The Ertiga CNG accounted for round 30 % of Maruti’s pending CNG orders

In a lately held investor assembly, Maruti Suzuki divulged that it had 1.11 lakh CNG automobiles but to be delivered by the tip of the ultimate quarter of the final monetary yr (FY). Overall, the carmaker is but to ship round 2 lakh orders to prospects.

Details Of The Pending Orders

During the assembly, it was additionally said that round 30 % of the overall pending CNG orders are for that of the Maruti Ertiga MPV. Rahul Bharti, chief investor relations officer, Maruti Suzuki, stated, “The Ertiga is one major car that has a lot of CNG traction in the market. So the 100,000 capacity at Manesar largely addresses the Ertiga supply bottleneck.”

Back in November 2023, Shashank Srivastava, senior government officer (gross sales and advertising), Maruti Suzuki, had talked about that over 50 % of the carmaker’s CNG gross sales come from the Ertiga.

Recently, Toyota additionally reopened bookings for the CNG variants of the Ertiga-based Rumion MPV.

Update On CNG Sales And Plans Ahead

In the final monetary yr, Maruti dispatched near 4.5 lakh CNG fashions and now plans to retail round 6 lakh models within the ongoing FY24-25. The carmaker, in the identical assembly, confirmed that it plans to ramp up manufacturing of CNG fashions to deal with the rising demand. While Maruti acknowledged that there have been some supply-chain points, it additionally admitted that the state of affairs has improved.

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