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Maruti Suzuki to expand hybrid products portfolio
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SME Times News Bureau | 12 Aug, 2016
Automobile major Maruti Suzuki on Thursday said it will continue to
introduce more hybrid products, as concerns over vehicular pollution
rise in the country.
"As a market leader and a responsible
corporate citizen, we are fully sensitive to our duty towards the
environment," Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer, Maruti Suzuki India said in his address to the shareholders in
the company's Annual Report for 2015-16.
"We were the first ones
to launch mild hybrid products with reasonably good volumes. This
process of hybridisation will be expanded further in the next few
years."
Currently, the automobile manufacturer offers passenger cars with factory-fitted CNG engines.
Ayukawa
pointed out that the company is committed to invest in appropriate
technologies and changes required to meet advanced emission regulation
in the country.
Further, R.C. Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki
India said that investors are "losing confidence" as diesel cars have
been blamed as the root cause of air pollution, specially in the
national capital region (NCR).
"Investors are losing confidence, and customers are unsure of what to do," Bhargava said in the Annual Report.
According
to Bhargava, western remedies that are being enforced in India might
not make any significant difference to the air quality, but will
adversely impact the growth of the industry and creation of jobs.
"IIT
Kanpur has recently done a study of the sources of pollution in the NCR
(national capital region) and found that cars are not a significant
contributor to PM (particulate matter) 2.5," Bhargava said.
"Yet,
going by what has been happening, cars and especially diesel cars, are
being treated as the main villain for our polluted air. However, finding
the correct solution to any problem requires that the root cause of the
problem is correctly diagnosed."
The company elaborated that dust and PM (particulate matter) 2.5 are the major cause of pollution in the NCR.
"In
the west, dust has never been a pollutant of significance, but NOX
(nitrogen oxide) is the main concern. However, we seem to be applying
the western remedies for pollution to our problem, though the cause is
entirely different," he said.
"The positive factor is that the
Government recognises the dangers of the situation, and is taking a firm
stand in favour of growth, while dealing with the real pollution
problem."
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