Summary:
Maruti Suzuki India has transported over 670,000 cars through the Indian Railways in the past six years, witnessing a CAGR of over 18%.
The company claims that in this process the company offset nearly 3,000 MT of CO2 emissions. Also, this has helped in saving more than 100 million liters of fossil fuel, as over 1 lakh truck trips on the National Highways have been avoided.
The first dispatch by double-decker Flexi-deck rakes took place in March 2014.
In the last financial year 2019-2020, over 1.78 lakh cars have been dispatched by rail mode, marking a 15 percent increase over previous year. They further claimed that this accounted for nearly 12 percent of the total sales of the company in the year.
“Considering the increasing volumes, our team felt the need for large scale logistics flow. We realized, that not only for expansion but also for risk mitigation we have to look beyond road mode logistics,” said Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India.
Maruti Suzuki India has transported over 670,000 cars through the Indian Railways in the past six years, witnessing a CAGR of over 18%.
The company claims that in this process the company offset nearly 3,000 MT of CO2 emissions. Also, this has helped in saving more than 100 million liters of fossil fuel, as over 1 lakh truck trips on the National Highways have been avoided.
The first dispatch by double-decker Flexi-deck rakes took place in March 2014.
In the last financial year 2019-2020, over 1.78 lakh cars have been dispatched by rail mode, marking a 15 percent increase over previous year. They further claimed that this accounted for nearly 12 percent of the total sales of the company in the year.
“Considering the increasing volumes, our team felt the need for large scale logistics flow. We realized, that not only for expansion but also for risk mitigation we have to look beyond road mode logistics,” said Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India.