The Tata Tiago EV has made its public debut at Auto
Expo 2018. The pure electric car was first introduced as a concept in the UK in
September last year.
The Tata Tiago EV has the same dimensions as the
regular Tata Tiago and a nearly identical design. In place of the upper grille,
the pure electric variant has a black nose cone with blue ‘EV’ badge on it and
a blue accent strip at the bottom. The fog lamps too carry the blue accent.
The sides are flooded with blue ‘EV’ lettering. Two more
features worth noting on the sides are black mirrors and the same 15-inch alloy
wheels from the Tata Tigor, but with blue accent. At the rear, the E and V
letters of the name badge are in blue and there’s a light blue sticker reading
“Powered by Electra EV”. EV decals are seen here too. The zero-emissions Tiago
is in the top-of-the-line XZ grade.
The Tata Tiago EV is a product developed by Tata
Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC). It is powered by an electric motor
that generates 30 kW (40 hp) at 4,500 rpm. This electric motor gets its
juice from a 216 Ah battery that takes 6 hours to fully charge in normal
charging. Charging from 0-80% takes only 90 minutes using a fast charger,
though. The zero-emissions vehicle has a driving range of 130 km and a top
speed of 100 km.
Tata Motors has not announced the launch timeline of
the Tata Tiago EV.
