[volkman10]

Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Maruti Suzuki gives an update on the Toyota -Suzuki collaboration.

The collaboration is in the areas of information technology, environment-friendly technology and safety for future products. I understand the collaboration has started at the global level. We need such technologies for future development of products. Toyota is a leader in hybrid technology and we will work with them.

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[jinojohnt]

Maruti is an expert at making cheap (read VFM) cars with expensive maintenance, while Toyota makes over-priced cars with cheap maintenance. Let's pray that (with the alliance), they learn to make VFM cars with cheap maintenance, and not the other way round.

[volkman10]

Suzuki-Toyota collaboration update:

Collaboration with Toyota in the area of technology, environment, IT and safety started. It could extend to product-sharing in future.

Suzuki could provide Toyota with some product and have a chance to supply small car technology.

Unfortunately, our experience with Volkswagen was not that good. Thankfully, Suzuki and Toyota are collaborating well

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[volkman10]

Suzuki and Toyota Motor partnership to enormously benefit Maruti Suzuki- Chairman - Maruti Suzuki.

You are aware of the agreement between Suzuki, Japan and Toyota, Japan to create a partnership to deal with issues. Toyota is the global leader in a number of patents held for hybrids and electric vehicle technology. I believe this agreement, which may reach finalisation in short time, will be of enormous benefit for the future of the company,

Maruti Suzuki has said that the agreement between Suzuki Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation may reach finalization stage in a short time and it will be of "enormous benefit" for the future of Maruti Suzuki.

Company will not hold back on launch of electric vehicles, if the customers are ready to buy.

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[volkman10]

Toyota announced on Monday that it will capitalize with Mazda and jointly develop EV. It is planning to make basic structure of EV that can be used from light cars to small trucks.

Toyota calls for Suzuki's participation. More to be announced shortly. Subaru too is part of this Japanese group on EV development.

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[volkman10]

Hormazd's insight to the PV industry .

Next GEN SWIFT could be a joint effort between Toyota and Suzuki -EV ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQjCth7WHc

[volkman10]

Maruti Suzuki outlines its electric plans. Will go ahead with Toyota in this venture. Would meet the deadline as set by the govt. on introduction of EV's.

Will get into the full scope including Li ion batteries for a cost effective solution. Will use its full network in its EV plan.

the upcoming joint venture between Toyota and Suzuki and how Maruti Suzuki would benefit greatly from the technological solutions in the EV space that Toyota couple provide - including cutting edge hardware and patents

Each dealership or service centre can have a charger/super-charger as standard and Maruti Suzuki can also invest in having its own mega network of charging points across the country to offer a quick charge solution.

considering the scale at which Maruti Suzuki generally operates, and considering the fact that the Indian automaker will have its own plant to make Li-On batteries, the cost of components would be much lower than what it is today. All in all, electric mobility will only be accepted in India with a bottom to top approach by the collective automakers and Maruti Suzuki could start a revolution.

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[volkman10]

With the EV Push the Toyota -Suzuki alliance will crystallize soon. EV tech, bigger vehicles and Suzuki branded Toyota cars ?

Maruti Suzuki's chairman's view:( Maruti to get tech. access for larger vehicles- Suzuki branded Toyota Products?)

benefits are likely to accrue from parent Suzuki’s alliance with Toyota. The partnership, the contours of which are being firmed up in Japan, may help the company gain access to alternative tech and to larger vehicles.

Toyota’s tech bank is far bigger than Suzuki’s. If that becomes available, we have access to technology, which will take us way into the future and we will in many ways remain in terms of the technology availability, as good as any other company in the world… Depending on what they agree, I could get bigger products from Toyota to sell, which will be engineered for India

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[volkman10]

Toyota's electric ambitions attract like-minded Japanese peers. Suzuki is likely to participate in the EV program.

Suzuki is likely to take a roughly 5% stake in the venture.

Suzuki Motor is considering teaming up with Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor on electric vehicle technologies.

Toyota, Mazda and Denso -- a Toyota group parts supplier -- on Thursday announced EV C.A. Spirit, a venture to develop design methods that can be applied to vehicles of varying shapes and sizes, as well as to key technologies such as motor and battery control.

Toyota will own a 90% stake in the new company, with Mazda and Denso each taking a 5% interest.

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[volkman10]

Toyota - Mazda - Denso - Suzuki alliance could drive to redefine the EV - compact cars making it affordable.

An exciting news comes from Suzuki, which is starting to consider strengthening the alliance of Toyota-Mazda-Denso. Suzuki itself has the advantages of small-sized car segment and a very strong base in the Indian market, one of the world's respected automotive market.

Toyota, Mazda and Denso have joined to develop electric-powered cars by exerting their respective advantages, such as Toyota with its advantages in the field of architecture, Mazda with computer modeling, and Denso with its ability in the field of electronic parts.

Suzuki is also developing future cars amid quite stringent regulations on vehicle emissions standards. Suzuki and Toyota itself had actually made an agreement in early 2017, where the two brands will partner and share in terms of technology and production and safety devices. So it could be the Toyota-Mazda-Denso alliance will be one of the programs in the agreement between Toyota and Suzuki

Alliance named EV C.A. Spirit Corp. itself will be located in Nagoya, Japan and will work to conduct research and development on the basic structure of an electric car. Where Toyota with its TNGA will be the basic architecture of the teesebut products. With the results of this alliance research, each manufacturer can flexibly develop an electric car, whether small cars, passenger cars or lightweight cars.

If true Suzuki will join this alliance, then of course this alliance will be stronger and become a win-win solution for the problem of electric cars.

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[volkman10]

Toyota's Daihatsu will stay away from India, deferring to its prospective partner Suzuki

Daihatsu is very busy with plans for Indonesia and Malaysia, and for India, it may be Suzuki, as you are aware, we are in talks. Nothing is finalised as yet

The development marks a huge significance as Toyota's subsidiary small carmaker Daihatsu would have competed with Suzuki for market share is now likely to end up as a partner to Suzuki's India venture

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[volkman10]

Suzuki's aim in EV tie up with Toyota and its JV with Denso and Toshiba for producing Li-ion batteries insulates Maruti Suzuki from risk, in the event the EV market is not a great success.

The whole tie-up between Suzuki and Toyota is specifically for the Indian market. Hence, it is solely going to benefit Maruti.

The role of Maruti in these partnerships may best be limited to that of a procurer of lithium ion battery packs (from the tripartite joint venture) and of electric vehicle platforms from the Toyota-Suzuki partnership. It will, of course, sell those to Indian customers if the electric vehicle market takes off in the country.

In both the cases, while there is no direct involvement of Maruti in any manner, the fact that the Indian company does not have any equity participation means that it is unlikely to face any risk even if India’s electric vehicle drive fails to take off.

Suzuki - Toyota :

the partnership between Suzuki and Toyota could see the latter providing technology support in terms of motor, powertrain and back-end configuration, while Suzuki’s role may come in body building, painting and assembly.

Maruti's stock predicted to reach new heights due to the Suzuki EV push: Morgan Stanley

Suzuki is working towards a high localisation. It will make the electric vehicles and that will be sold by Maruti Suzuki affordable.

The company’s first electric vehicle by 2020 is likely to have the highest localisation among peer models, thus ensuring better profitability.

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Toyota - Panasonic consider joint development of EV batteries. This could benefit the Suzuki manufactured EV's for India.

The goal is to make the best prismatic battery -- rectangular in shape as opposed to cylindrical -- and ultimately contribute to the popularization of Toyota’s electric cars and those of others

Panasonic is the world’s largest supplier of electric-car batteries and the main EV battery supplier for U.S. automaker Tesla.

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[volkman10]

Toyota breaks its silence on EV's - to roll out more than 10 EVs by early 2020's.

Maruti Suzuki to gain on the same.

Toyota, which currently doesn’t offer a single EV nameplate, said it would introduce the first EV in China and then gradually introduce them in Japan, India, the U.S. and Europe

Under the plan unveiled Monday in Japan, Toyota also said it would offer electrified versions of every model in the Toyota and Lexus lineups by 2025, with plans to sell some 5.5 million traditional gasoline-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2030.

In a sign of the new shift, Toyota said in September it would form a joint venture with Mazda Motor Corp. and supplier Denso Corp. to co-develop an architecture for EVs.

Subaru and Suzuki are among other automakers that may join the project.

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[volkman10]

Smart Device Link (SDL) of Toyota is now compatible to Suzuki Motorcycles.

Beginning of the Toyota - Suzuki Partnership.

SDL will be compatible not only with Toyota vehicles, but also Suzuki bikes both old and new

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8mO8sNsW_M

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