Maruti Suzuki chairman claims – pollution will not be less than electric cars, told hybrid cars a better option

Almost every other car seller in the country is Maruti Suzuki chairman R.C. Bhargava has said that electric cars are currently not effective in reducing air pollution. He said that 75 percent of the electricity in India is still produced by burning coal.

If seen, Toyota’s hybrid car does less carbon emissions than an electric car, he said. He said that achieving carbon neutrality from electric cars is difficult in the near future. Let us tell you that Maruti, along with its partners Suzuki Motor Corp and Toyota, is going to launch a hybrid car in the Indian market in the next 12 months.

Electric cars are very expensive
R. C. Bhargava has said that it will take more time to adopt electric cars in India as compared to western countries. He said that a large segment of car buyers in India buy cars worth Rs 6-7 lakh, while electric cars cost 50 per cent more than this. He further added that most of the car buyers neither have a place to park the car nor a garage where they can charge the car. He said that due to the cost of cars, their sales have decreased. According to Bhargava, when India shifted from BS4 to BS6 cars, the price of cars increased and sales fell. He said that sales of small cars have declined by 28 per cent while sales of second hand cars have increased.

Biogas better option
The chairman of Maruti said that there are options other than electric cars to reduce carbon emissions and CNG cars are an example of this. He asked to give more emphasis on making bio gas. He said that India has a lot of agriculture and livestock, but it is used very less for making biogas. He said that if this potential is fully utilized then it will prove to be very important. He said that Maruti is emphasizing on increasing the production of biogas in collaboration with the central government and oil companies. According to Bhargava government should announce incentives for biogas production. Explain that excessive use of biogas is very harmful for the limited cultivable land of the earth.