NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki has begun field testing of its electric vehicles prototype in India on Tuesday. This project is in line with the carmaker’s commitment to introduce an electric vehicle by 2020.The prototype EVs were flagged off from the Company’s Gurugram facility by Mr. CV Raman, Senior Executive Director (Engineering) on Tuesday.At the MOVE Summit in September 2018, Osamu Suzuki, Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan had announced the nation-wide field testing of 50 prototype Electric Vehicles.According to a statement by the company, these Proto-type Electric Vehicles have been developed on an existing model of Suzuki MotorCorporation, Japan.“The electric vehicles have been developed exclusively by Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan and built at Maruti Suzuki, Gurugram facility. This extensive real-life usage of the vehicles in multiple terrains and climatic conditions will help the company get valuable insights that will help in validation and successful launch of Electric Vehicle technology in India,” said Maruti Suzuki.“Testing of these vehicles will also help Maruti Suzuki to gather critical inputs based on customer perspectives and will help to create a reliable and suitable Electric Vehicle to delight Indian customers”, it added.