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Maruti Suzuki Once Again Raises Concerns About EV Adoption, Consumer Demand


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Maruti Suzuki has once raised concerns about the present demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in India, especially due to high costs and inadequate charging infrastructure.
He highlighted that buyers of such vehicles would prefer petrol or diesel-run vehicles over EVs as the latter are more expensive.
Earlier, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava said that India’s infrastructure will have to improve significantly for EV adoption to become as rapid as it expects to be.
Maruti Suzuki is running pilots of electric variants of WagonR and was adamant to launch the vehicle in India by September 2020.
However in October, Maruti Suzuki pushed the launch of the EV to 2021 over the concerns. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580961713.1087153/Maruti-Suzuki-Once-Again-Raises-Concerns-About-EV-Adoption,-Consumer-Demand?ref=audio_experience
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