summary
- Maruti Suzuki's new Gujarat plant boosts annual capacity to 1 million units.
- The Hansalpur facility will produce the new battery electric vehicle, the e VITARA.
- A new Sanand plant is planned to begin production by 2029.
Maruti Suzuki has initiated commercial production at its newest facility in Hansalpur, Gujarat. This milestone marks the first time a single manufacturing site within parent Suzuki's global operations has achieved an annual production capacity of 1 million units.
The Hansalpur plant will specifically manufacture the battery electric vehicle, the e VITARA. This expansion brings Suzuki's total annual production capacity across its four Indian plants to 2.9 million units.
Looking ahead, Maruti Suzuki has an agreement with the Gujarat government to build another plant in Sanand, expected to start production by 2029 with an initial capacity of 250,000 units annually. The company aims to achieve a total annual production of 4 million units in the 2030s.
