India's Maruti Suzuki launches first EV with battery rental scheme

SelfRugger · 2026-04-12T02:14:32+00:00

Maruti Suzuki has launched its first electric vehicle, the e VITARA SUV, in India. Priced at approximately $12,100, it features a battery rental scheme costing 3.99 rupees per kilometer, with 13,000 units exported in 2025.

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2026-04-12 02:14:32

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India’s Maruti Suzuki launches first EV with battery rental scheme

Maruti Suzuki’s e Vitara SUV at the company’s Gujarat plant in the village of Hansalpur Becharaji, India, August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave · Reuters

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Tue, 17 February 2026 at 6:15 pm GMT+9 1 min read

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Feb 17 (Reuters) - India’s top car maker, Maruti ‌Suzuki, launched its ‌maiden electric vehicle on Tuesday, accompanied by a battery rental plan.

The company said its e VITARA SUV would ‌be ⁠priced at 1.1 million rupees (around $12,100), with the ⁠battery priced at 3.99 rupees per kilometre. It did not share further details.

Maruti ‌exported 13,000 units of the e VITARA to 28 countries in 2025 after starting production in August.

The ‌car has been developed under parent Suzuki Motor’s global ‌design and manufacturing partnership with Toyota and is built in India.

($1 = 90.6900 Indian ‌rupees)

(Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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