TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has sold more than 200,000 BSVI emission compliant vehicles in just six months of launching its first such car in the country. The carmaker has up to 70 per cent vehicles in its fleet as BSVI compliant.
The figures are encouraging for the auto industry amid apprehension that due to higher cost and lack of fuel availability, cars with stricter emission standards may not be popular in initial stages. Automakers had even cited this confusion as one of the reasons for dwindling car sales in India.
Maruti Suzuki witnessed a 26.7 per cent fall in its domestic sales in September. It could sell 112,500 units in September against 153,550 units last year same time. ‘BS’ in BSVI stands for Bharat Stage, which signifies the emission regulation standards set by Indian regulatory bodies. The ‘VI’ is a roman numeric representation for six (6). The higher the number gets, the stricter the Bharat Stage emission norms get, which eventually means it becomes trickier (and costlier) for automakers to meet them.
