Subsidising EVs alone will not help reduce carbon footprint in India: Maruti Suzuki chairman Bhargava

GANDHINAGAR: Amidst an ongoing push for electric vehicles (EVs) in India, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) chairman RC Bhargava said that subsidising them alone will not help reduce India’s carbon footprint. He underlined the need for incentivising other alternate fuels along with the EVs.
“Let’s push electric vehicles and customers must buy them. However, if we want to reduce our carbon footprint, other technologies and fuels also must be used. Electricity alone will not do the job in India,” said Bhargava during a media interaction in Gandhinagar, organised on the sidelines of the commemoration of 40 years of Suzuki’s presence in India.
“At present, only electric vehicles are being incentivised. The government needs to encourage all alternate fuels over petrol. Petrol and diesel should not be encouraged. Other variants such as CNG, hybrids and ethanol, which are at intermediate stages, must be encouraged and incentivised too,” he added.