Costs, charging infrastructure making it difficult for EV as a good value proposition: Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki India, which plans to launch is first electric vehicle (EV) in the country next year, is finding cost of EVs to be prohibitive for mass adoption besides charging infrastructure proving to be a big issue, according to a senior company official.

Having commenced a nation-wide fleet testing in September last year, the company is also facing a challenge over customer acceptance of EVs and adopt a business model.

“It is going to be difficult to make a good value proposition immediately unless the cost comes down substantially,” Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Director (Engineering) C V Raman told PTI.