Homegrown manufacturers shine on day one at Auto Expo 2020

Day one of the AutoExpo 2020 began with a bang. The overall sentiment, largely impacted by a slowdown in the automobile sector and outbreak of coronavirus, was mostly nullified by some showstoppers, especially Indian manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra, who were at the forefront while displaying their capabilities and readiness for the adoption of new technologies.  Maruti Suzuki, India’s biggest passenger vehicle manufacturer announced its plan to sell one million green cars over the next few years under its ‘Mission Green Million.’ As part of this plan, Maruti Suzuki on Monday unveiled its FUTURO-e, a coupé SUV concept. Additionally, the company will offer a bouquet of options for customers comprising CNG, hybrids and electric cars to achieve its goal under the Mission Green Million plan. Apart from the upcoming concept, it also displayed Swift Hybrid hatchback. Tata Motors unveiled its wide range of passenger vehicles, including the launch of Harrier SUV, which is priced at Rs. 13.69 lakh for the manual version and Rs. 16.25 lakh for the automatic version (ex showroom pan India). In addition, the company showcased HBX concept, based on ALFA (Agile Light Flexible Advanced)architecture, Sierra EV concept and Hexa Safari Edition. Further, it also