Suzuki R&D Center India Private Limited established the Suzuki e-Micromobility Innovation Lab for Ecosystem (SMILE) at the International Automobile Center of Excellence (iACE) in Gujarat, India. The facility is intended to support the development of versatile micro electric mobility solutions through collaboration with Indian startups and component manufacturers. SMILE will operate as a co-creation platform […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited approved the acquisition of land at Khoraj Industrial Estate in Gujarat to support a planned expansion of its vehicle production capacity. The proposed capacity addition is up to 1 million units. The company said the period within which the additional capacity will be installed will be finalised and approved by the […]
Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited (SMIPL) has rolled out its 10 millionth two-wheeler from its manufacturing facility in Gurugram, marking a production milestone nearly two decades after commencing operations in India. The milestone underscores the company’s scale-up in manufacturing and its sustained presence in the domestic two-wheeler market. The company began its India operations in […]
Maruti Suzuki has exported more than 2,900 units of its battery electric vehicle, the e VITARA, from Gujarat to 12 European countries in August 2025. The shipments were sent from Pipavav Port to the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, Austria, and Belgium. The e VITARA is Maruti Suzuki’s first […]
Suzuki Motor Corporation has launched its first Made-in-India global strategic battery electric vehicle, the e VITARA, and commenced local manufacturing of hybrid battery electrodes at its plant in Hansalpur, Gujarat. Electric vehicles produced in India will now be exported to over 100 countries, including markets in Europe and Japan. The hybrid battery electrode manufacturing initiative […]
Tata Elxsi and Suzuki Motor Corporation have inaugurated a new Cloud Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Centre in Trivandrum, India. This is the second engineering centre established under the partnership between the two companies, following the Offshore Development Centre in Pune. The facility is designed for early-stage, full-vehicle simulation and validation using a cloud-native infrastructure. It allows Suzuki’s […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has established a new Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing (JIM) in Sonipat, Haryana, aimed at developing skilled talent for the automotive industry. The facility, located at the Master Atul Government Industrial Training Institute, is set to train over 100 students annually in four key trades—Mechanic Motor Vehicle, Machinist, Welder, and Fitter. The […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has selected nine startups for the ninth cohort of its Accelerator program, including six Indian and three German companies. The selected startups will develop proof-of-concept automotive solutions in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki’s internal teams. The Indian startups selected are Frinks AI, mistEO, Adagrad, Com Olho, ProSolvr, and Eligere. The German companies […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has commenced operations of an in-plant railway siding at its Manesar, Haryana, manufacturing facility in collaboration with Haryana Orbital Rail Corporation Limited (HORCL). The facility is designed with a dispatch capacity of 450,000 vehicles per year at full scale and spans 46 acres with a fully electrified 8.2-kilometre railway track. The […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) to promote cross-border startup collaboration between India and Japan. The agreement aims to facilitate access to startup ecosystems in both countries and support joint business opportunities. Under the agreement, startups in India selected through Maruti Suzuki’s innovation […]
