Maruti, India’s top carmaker, open to partnerships to secure supply chain

Partnering with suppliers in its early years contributed significantly to Maruti’s success in India, where it has 43% share of the car market, and also helped establish a supply chain for combustion engine cars, R C Bhargava told Reuters. With growing demand for more technology in cars and a shift to ‘greener’ powertrains like electric and hybrid, automotive supply chains globally are changing and need large investments to keep pace.