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About e Vitara

The e Vitara is Suzuki's first serious global electric vehicle, a compact SUV that carries the company's long-standing Vitara name into the battery age. Suzuki was slow to embrace electric cars, preferring to focus on frugal gasoline and hybrid models for price-sensitive markets, so the e Vitara is a significant moment for the company. True to the Vitara's off-road heritage, it offers an optional dual-motor all-wheel-drive system called ALLGRIP-e alongside the front-drive versions.

The e Vitara was previewed by the eVX concept and revealed as a production model in late 2024. It sits on a dedicated electric platform developed with Toyota, which sells its own version. Production takes place in Gujarat, India, from where the car is exported to Europe, Japan and other markets, including Singapore. The Vitara name itself goes back to the late 1980s, when the original small four-by-four was known as the Escudo in Japan and the Sidekick in North America, and the Grand Vitara continues as a hybrid crossover in India.

The e Vitara competes with compact electric crossovers such as the Kia EV3, Hyundai Kona Electric, Volkswagen ID.3, BYD Atto 3 and MG ZS EV. Reviewers have generally described it as practical, comfortable and easy to live with rather than thrilling, which suits the brand's image. Critics have pointed to charging speeds and range figures that are competitive rather than class-leading. Its success in Europe and India will help determine how quickly Suzuki electrifies the rest of its range, and whether a company built on cheap, light cars can make batteries pay.

Because the coverage also follows the broader Vitara family, the news mix includes Grand Vitara stories from India and South Africa, including the hybrid model's fuel-compatibility debates, alongside e Vitara launches, market-by-market pricing and long-term reviews. Expect test drives, range and charging updates, new-market introductions, spy shots of the smaller Suzuki electric cars now in testing, and coverage of how the Suzuki-Toyota electric partnership develops as both companies push further into affordable battery cars.