Maruti Suzuki will add smaller electric vehicles to its India portfolio once its charging network is sufficiently developed, managing director Hisashi Takeuchi told the company's annual general meeting. The carmaker has partnered with 13 charge point operators and installed over 2,000 exclusive charging points across more than 1,100 cities, with plans for chargers 5 to 10 kilometres apart in the top 100 cities and a target of over 100,000 charging points across India by the end of the decade. Maruti currently sells only the e Vitara EV in India and holds about 90 per cent of India's EV export market, shipping to nearly 120 countries.
Why it matters: A major OEM is explicitly linking product launches to charging infrastructure readiness, signalling sustained demand for CPO partnerships and deployment contracts across Indian cities and highways. Maruti's 100,000 point target by 2030 represents significant procurement opportunity for the 13 existing partners and potential new entrants in India's charging sector.