Suzuki’s green strategy: five fully electric cars by 2031

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The car world is going electric. But you won’t find an electric car in Suzuki’s current model range. However, this situation needs to change in 2025; That’s when the production version of the eVX concept car will begin. The 4.30 meter long SUV will have four-wheel drive, be powered by a 60 kilowatt hour (kWh) battery and have a range of 550 kilometers and could be the successor to the current Vitara. It is not yet known how much electric SUV fun will cost.

Suzuki President Toshihiro Suzuki (63) looks beyond its products: “Fighting against global warming is Suzuki’s top priority. That’s why we’re promoting a range of global measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” This was already part of Suzuki’s strategy in the days of internal combustion engines. The Japanese automaker has long focused on small and compact models with small gasoline engines and additional electricity.

With a green strategy for the future

Following the eVX, Suzuki wants to expand its electric portfolio to five small cars and SUVs by 2031. By then 80 percent of all new European vehicles will be fully electric. But Suzuki doesn’t want to rely entirely on electric cars. New small cars and compact models with hybrid propulsion are currently being developed. We will launch the new generation of Swift starting in April.

Of course, the two-pronged approach comes at a cost: Up to 31.8 billion francs are expected to be poured into new models and the sustainability of the entire group from A to Z. In addition to the production principle of “Sho-Sho-Kei-Tan-Bi” (Japanese for “smaller, less, lighter, shorter and cleaner”), Suzuki relies on lean management and flexible decisions. Suzuki wants to cooperate more closely with Toyota for autonomous driving and the necessary electric drives.

It’s not just cars that are electric

Suzuki also wants to launch the first electric drives for small and medium-sized motorcycles in early 2025. Eight all-electric models are planned by early 2031; then one in four Suzuki motorcycles will be electric. Suzuki also plans to launch large motorcycles that use CO2₂-Operate with neutral fuel. A small battery electric vehicle for the elderly, modeled on the Opel Rocks Electric or Citroën Ami, is also under development.

Japanese automaker wants to be completely CO2-free in Europe and at home by 2050₂– travel impartially. At Suzuki’s Kosai plant in Japan, CO₂-It is planned to save 30 percent with the new painting processes. In the future, the flagship plant will also produce green hydrogen that will be used in tests of fuel cell pickup trucks starting at the end of 2022.

India as key market

India, the main market, is becoming more important than ever. CO will play here in the future₂-Neutral vehicles with combustion engines that can be run on natural gas (CNG), biogas and mixed ethanol fuels are playing a larger role. Biogas mixed with fuel is obtained from cow manure. In this way, CO mobility can be achieved without expensive and complex electrification even in developing countries.₂-Apply impartially. Suzuki wants to continue this strategy in India until 2070.

The onset of the electric age also means saying goodbye to familiar models: production of the Jimny and Ignis will be discontinued mid-year; This means that two of the small and cheap four-wheel drive vehicles that are so important to us will disappear. Like many models, they will most likely fall victim to the new EU directive on data security in cars. You can still grab a copy of both if you hurry.

Source: Blick