Indian Govt Procuring Hyundai Kona Electric SUV Ignoring Tata, Mahindra

The Indian regime is ownership a bunch of electrical vehicles from Hyundai as part of its efforts promote the growth of electric vehicles in the state. According to reports, the S Korean automotive giant has already started delivering its compact electric SUV, Kona, to the government equally part of the agreement, which has rattled some sections of the polity considering information technology left dwelling-grown automakers, Tata Motors and Mahindra, in the lurch.

According to the Free energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), the Hyundai Kona, which was launched in India before this year, was chosen over the Tata Tigor EV and Mahindra e-Verito because the it proved to be more reliable in its tests. The system also pointed out that the ii indigenous vehicles faced various issues in their before avatars, which also went against them when choosing the right auto for the purpose.

The Kona comes with a 39.2 kWh battery pack that has an ARAI-certified range of 452 Km on a unmarried accuse. It offers a height ability of 134 bhp, max torque of 395 Nm and does 0-100 kmph in 9.7 seconds. According to Hyundai, information technology can be fully charged in 6 hours using the bundled 7kWh charger. There's also a DC fast charger, which, the company claimed, can accuse the SUV upward to eighty percent in just 57 minutes.

Co-ordinate to Autocar India, the Hyundai Kona Electric has received over 300 bookings and 177 units have already been delivered to their rightful owners. The list of early adopters manifestly include some "loftier-profile individuals", although their identities were non revealed by the report. While the Kona Electric costs upwardly of Rs. 25 lakhs, Hyundai is too expected to bring a smaller, more affordable e-SUV that could see more widespread adoption of electrical vehicles in India.