The country’s top car maker Maruti Suzuki India has said that it has brought down the weighted average of CO2 emission by almost a fifth in the past 10 years.

“The company has been successful in bringing down the weighted average of CO2 emission by over 19 per cent over a decade,” said a company note.

C V Raman, Executive Director (Engineering), Maruti Suzuki India, said the company worked systematically through a multi-pronged approach towards reducing vehicle emissions and achieving new benchmarks, particularly in the last few years.

The company’s works on platform strategy and efforts on rationalising them to offer better fuel efficiency in vehicles helped cut emissions.

It has been focusing on three key areas -- exhaust emissions, vehicle noise levels and vehicle hazardous substance – as part of its efforts to offer vehicles that burn less fuel.

Its R&D efforts are also focused on developing alternate fuel vehicle and environment-friendly technologies for long term growth.

Its mild hybrid system (Smart Hybrid) in mass market vehicles category, factory-fitted CNG in its vehicles and ELV (end of life vehicle)-compliant vehicles (which means they are free from hazardous substances and over 85 per cent materials used can be recycled), among others are part of its future product development strategies.

Elaborating further, Raman stated that company’s investment in future technologies helped Maruti offer highly fuel efficient vehicles in every segment and those products were well-received among the buyers. Some of those fuel efficient cars include Celerio, Dzire, Ciaz and Ertiga.

The company’s engineers are focused on improving fuel efficiency, decreasing exhaust emissions, reducing noise and improving recyclability related to disposal of end of life vehicles, he said.

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