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Keen to fill the void left by its decision to pull the plug on diesel vehicles, the carmaker pushes the government to make rules tougher for retrofitters, threatening their survival.

India’s No.1 carmaker is in a tearing hurry to fill a hole. A hole left by the discontinuation of its diesel car business. And, it’s doing it the only way it knows—ramping up sales of its compressed natural gas, or CNG, line of vehicles.
By the looks of it, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, is well on its way too. In the financial year gone by, it sold over 150,000 CNG-powered cars, a 45% jump over the previous year. It now holds a whopping 80% share of the market. CNG cars accounted for 12% of its sales, as compared to …
The automaker that virtually created India’s electric car market is forced to offer record discounts, even as rivals surge and competition is set to get fiercer.
A revival in small-car sales has restored the automaker’s advantage, but tougher fuel-efficiency norms threaten to turn its greatest strength into a liability.
From delivery pods to cargo trucks, the country is going all in on self-driving vehicles.