Mahindra’s another major attraction at
Auto Expo 2020 will be a concept called Funster, an electric vehicle with more
than 300 horsepower on tap. The Mahindra Funster hasn’t been officially
confirmed, but according to a media report, it will be an EV concept with four
electric motors, one powering each wheel. All of these motors together will
generate a maximum power of over 312 PS. Feeding energy to these
motors will be a 60 kWh battery pack. The performance-oriented electric car
will be capable of reaching from 0-100 km/h in under 5 seconds.
From the specifications, the Mahindra
Funster looks like it will be just a technology demonstrator. It should be
based on Mahindra’s dedicated electric vehicle platform MESMA (Mahindra
Electric Scalable Modular Architecture). In that case, expect its battery
pack’s voltage to be 380.
Mahindra won’t be unveiling
the next-gen Thar at the 2020 Delhi Motor Show. The company will take the wraps
off its next-gen go-anywhere model at a special event later. It has confirmed
that it will launch three all-new models in FY2021 (April 2020-March 2021), and
the first of them should be the next-gen Thar, followed by the next-gen Scorpio
and then the next-gen XUV500.
Mahindra will expand its EV portfolio this
year with the launch of the eKUV100, the pure electric variant of the KUV100.
This model will be targeted mostly at fleet customers. In 2021, the company
will launch the pure electric variant of the XUV300, a model that will have a
high range of over 300 km and be targeted mostly at private customers. This SUV
will go against the recently launched Tata Nexon EV.
