Maruti Suzuki aims to be technology neutral, and pursue a variety of technologies that have the potential to contribute to the society and environment, the new MD and CEO of the country’s largest car maker, Hisashi Takeuchi, said.
Mr. Takeuchi, in his first media interaction after taking over the role in April, added that the transition from current automobile technologies to newer technologies such as electric vehicles (EV) should be smooth, particularly for an industry which employs large numbers of people. “It's disruptive innovation, but we shouldn't disrupt the industry,” he said.
He pointed out that by 2030, experts expect electric passenger cars to account for 10% of the market, which means that the remaining 90% of the vehicles will still be internal combustion engines (ICE) or a combination of an ICE with hybrid technology, or maybe some other technology.
