NEW DELHI : Buoyed by sale of over 1 lakh vehicles equipped with auto gear shift, Maruti Suzuki India plans to offer this technologies in more models sold in the domestic market.
“Overall, the objective is to expand the two-pedal technologies that bring comfort and ease of driving to the customers,” Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Executive Director R&D, C V Raman told PTI.
Two-pedal technologies like AGS (auto gear shift), CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) and AT (automatic transmission) help in doing away with the need for gear shift manually by the driver via different mechanisms.
“Currently, we have four models with AGS technology. We plan to introduce two-pedal technologies like AGS, CVT and AT in other models too,” he said without disclosing the number of additional models that MSI would equip with such technology.
Reflecting on how the AGS technology has been accepted in the market, Raman said: “We introduced AGS technology in our cars one and half years back. Today, we have crossed one lakh units in cumulative sales.”
“Going forward, Maruti Suzuki’s endeavour is to bring one of the two-pedal technologies to its models, across segments in some form either AGS, CVT or AT,” Raman added.
The company’s effort will be to ‘democratise’ these technologies so that more people are able to benefit from these (technologies), he added. (AGENCIES)
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