Tata Motors, an India-based automaker, has launched a new small hatchback all-electric vehicle starting at just $10,000.
The Indian auto market has been lagging behind its peers when it comes to electrification.
This is due to many factors, but not the least of which is the fact that the country has strong protectionist laws when it comes to its auto industry and it makes it hard for foreign automakers to launch new vehicles in the country without producing them there.
It means that India has to primarily rely on its own auto industry to electrify its passenger vehicles and address emissions from its transportation industry.
Tata Motors, the biggest Indian automaker, has launched a few EVs and put about 45,000 of them on Indian roads.
Now the company is launching a new cheaper electric car that could greatly accelerate EV adoption in India.
Today, the automaker is launching the Tiago.ev and the big headline is that the electric car starts at just ~$10,000.
Here are all the variants of the Tata Motors Tiago.ev with a starting price of 8.49 Lakh, which is the equivalent of about $10,000 USD:
Battery Pack
Charging Option
Variant
Introductory Price (in INR, All India – Ex-showroom)
19.2 kWh
3.3 kW AC
XE
8.49 Lakh
19.2 kWh
3.3 kW AC
XT
9.09 Lakh
24 kWh
3.3 kW AC
XT
9.99 Lakh
24 kWh
3.3 kW AC
XZ+
10.79 Lakh
24 kWh
3.3 kW AC
XZ+ Tech LUX
11.29 Lakh
24 kWh
7.2 kW AC
XZ+
11.29 Lakh
24 kWh
7.2 kW AC
XZ+ Tech LUX
11.79 Lakh
In terms of the form factor and design, the Tiago.ev looks like your average small city car:
Now when it comes to the specs, you can’t expect too much from a $10,000 electric car. For example, it has the smallest battery pack of any all-electric car I’ve ever seen.
At 19 kWh, we have seen electric motorcycles with bigger battery packs. Earlier this month, I rode an electric jet ski with a signifcantly bigger pack.
Nevertheless, Tata Motors claims that the Tiago.ev with a 19 kWh battery pack gets 250 km (155 miles) of range, but that’s on the Modified Indian Driving Cycle (MIDC). We would expect real-world range to be shorter.
A version of the electric car with a bigger 24 kWh battery pack would have as much as 315 km (194 miles) of range, according to Tata Motors. That’s the same energy capacity as the original Nissan Leaf’s battery pack, which was getting only 117 km (73 miles) of range, but that was a bigger vehicle.
Suprisingly, Tata offers DC fast charging on the Tiago.ev. It doesn’t specify the max top charge rate, but it says that it can “add 110 km of range with just 30 mins of charging.”
You can’t expect too many features for a vehicle at that price, but the Tiago.ev comes with most basic features people come to expect from modern vehicles.
Deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2023, and Tata Motors is taking reservations now..
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All US-made solar panels featured only imported solar cells until now, but two US manufacturers just struck a three-year, $400 million deal.
Canada-headquartered Heliene, which makes solar panels in Minnesota, will incorporate Georgia-based Suniva’s US-made monocrystalline silicon solar cells into its panels, and those “Made in the USA” panels will hit the market in mid-2024, thanks to a new three-year strategic sourcing contract between the two companies.
Heliene’s modules will be the first crystalline solar panels with US-made solar cells. Suniva says the catalyst for the pairing was solar project owners and developers wanting their projects to qualify for the 10% Domestic Content Bonus Investment Tax Credit. That’s achieved by using US-made cells based on the US Department of Treasury’s guidance published in May 2023 – and that’s in addition to the 30% IRA tax credit for renewable energy factories.
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After announcing plans to retire its best-selling SUV in Europe, the Macan, Porsche will do the same with its 718 Boxster and Cayman models.
Porsche retired the gas-powered Macan early due to new cybersecurity rules. Its availability ends in July 2024. The gas-powered 718 Boxster and Cayman are now set for the same fate.
In a statement to Auto Express, Porsche said as a result of the rule changes “sale of the 718 models with an internal combustion engine is discontinued in the EU and some states that apply EU legislation from now on, thereby ensuring that the vehicles can be delivered to customers and registered by the deadline.”
Porsche did note the 718 Cayman GT4 RS and 718 Spyder RS are not impacted “due to small series regulations.”
Although the regulation applies to all vehicles (ICE and EV), Porsche is preparing to launch an all-electric 718 model. It’s not expected to have any issues with the new rules.
Like with the Macan, updating the gas-powered version would be too costly with an electric model rolling out anyways.
Porsche’s electric 718 is getting closer to production ahead of its debut. We got a sneak peek of the EV this week after it was spotted testing in the Arctic Circle rocking production headlights.
The German automaker is expected to reveal the electric 718 model before the end of the year with deliveries kicking off in 2025. Porsche has already begun preparing its Zuffenhausen plant for the new EV.
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume confirmed plans to begin Macan EV deliveries later this year. Up next will be an electric 718 model followed by the long-awaited Cayenne EV.
Porsche said it’s expanding “upward” with plans for an ultra-luxury electric SUV, slated to sit above the Cayenne. Blume called it “a very sporting interpretation of an SUV.”
Despite several automakers pulling back Porsche is sticking to its target of an 80% EV delivery share by 2030.
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