New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Maruti Suzuki India Ltd aims to lead the electric vehicle (EV) race by establishing 100,000 charging points and 1,500 service workshops across the country, backed by a 150,000-strong trained workforce, by 2030.

Managing director and chief executive Hisashi Takeuchi said on Tuesday that the country's largest carmaker has set up more than 2,000 exclusive charging points across 1,100 cities as part of its two-pronged strategy to alleviate range anxiety among consumers when it begins selling its battery EV.

The announcement came at the launch of eVitara, an electric sports utility vehicle (SUV), in the domestic market.

Being the last among all the top carmakers to launch a battery EV, Takeuchi said the company has inve...