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Electric car with 260 KM range per charge for 9000 USD.
Efficiency equivalent mileage of 176 mpg plug to wheel.
Tata’s expertise in low-cost manufacturing positions it well to leverage its Indian-market sales into a prominent position on the global stage.
The Tata Indica Vista EV hits the market early in 2011, carries four people, has excellent performance and can run 150 miles on a charge. Most importantly, the EV is based on a best-selling, mass-market car from the Indian market where it sells for less than US$9000 and its performance in the recent Future Car Challenge verifies its extreme energy efficiency.
The Indica Vista EV is the first automotive creation of TMETC and in the first week of November the car entered the inaugural Royal Automobile Club Brighton to London Future Car Challenge, winning the Most Economic Small Passenger EV and the Most Economical & Environment Friendly Small Passenger EV.
The Tata Indica Vista EVX completed the journey from Brighton to London at a highly economical energy cost of GBP1.35. This compares very favorably to journey costs of GBP6.17 and GBP4.80 for a similar sized vehicle running either a petrol or diesel engine at standard energy prices.
The 58 mile route was completed with only a 36% depletion of the lithium ion phosphate batteries. This would give a vehicle range, in typical real-world driving conditions, of approximately 160 miles, producing an efficiency equivalent mileage of 176 mpg plug to wheel.
That’s not quite in the same league as Tesla’s 240 mile range, but its price is expected to be a fraction of that of the Tesla and considerably lower than Mitsubishi’s iMIEV and Chevrolet’s Volt.
No release date or price have yet been announced, but a launch is expected in the U.K. in Q1 of 2011.
Tata is best known for its US$2500 Tata Nano and recent acquisition of Jaguar and Range Rover but another of its wares appears set to make a huge impact in the EV field.
Efficiency equivalent mileage of 176 mpg plug to wheel.
Tata’s expertise in low-cost manufacturing positions it well to leverage its Indian-market sales into a prominent position on the global stage.
The Tata Indica Vista EV hits the market early in 2011, carries four people, has excellent performance and can run 150 miles on a charge. Most importantly, the EV is based on a best-selling, mass-market car from the Indian market where it sells for less than US$9000 and its performance in the recent Future Car Challenge verifies its extreme energy efficiency.
The Indica Vista EV is the first automotive creation of TMETC and in the first week of November the car entered the inaugural Royal Automobile Club Brighton to London Future Car Challenge, winning the Most Economic Small Passenger EV and the Most Economical & Environment Friendly Small Passenger EV.
The Tata Indica Vista EVX completed the journey from Brighton to London at a highly economical energy cost of GBP1.35. This compares very favorably to journey costs of GBP6.17 and GBP4.80 for a similar sized vehicle running either a petrol or diesel engine at standard energy prices.
The 58 mile route was completed with only a 36% depletion of the lithium ion phosphate batteries. This would give a vehicle range, in typical real-world driving conditions, of approximately 160 miles, producing an efficiency equivalent mileage of 176 mpg plug to wheel.
That’s not quite in the same league as Tesla’s 240 mile range, but its price is expected to be a fraction of that of the Tesla and considerably lower than Mitsubishi’s iMIEV and Chevrolet’s Volt.
No release date or price have yet been announced, but a launch is expected in the U.K. in Q1 of 2011.
Tata is best known for its US$2500 Tata Nano and recent acquisition of Jaguar and Range Rover but another of its wares appears set to make a huge impact in the EV field.
