Automakers unlikely to go full throttle amid Covid-related uncertainties

While most have resumed production, ramp up will be staggered one and will be a third of the levels in January and February

Automakers in India are adopting a slow calibrated approach to ramping up production amid a high number of Covid-19 cases, parts and raw material shortage and demand uncertainty, said officials at auto firms and component makers.

Earlier this month, several of them including car market leader, Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India, Honda Cars India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra, had undertaken plant closure amid the raging pandemic.

While most of them have resumed production, the ramp up will be staggered one and will be a third of what most of them manufactured in