Maruti Suzuki India's (MSIL) work at its site in Kharkhoda, Haryana is progressing well and the first plant with an annual capacity of 2.5 lakh units is expected to start operations in 2025. Once fully operational, the Kharkhoda facility will have a planned capacity of one million units per year.

The company currently operates three manufacturing facilities: two in Haryana, at Gurugram and Manesar, and one in Hansalpur, Gujarat. These facilities have a combined annual production capability of 2.35 million units.

The company plans to expand its annual production capacity to four million units in view of the growing demand. Additionally, MSIL has plans for another greenfield facility with an annual capacity of one million units and is in the process to identify a suitable location for the same.

Meanwhile, the company achieved a production milestone of two million vehicles in a calendar year for the first time in its history, making it the first in India to achieve this feat in the PV segement. It also became the first among Suzuki Motor Corporation’s global automobile manufacturing facilities to reach this. Ertiga was the two-millionth vehicle to be rolled out from the production line at the Manesar plant.