Over 4,000 Tata Nexon EVs sold since Janauary 2020
The Tata Nexon EV has continued its good run in the Indian car market. The electric SUV has now crossed the 4,000 unit sales mark since its debut in January 2020. The Nexon EV's sales performance has been on the rise consistently, the SUV EV helped Tata Motors clocked its highest-ever monthly EV sales of 705 units in March 21 and its most fruitful quarterly sales in Q4 FY21 with 1,711 EVs sold. Currently, Tata Motors is the largest seller of EVs in the passenger vehicle segment with a 71 per cent market share.
The Nexon EV's lithium-ion battery is of 30.2kWh capacity and feeds a permanent-magnet AC motor that puts 129PS and 245Nm through the front wheels. This allows for a brisk 0 to 100kmph time of 9.9s, the top speed is limited to 120kmph. The SUV will do over 312km on a full charge as per the ARAI, a real-world range of around 240km can be expected in the real world. Read our review of the Tata Nexon EV here.
There is a single-speed gearbox with two drive mode options, Drive and Sport. In the Sport mode, there is a torque boost of up to 60 per cent to give you the full 245Nm. Through a DC fast charger, the Nexon EV will reach 80 per cent capacity in 60 minutes. The car can also be plugged into any standard power socket, which takes eight hours to get from 20 to 80 per cent charge.
When bought outright, the Tata Nexon EV is priced at Rs 13.99 lakh for the base XM trim level. The XZ and top-spec XZ Lux variants cost Rs 15.40 lakh and Rs 16.40 lakh respectively (All prices are ex-showroom pan India). Tata Motors has now introduced a subscription plan for the Tata Nexon EV. Consumers will not need to buy the electric SUV outright, instead, an all-inclusive monthly rental can be paid. Know more about the Nexon EV's subscription schemes here.