PM Modi flags off Suzuki's 'e VITARA' at Hansalpur; Made-in-India EVs to be exported to 100 countries
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 August 2025 flagged off the e VITARA, Suzuki's first Made-in-India global strategic battery electric vehicle, at Hansalpur, Gujarat, and announced the start of hybrid battery electrode manufacturing.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated green mobility initiatives at Hansalpur, Gujarat, on 26 August 2025, flagging off the e VITARA, Suzuki's first Made-in-India global strategic Battery Electric Vehicle. The Prime Minister said electric vehicles made in India would be exported to 100 countries from that day and announced the start of hybrid battery electrode manufacturing in the country. Under a new initiative of the TDSG battery plant, whose foundation was laid in 2017, three Japanese companies will jointly manufacture battery cells in India for the first time. He recalled that land was allotted to Maruti Suzuki at Hansalpur in 2012 and that the late Osamu Suzuki had been conferred the Padma Vibhushan.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 26 Aug 2025, Hansalpur, Gujarat
- Flagged off
- e VITARA – Suzuki's first Made-in-India global strategic BEV
- Exports
- Made-in-India EVs to 100 countries
- Batteries
- Hybrid battery electrode manufacturing begins; TDSG: 3 Japanese firms to make cells in India
- TDSG plant
- Foundation laid in 2017
- Hansalpur land
- Allotted to Maruti Suzuki in 2012
- Maruti Suzuki
- India's largest car exporter for 4 consecutive years
- Osamu Suzuki
- Conferred Padma Vibhushan
Practice MCQs 4 questions
Which vehicle, described as Suzuki's first Made-in-India global strategic Battery Electric Vehicle, was flagged off by PM Modi at Hansalpur on 26 August 2025?
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Correct answer: B — e VITARA
The PM inaugurated and flagged off the e VITARA, Suzuki's first Made-in-India global strategic BEV.
At the Hansalpur event (August 2025), PM Modi said electric vehicles made in India would be exported to how many countries?
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Correct answer: D — 100
The PM said that starting that day, electric vehicles manufactured in India would be exported to 100 countries.
Consider the following statements made by PM Modi at Hansalpur on 26 August 2025: 1. Under a new TDSG initiative, three Japanese companies will jointly manufacture battery cells in India for the first time. 2. Land at Hansalpur was allotted to Maruti Suzuki in 2012, when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct as per the PMO release of 26 August 2025.
PM Modi, speaking at Hansalpur in August 2025, recalled that the Government of India had conferred which award on the late Osamu Suzuki?
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Correct answer: A — Padma Vibhushan
The PM said the Government of India had the honour of conferring the Padma Vibhushan upon Osamu Suzuki.