Maruti Suzuki adds 250,000-unit EV capacity at Gujarat’s fourth Hansalpur plant
Maruti Suzuki has started commercial production at its ₹3,900 crore fourth Hansalpur facility, taking the Gujarat complex to 1 million vehicles a year. The new plant adds 250,000 annual EV capacity and could ease domestic eVitara availability after September.
What happened
Maruti Suzuki India · Maruti Suzuki has begun commercial production at a ₹3,900 crore fourth Hansalpur plant, adding 250,000 annual EV capacity. The expansion
Key facts
- ₹3,900 crore investment
- 250,000 EV annual capacity at new Hansalpur plant
- 1 million annual capacity at Hansalpur
- 2.9 million total annual vehicle capacity across four plants
- 4 million vehicle capacity target by 2030
- 2,000 monthly domestic eVitara capacity until September
- nearly 8,000 domestic eVitara units sold
- 25,000 EVs exported
- 1,400 domestic EV retail sales in FY26
- 70,000 EV production target missed last fiscal year
- 15% EV sales mix target by FY31 versus around 1% in FY26
Why this matters
Maruti Suzuki’s added Gujarat EV scale strengthens its position for battery, component and logistics partnerships while raising the competitive bar for India-focused EV manufacturing alliances.
What to watch
- eVitara booking levels, delivery waiting periods, and monthly wholesales after September.
- Hansalpur EV line utilization versus the 250,000-unit annual capacity.
- Nexa dealer EV inventory days and geographic expansion of EV-ready service bays.
- EV financing penetration, discounting, and residual-value guarantees.
- Competitor EV price cuts, new launches, and production-capacity announcements.
- Public and private fast-charging additions along key urban and highway corridors.
- Battery-cell supply costs, localization milestones, and policy changes affecting EV incentives or imports.
- Increase Nexa EV-trained sales and service coverage in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
- Secure battery, power-electronics, and charging-component localization to protect utilization and margins.
- Use financing, buyback, and battery-warranty programs to reduce monthly-payment and resale-value barriers.
- Prioritize dealer demo fleets and fast-charger partnerships before broad inventory allocation.
- Build export allocation optionality if domestic eVitara bookings ramp below plant capacity.