TATA Nexon EV – A Vehicle for Modern India
To match the current marketing scenario of electric vehicles, Tata Motors introduces their second fantastic Electric vehicle Tata Nexon EV. Tata Nexon is the SUV; improvise to bring you the ultimate luxury and eco-friendly rides. This is specially designed for Indian Roads with its ARAI-certified ground clearance and other sophisticated features.
Tata Nexon EV with Tata’s flagship and battery assurance by Ziptron gives you the ride experience better than ever. Tata Nexon EV is coming in three different variants within the exclusive price range of 15 to 17 lakhs. Here in this blog, we are going to elaborate on all the key points about Tata Nexon EV.
Safety
Tata Nexon, with its S class safety features, makes your entire riding experience safe and sound. It comes with driver and co-driver airbags which offer you secure driving. It provides a child’s safe rear door lock along with ISOFIX anchorage points for your little cuties.
In addition to essential safety features, it also provides an ABS with EBD to help you steer in emergencies by restoring traction to your tires. Its sensor camera-based reverse park-assist makes your parking more comfortable than ever.
Performance
Let’s jump into the most premium segment of this SUV; it accelerates 0 to 100 kmph within just 9.9 sec time interval (0 to 60 kmph in 4.6 sec). The highly performing permanent magnet motor generates 245 Nm torque as an output, and it increases up to 60% in sports mode peak speed.
Battery Capacity
A 30.2 kWh Ziptron powers its assured battery to give a thrilling performance and battery backup. The lithium-ion battery is offering a riding range of over 312 km in a single charge. This ARAI-certified battery can be charged up to 80 percent in 60 mins using a fast charger, while it will take 8 hours to do the same using the home charger offered with the car.
This T-shaped battery pack is placed under the floor. Tata also ensures the battery and the electric motor with a warranty of eight years/1.6L km.
Interior
Tata motors always have been super possessive about interior design. Besides basic features, the top variant offers you an electric sunroof, premium leather upholstery, automatic rain-sensing wipers, and automatic headlamps with ambient and tunnel detection.
A 7-inch dashboard touchscreen infotainment system from Harman was provided to get a better driving extent. They also offer smartphone-based navigation and several premium applications to make all your rides a luxurious experience.
Exterior
The Nexon EV offers an excellent chassis design and dashing looks, which establish your presents on roads. The facelifted version provides a higher bonnet, brand new headlight along with LED clear lamps, and an exclusive new front grille. There is plenty of rear and clear blue detailing to indicate it’s an EV.
The clamshell hood, diamond edge cutting along with alloy wheel makes it different from any other regular SUV. You got split day lamps with the handsome new LED element, which looks incredibly cool while off-roading trips at night.
Specifications
The specification and features of the Nexon EV distinguish it from any other SUV. Its 30.2 kWh, IP67 protected battery gave a long battery life and claimed a range of 312 km. It weighs 1400kg of curb weight along with a 350 liters boot space.
You are free to charge it with both of Fast charger and a Regular charger. It’ll take 60 mins to get 0 to 80% of the charge, as mentioned above. It offers you to enjoy all the smart connectivity and automatic features like mobile connectivity, sensor parking, navigation, Nexon elegant band for entry, and so many.
This offers Airbags and ISOFIX seats for the safety of you and your child. It is also equipped with EBD (Electronic Brake-force Distribution), ESP (Electronic Stability Program), and central locking for emergencies. Along with all this premium and primary feature, Tata Nexon design with 205mm ground clearance keeping in the Indian Roadways.
Safety Ratings
Tata Motors provides S class security with their Nexon EV, as we have mentioned above. We give it 4.73 out of 5 as a rating of safety features.
Pros and Cons of the Car
Pros
- Nexon EV gives you a silent and smooth drive even on your busy city roads.
- This treats you with smart and handsome looks.
- Nexon EV loaded with all premium features.
- It gives you eight years of warranty on your battery which is a trusted assurance.
- Nexon EV offers a spacious and luxurious cabin.
- There is also Battery Management System and Auto cooling system.
- It offers within a reasonable price range of 15 to 17 Lakh in contrast with other Electric Vehicle.
- All of the above, this is the first premium electric SUV in India
Cons
- The main drawback which drags my mind is prevalent range anxiety with heavy highway usage.
- The fast-charging network is unreliable. Charging infra needs to improve for EV transitions.
- The battery replacement charge will be high.
- They are not providing an electric sunroof.
- You are not able to enjoy Leather upholstery and rain-sensing wipers.
Conclusion
In recent times with the growing industry of electric automobiles, Tata Nexon EV offers you one of the most premium SUVs in modern India. However, there are plenty of options like Hyundai Kona Electric and MG ZS EV, but Tata’s craftsmanship sets the benchmark for Nexon EV.
Lastly, we can say that if you want an electric car to drive regularly, then this is the most affordable premium car you must check out.
