Tata confirms unveiling of long-awaited Altroz EV by 2025

Tata Motors' electric vehicle (EV) division is thriving, and by 2025, the company plans to add four more EVs to its lineup. Tata displayed the 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 reports, the Altroz EV will be on sale in India around five years after the idea was initially shown. 

Earlier, Tata was having significant difficulties developing the Altroz EV, which was supposed to be on sale following the Nexon EV. The battery pack's underfloor packing was a challenge because it decreased the amount of ground clearance from 145mm to about 20mm.

It was not possible to raise the Altroz to make up for the lost clearance because that would ruin the hatch's design and make it appear like a crossover. 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 would be released the following year when addressing the fringes of the Tata Punch EV unveiling. In response to a question concerning the five future 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, we would have Altroz and Sierra. Tata appears to have resolved the battery packaging problem.

Given that the Altroz EV would share the Punch EV's platform and architecture, we may see battery packs with ARAI-rated ranges of 315–421 km that are comparable in capacity (25–35 kWh). Furthermore, the motor outputs of the Altroz EV need to be comparable to the 82–122 horsepower of the Punch EV. The pricing of the Altroz and Punch EVs (Rs 10.99 lakh–15.49 lakh, ex-showroom, India) will somewhat overlap with that of their ICE equivalents, but their target markets should be sufficiently dissimilar to prevent significant sales cannibalization.