Suzuki to Reduce Weight of Alto by 15% in Next Decade

TapTechNews July 17th news, Suzuki Motor of Japan announced on Wednesday that it plans to reduce the weight of its small hatchback Alto by 15% in the next ten years to lower the vehicle's energy consumption and apply its related technologies to other models.

The current weight of Alto is 680 kilograms (about 1499 pounds), and Suzuki Motor hopes to reduce its weight by 100 kilograms (about 220 pounds). Tatsuya Matsuda, an executive in charge of automotive technology at Suzuki Motor, said, If the vehicle is too heavy, we also have to increase the size of the battery and motor to obtain long range and good performance. He pointed out that smaller motors and batteries are expected to reduce the price of Suzuki models.

TapTechNews noted that Suzuki Motor also said that it is developing software and advanced driver assistance technologies, hoping to help ease traffic congestion on congested roads in India, which is an important market for the automaker.