Electric SUVs

Report estimates that 4-5 million EVs will be sold across segments in 2026

Electric mobility startup Pravaig Dynamics on Friday launched a sports utility vehicle Defy, tagged at Rs 39.5 lakh (ex-showroom) to compete with the likes of Audi e-tron and Mercedes Benz EQC . The Bengaluru-based company has commenced the bookings of the model and deliveries are expected to begin from the third quarter of next year. The company aims to produce 10 lakh units by 2028 and cater to both domestic and international markets. "At the beginning we will try to address the domestic market and will look at exports in 2024," Pravaig Chief Strategy Officer Ram Divedi told PTI in an interaction here. In the long run 70 per cent of the production would go into the overseas markets, he added. Divedi said Defy is more affordable to own than other competing products in the market. The SUV comes with a driving range of around 500 km and 402 BHP power, he added. Pravaig, which has a manufacturing plant in Bengaluru, plans to commence production with a few thousand units and scale

Atto 3 can be charged from 0 per cent to 80 per cent within 50 minutes, and it has a range of 521 km. It can reach 0 to 100 km/h acceleration in 7.3 seconds

Tata Motors is actively looking at introducing four wheel drive technology in electric versions of its sports utility vehicles going ahead, according to company's passenger vehicle business head Shailesh Chandra. The home-grown auto major currently does not offer four wheel drive trims in any of its existing product range which includes models like Nexon, Harrier and Safari. The company aims to have a portfolio of ten electric products, a mix of existing nameplates and all new models, by 2025. Tata Motors is looking at models above the Nexon range as possible candidates for the four by four (4X4) upgrade. "Our focus will be to try and do that in the electric vehicles. We are going to work on this in the electric version of our future SUVs," Tata Motors Managing Director - Passenger Vehicle and Electric Vehicles - Shailesh Chandra told PTI when asked if the company is also considering four wheel drive trims in its SUV range. Some of the products in the company's expected line up of

Sales of electric cars in India will gather pace by 2025-26, Henrik Fisker said and added that the company wants to secure a first-mover advantage

SUV launches getting traction, weak rural demand a headwind for tractors

Mahindra will declare the pricing of the model closer to its launch in January

BYD has been selling the E6 MPV in the Indian market since 2021. Since its launch last year, BYD has sold 400 units of the E6

According to leaked images, the upcoming Tata Motors SUV may come with minor exterior upgrades and new features

The brands will be manifested through five e-SUVs under XUV.e8, XUV.e9, BE.05, BE.07 and BE.09

Deliveries in the first half of 2022 also advanced at a brisk pace, soaring 56 per cent to 7,573 units in the January-June period

India's EV market, dominated by Tata Motors, represents only 1% of the country's annual sales of about 3 million vehicles

Vehicles from Tesla Inc and electric sport utilities from rival brands are among the least reliable models sold in the United States, a reflection of the risks of new technology, Consumer Reports said

This is a vehicle that is top of the charts on the electric category of SUVs, for now

The quicker push to sell the Lyriq is part of GM's strategy to take a leadership position in EVs and sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035

Car-maker MG Motor India has now initiated the expansion for the electric SUV - MG ZS - in 10 cities, including Coimbatore.

The Ariya is set to go on sale in Japan by the middle of next year, and in Europe, North America and China by the end of 2021

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and its Korean unit SsangYong Motor Co <003620.KS> plan to jointly develop a platform to manufacture electric sport-utility vehicles (SUV) by 2020, the companies said on Tuesday.