Maruti Suzuki unveils ?hybrid? cars for CWG

New Delhi : India?s car market leader Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday handed over first lot of Two Maruti Suzuki SX4 Hybrid cars and One ?Eeco Charge? to Arvinder Singh Lovely, Minister of Transport for NCT Delhi.

The vehicles intended for use at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG), were handed over by Shinzo Nakanishi, Managing Director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, in the city.

Maruti Suzuki has made ready a lot of 14 future technology vehicles for the use at Commonwealth Games.

These include 10 Maruti Suzuki SX4 Hybrid Cars and 4 Maruti Suzuki ?Eeco Charge? vehicles. The balance vehicles will be handed over to the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for use by the Officials during the Commonwealth Games.

On the occasion, Shinzo Nakanishi said, ?We are grateful to the Government for their leadership to promote green technology in automobiles. Maruti Suzuki is happy to be associated with the Commonwealth Games national initiative, through these vehicles.?

Maruti Suzuki has developed the SX4 Hybrid vehicles and ?Eeco Charge? concept vehicles as a part of the demonstration fleet. The demonstration of the fleet of SX4 Hybrids and ?Eeco Charge? vehicles at the Commonwealth Games 2010, is in line with the ambitious NHPP and MNRE program outline.

SX4 Hybrid and ?Eeco Charge? concept development has been taken up by Maruti Suzuki as a part of the Government initiated and SIAM coordinated NHPP & MNRE National Hybrid Propulsion Program (NHPP) and the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Sources (MNRE)?s High Energy Density Battery Development Program.