Now Swift with Plug in-Hybrid

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chris (05 February 2010 21:53)
if this car has a high pressure of hydrogen fuel tank, this will ensure that it will provides adequate storage for hydrogen hybrid vehicle. | Reply

Bill Gregg (18 December 2009 06:42)
I think scientists/engineers in India should develope a fuel cell that is powered by ordinary tap water. | Reply

Supratick (18 December 2009 14:16) Reply to Bill Gregg
Bill, i agree. Not only in India, but worldwide that's the technology most are looking at. The idea is to perform an old style electrolysis (that we did so many times in Chemistry lab) and separate H2 from O2. Use Hydrogen to run the car, and also release Oxygen in the atmosphere. A clean green technology. The only problem is that governments wont be able to earn billions of dollars in taxes from imported fuel as you will start filling your car with tap water. | Reply

Aby onattu (18 December 2009 23:11) Reply to Supratick
If you have enough electricity to make enough hydrogen with hydrolysis ,is it not easier to connect that electricity to an electric motor and run the car? But the suggestion you made is simple as you said.So why don't you do it yourself.And you may be soon the richest man in India or in the world.I don't think the government is going to stop you.-Micro. | Reply

Vimal Sharma (18 December 2009 00:07)
Comments from Toyota Prius plug in Hybrid.Toyota claims that the electric-only range is at least 12.5 miles and about 20 miles in average use, with a full battery recharge taking 100 minutes using a 200v supply. That means, 20Kms in India for swift should be good enough. Remember, it takes lots of energy to drive a car on battery.Another very good option is to develop clean diesel cars. VW cars are examples of this technology. They actually beat Prius in fuel efficiency. | Reply

aum (18 December 2009 11:06) Reply to Vimal Sharma
you are correct, the energy required on battery is a lot more than on petrol.hydrogen is the best option after petrol/diesel. | Reply

GANAPATHY (16 December 2009 17:46)
Very nice car and also good pick up | Reply

Damodar (16 December 2009 12:19)
Great Initiative | Reply

Kris (16 December 2009 08:36)
We also have to consider how much time that we have to charge in order to run for 20 kms. | Reply

Manish Dudia (15 December 2009 12:30)
I dont think it wil work. It may be a good thing for doctors who drive for 5-10 km in a day | Reply

Supratick (15 December 2009 14:51) Reply to Manish Dudia
Manish, dont compare this with Reva. This is a Hybrid, which means you can drive as long as you can take. Its just the first 20 kms where you get the fuel advantage. After that, it will behave like the normal Swift. So let's not discourage people from this good initiative of Suzuki. | Reply

Just for info (16 December 2009 14:05) Reply to Supratick
Also, just for your knowledge, Hybrid car normally recharge its battery from various resource other then home electric supply. While is on road, its recharge battery from dynamo set is its wheel. Normally hybrid card mileage will be 35 to 55 KM per liter of petrol and including battery power. | Reply

akhil gandhi (14 December 2009 16:29)
20 km is best suited rural driving , it will be a hit between villagers | Reply

surender sindhu (14 December 2009 20:25) Reply to akhil gandhi
Only if Indian rural areas get power supply. | Reply

aum (18 December 2009 11:08) Reply to surender sindhu
i totally support your views @ surender | Reply

Mayank (28 October 2009 01:32)
For all illiterates here its SUZUKI and NOT MARUTI doing this. | Reply

Yogesh (14 December 2009 18:09) Reply to Mayank
For your info. Maruti is a major money spinner for suzuki corp japan. Pls update ur knowledge before coming to conclusion. | Reply

s (14 December 2009 16:46) Reply to Mayank
i think suzuki has money to do this....thanks to maruti... | Reply

bharath (27 October 2009 17:27)
Why dont suzuki enter the market little late but with valuable mileage .Say if Suzuki offers atleast 100 km/charge it will help customers to rely on it . | Reply

Supratick (15 December 2009 14:47) Reply to bharath
My understanding is that this car will run 20 kms on the first recharge (that you did overnight). After that, it will run on the electricity generated by the petrol generator. So if you are commuting say 30 kms daily, this is a great buy. And you can also go for long drives. I think this is something worth relying on. I'm planning to sell my Santro. | Reply

suresh rajput (27 October 2009 17:20)
i would suggest maruti to think logicaly and it can not seduc user by this half hearted effort (its competitive world) | Reply

Suas (17 December 2009 00:31) Reply to suresh rajput
Boss, Suzuki not Maruti. They never mentioned anywhere that they are gonna launch this car in India. | Reply

Anita (26 October 2009 16:06)
20 kms for a charge is too less, it should atleast go for 100 Kms. Also they should try it with Alto and not swift. | Reply

rkpatel (18 December 2009 00:45) Reply to Anita
20 kms per CHARGE is for purely driving on electricity.But when the batteries are CONTINUOUSLY-CHARGED,either by PETROL-DRIVEN-ON-BOARD-ENGINE or REGENERATIVE-BRAKING eg WHILE-BRAKING or GOING-DOWN-HILL;then the car can be driven more than 20kms.The car can be driven purely on PETROL also.In the PETROL-MODE the range is theoritically infinite.HYBRID is GOOD-CONCEPT.Whichever FUEL is ABUNDANTLY available and ECOMICAL and LESS-POLLUTING,must be used for the ON-BOARD-ENGINE.Think about that for a moment..!!rkpatel,wn,nz. | Reply

deepak (16 December 2009 11:18) Reply to Anita
i agree with you. | Reply

Ravi (26 October 2009 12:25)
20 KM is an odd decision,wake up Suzuki keep up at least 3 years Market forecast, this is an hot segment, i think at 50 KM would make much sense if you are really serious in the project. | Reply

Sachin (26 October 2009 13:38) Reply to Ravi
20KM limit is going to decide if the car is a success or a flop, if SUZUKI really wants to be noticed and the feature to be really useful (and used) they should aim at no less than 100kms | Reply

Kalpesh Karnik (26 October 2009 12:19)
Ruby, I agree , pessimism is in the air. Are the critics here even aware of what a hybrid is?? 20km is the batery capacity, a true hybrid can charge the battery using the petrol engine running at its best efficiency. Thats the beauty of hybrid, not too large a battery needed (weight is a factor) ; the engines size reduces, as total power required can come from battery as well as the engine. Engine runs at its best efficiency for most times; putting it in laymans terms, if you had to cover a given distance then you would do it with less efforts if the path was flat rather than if it had hills and valleys. Thats what a hybrid system does, reduces the hills and valleys for the engine and makes it more efficient!! | Reply

Ajit (26 October 2009 11:40)
I think Suzuki should experiment this with 800 model not with swift. | Reply

Ajmal Mirza (26 October 2009 10:23)
Range is over and above the petrol range. That would mean 20 KM of non polluting travel over and above some 600 km range a standard Swift has. | Reply

Venkat (26 October 2009 09:30)
20km does not make sense, Maruti should rethink and come up with a better one's. | Reply

shadab (25 October 2009 23:23)
The concept of plug-in will only gain momentum when the car will be able to run at least 150-200 kms in mumbai traffic condition otherwise making available this technology will prove to be futile, its better that maruti thinks of better way of providing cheaper fuel option, with CNG readily available why not maruti is exploring this optiion in a big way to cash on the trend and contribute the environment | Reply

karan (25 October 2009 17:10)
10 - 20 kms .. doesnt matter now, its just an initiative re engineering drawing boards and many man hours later you will have something which will compete with nissan leaf and chev volt. Major acceptance of Electric/Hybrid Cars is still 5 years down the line in India. | Reply

D K Sachdev (25 October 2009 15:02)
Hey Suzuki Swift, How about developing one variant to run 2 km on bottle of PENUT butter, | Reply

Vijyant madhav (25 October 2009 09:08)
Given the expertise of Auto giants, This half hearted measure shows mentality of ALSO RAN in the race... Time for Suzuki to show some real stuff with a range of Minimum 150 Kms Or vehicles with capability to switch between power modes at will of user | Reply

DESAI (24 October 2009 22:48)
A 20KM range is for an owner living in town of 5000. No decent city in India can support such limited range. So do we have to see hundreds of plug-ins on road side charging batteries??? Suzuki better wake up to modern world and offer decent milage on single charge. | Reply

Mehta Bhai (15 December 2009 16:58) Reply to DESAI
And the the town of 5000 will not have enough electricity to charge a car. It will become chicken and egg problem. | Reply

Ruby (24 October 2009 09:57)
Good Job. But here all critics are pessimists who look at half filled glass in another way. This is good commuters who travel 50 km a day by reducing their expenses by half. Petrol of one side can be saved. | Reply

ruby (24 October 2009 09:57) Reply to Ruby
' good FOR commuters' | Reply

suresh (27 October 2009 17:14) Reply to ruby
mis do u think that keeping in mind the poblem of jams in major cities of india like mumbai and delhi,20 km will prove to be helpfull in reducing cost by half? no dear but it will kill ur psycho | Reply

Shailendra (24 October 2009 09:19)
20 K per charge! I feel companies make a fun of customers by these types of introduction! Suzuki is trying keep their hot brand "Swift" in lime light but they are not aware that when Toyota, Honda and other big names are going to enter this segment, Maruti cannot out-perform like what they had enjoyed by introducing Maruti 800 when there was no competition! Nevertheless, keep trying Susuki! | Reply

Gaurav (24 October 2009 02:24)
why so much of delay in research | Reply

Jayesh (23 October 2009 23:29)
20 km! Really? Is this some kind of experiment to prove that there exist engines which can run on battery power! | Reply

RBEE SING (23 October 2009 22:52)
Unless these cars are onmass use on raods thre will be no such positive beacuse of affordability due to prices of such cars will attarct not millions only few thousands.Manin thing is affordability by mass demand and production | Reply

manoj (23 October 2009 20:35)
sounds more like a college project | Reply

Srini (24 October 2009 09:26) Reply to manoj
You are rite! Definitely a college project | Reply

Sachindra (24 October 2009 13:06) Reply to Srini
They will replace tram in Calcutta some day | Reply

Sharat (23 October 2009 16:30)
Excellent. It will greatly help in reducing pollution in small cities, where the driving distances are short. | Reply

Jayakrishnan (24 October 2009 02:22) Reply to Sharat
how about big cities ? In bangalore many people travel less than 20Kms but takes 90 to 120 mnts .where are we heading ? | Reply

VIJAY RATHOD (23 October 2009 15:46)
MARUTI SWIFT THE BEST | Reply

Amit (23 October 2009 15:34)
Is this hybrid just for show off? Since 20Km is practically nothing in any road or city conditions. Rather Maruti should take lesson from electric two wheeler manufacturers on how to increase the range of electrically operated vehicles. | Reply

kalpesh karnik (26 October 2009 12:32) Reply to Amit
You dont know head or tail of technology!! Hybrid and electric vehicles are two different things. you are comparing a jeera rice with a biryani!! and i shud tell you Reva is the Jeera rice!! hybrid is a true solution to increase millage and reduce emmisions. electric vehicles are no good as they only transfer the pollution from the point of use to the thermal power plant. the locals at the plant village suffer so that you can show off your REVA!!! It only makes sense to use e-vehicles if the electricity is from renewable source. | Reply

Jayakrishnan (24 October 2009 02:24) Reply to Amit
a new Reva can travel 80kms for one charge. even older batteries carry it for 40 - 60kms. And Suzuki is way behind many EVs which can take more 100Kms on one charge | Reply

Prasad (23 October 2009 16:27) Reply to Amit
No. It charges during braking therefore increasing efficiency. | Reply

Kishore (23 October 2009 15:30)
In SX4 pressurized hydrogen tank to be placed neatly for avoiding fire in sudden collision. | Reply

Kishore (23 October 2009 15:17)
Highly pressurized hydrogen tank should be placed neatly to avoid fire at the time of vehicle collision | Reply

Rakesh (23 October 2009 15:07)
10-20km..then u can plan for a destination with in 10km range...for commercial use this has to be increase by manifolds... Anyway Congrats for the initiative | Reply

prasad (23 October 2009 16:28) Reply to Rakesh
it still has pertrol engine and a generator which uses energy during brakes to convert to electricity and run. | Reply

sach (23 October 2009 14:14)
20 km might well be reduced to 10 km in city stop and go traffic. practical usability ??? | Reply

sudarshan (25 October 2009 09:22) Reply to sach
Speed is variable here not time. In stop condition battery is not used. | Reply

Amit (23 October 2009 13:39)
Nice One !! | Reply

Durrani D (23 October 2009 13:35)
Awesome | Reply

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