Tata Motors’ electric vehicle (EV) division is thriving, and by 2025, the company plans to add four more EVs to its lineup. The company displayed the Tata Altroz EV in close to-production shape at the 2020 Auto Expo after it was anticipated to be among the first EVs to go on sale at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. According to what we now know, the Altroz EV will go on sale in India roughly five years after the concept was initially shown.
Why was the debut of the Tata Altroz EV delayed?
As was previously mentioned, Tata was having significant difficulties developing the Altroz EV, which was supposed to go on sale following the Nexon EV. The battery pack’s underfloor packaging presented a challenge because it decreased the amount of ground clearance from 145mm to about 20mm. It was not an option to raise the Altroz to make up for the lost clearance because that would ruin the hatch’s attitude and make it appear like a crossover.
Introducing the Tata Altroz EV in 2025
The Altroz EV was forgotten for a considerable amount of time, and Tata introduced the Punch EV and Tiago EV in its place. However, Shailesh Chandra, MD of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Business, stated that the Altroz EV is in the works and will be released the following year when addressing the fringes of the Tata Punch EV unveiling. In response to a question concerning the five upcoming models built on the Acti.EV architecture, he stated that Punch will be the first model, followed by Curvv. Additionally, by year’s end, Harrier will arrive. Then, in 2025, Altroz and Sierra would arrive. It appears that Tata has resolved the battery packaging problem.
Tata Altroz EV’s range and battery
Given that the Altroz EV would share the Punch EV’s platform and architecture, we might see battery packs with ARAI ratings of 315–421 km that are comparable in capacity (25–35 kWh). Furthermore, the motor outputs of the Altroz EV ought to be comparable to the 82–122 horsepower of the Punch EV. The price of the Altroz and Punch EVs (Rs 10.99 lakh–15.49 lakh, ex-showroom, India) will somewhat overlap with that of their ICE counterparts, but their target markets should be sufficiently dissimilar to prevent significant sales cannibalization.
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