Maruti Suzuki takes on rivals over CAFE norms

MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA on Monday cautioned that small cars may have to be phased out if the government’s proposed norms on reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions become “unscientific and unjust,” amid escalating tensions within the automobile industry over the upcoming Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations.

- NITIN KUMAR

Rahul Bharti, executive director, corporate affairs at Maruti Suzuki, pushed back against criticism from Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW MG Motor, and Hyundai, which have termed the proposed weight-based emission relaxations “arbitrary”. Bharti dismissed the criticism, saying the opposing companies were circulating “incorrect facts and narratives irresponsibly pushed by makers of gas guzzlers”.