Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), the country's largest carmaker, plans to sell around six lakh CNG vehicles in the current financial year (2024-25). This is about 25 percent more than the previous financial year (2023-24). A senior official of Maruti Suzuki India said on Thursday that the company on Wednesday expanded its CNG model products by launching its premium hatchback Swift with S-CNG. 

Last year 4.77 lakh vehicles were sold.

According to the news, MSI Senior Executive Officer (Marketing and Sales) Partho Banerjee said that our target is to sell around six lakh CNG vehicles in the current financial year. Last year we sold around 4.77 lakh CNG vehicles. He said that in the April-August period of the current financial year, the automobile major has so far sold 2.21 lakh vehicles. 

The new Swift is available in three variants. 

The new Swift comes in three variants priced at Rs 8.19 lakh, Rs 8.46 lakh, and Rs 9.19 lakh respectively. Banerjee said the S-CNG trims offer a fuel efficiency of 32.85 km/kg. The company pioneered the production of CNG vehicles in India in 2010. Since then, we have sold over 20 lakh S-CNG vehicles, leading to a significant reduction of 20 lakh tonnes in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, he said.

46.8% increase in CNG sales

Banerjee said that the company now offers 14 models with CNG technology. Banerjee said that in the last financial year, our CNG sales in the passenger vehicle category saw a growth of 46.8 percent as compared to 2022-23 and registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 28 percent since 2010. Maruti Suzuki's CNG cars are in strong demand in the market. These vehicles are far ahead in mileage.