Aside from range anxiety and lack of charging infrastructure, another major issue that usually stops one from obtaining an electric vehicle is its rather hefty price tag when compared to conventional internal combustion vehicles. While that factor is true for Malaysia at the moment, there are already efforts throughout the world to manufacture affordable EVs.
Among the latest example is the Tiago EV by Tata Motors of India. Just like its petrol-based counterpart, the new Tiago EV is a compact hatchback that is designed primarily for city driving.
On the other hand, the higher-end long-range variants feature a more powerful 55kW motor with 114Nm of torque together with a 24kWh battery that is apparently good enough to let them travel up to 315km as per MIDC standard.
As you may expect from a newly launched model, the Tiago EV comes with CCS2 charging port. Tata Motors will also provide owners with a 15A portable charger although it takes the charger around 6.9 hours to fully charge the medium-range version and even longer for the long-range variants at 8.7 hours.
Naturally, the fastest way to juice up the Tiago EV is through a DC fast charger. While Tata didn’t provide the actual power rating for the car’s DC charging capability, the company claimed that the time for it to reach 80% state of charge (SoC) from 10% via a DC fast charger is 57 minutes.
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When it comes to pricing, the Tiago EV starts at INR 849,000 which is around RM48,223 in our currency and very close to the price tag of a Perodua Myvi 1.3L G. Bookings will be opened this month but delivery is scheduled to start only in January 2023.
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