Maruti Suzuki profit, hit by low non-operating income, rises 3%

Firm confident of being number one player in electric vehicles' segment

Still a few years away from bringing out its electric vehicle, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chairman RC Bhargava on Friday said that whenever the company enters that space, it would be the number one player in the segment. “Electric cars will come, we will make electric cars. I cannot give you the date just now. It is all work in progress. But I believe when electric cars come and become big in this country, Maruti will be the leader. We intend to be number one,” he said.

The country's largest carmaker MSI on Friday posted just over a three per