Maruti Suzuki's e Vitara is now being exported to Europe from the Gujarat facility.

Maruti Suzuki has started exporting its first all-electric E-Vitara from its manufacturing facility at its Hansalpur Factory and has shipped over 2,900 units of the E-Vitara. This has been implemented just after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently introduced the first production unit of the locally manufactured electric SUV. 

He also stated that the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) is going to be exported to more than 100 nations from the manufacturing facility, as the same plant will be locally producing the E-Vitara. 

E-Vitara’s first ever shipments were transported from Pipapav port for the following countries which includes the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, and Belgium. Going by that, 17 other cars have already been exported to more than 100 countries from India, which also includes Suzuki’s birth country, Japan. 

Maruti aims to ship out 100,000 e Vitaras every year.

The Maruti Chairman, RC Bhargava states that the company has aimed to export 50,000 and 1,00,000 E-Vitaras every year. 

As per the company, the manufacturing facility has the capability of producing 1 million units (10,00,000), thus making the Gujarat plant as the world’s largest automobile manufacturing hub, as said by Toshihiro Suzuki, Suzuki Motor Corporation. Currently, the facility can produce up to 7,50,000 vehicles annually distributed across three production lines. 

Maruti E-Vitara Launch Details

The E-Vitara was introduced at the Bharat Mobility Auto Expo 2025, but due to various technical delays, the launch was postponed a couple of times. 

Still, the company has not announced a specific date of the launch of their first electric SUV, but company has revealed all the technical details of the car as globally, the E-Vitara comes equipped with a compact 49 kWh battery pack, as well as a robust 61 kWh battery pack that supports both front and all-wheel drive setups. The company will be first introducing the FWD variant followed by the AWD variant which could be launched sometime later. 

As per Maruti, the larger 61 kWh battery pack will be offering MIDC-certified range of over 500 Km on a single charge which is pretty impressive for urban as well as long highway commutes. Featurewise, it could be powered by a 10.25-inch touchscreen, 10.1-inch driver’s display with 18-inch wheels, ventilated front seats, 7 airbags and advanced safety features such as Level 2 ADAS suite. 

Apart from launching the E-Vitara, Maruti is also focussing on improving the charging infrastructure of the country as the company will be setting up dedicated fast chargers at its exclusive dealerships across 100 top cities, thus also introducing their own charging app, and launching over 1,500 EV service centers in more than 1,000 cities. 

Maruti has not clarified anything about the prices but it is expected that the E-Vitara can be positioned in a price range of Rs 20 lakh and for the high-end AWD model, the price can reach Rs 30 lakh (ex-showroom).