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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by nitinreddy88 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:45PM (#33062505)
It doesn't cost 9 lakhs. It costs 19 lakhs (about 23,000 USD). Tata cars never had solid build quality nor blindly trusted by Indians. Please state facts with sources than making false claims
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by SECProto on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:09PM (#33062706)
> It doesn't cost 9 lakhs. It costs 19 lakhs

The source[1] I found immediately showed a range from 8.5 to 11.8 lakh. If you're going to criticize someone for not providing facts and sources, you should do the same yourself.

[1] lot of ads warning https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/electric-vehicles/tata-...

Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by spaceman_2020 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:17PM (#33062774)
GP is right, it costs nearly 18-19 lakh on road.

Auto websites are a much better source of prices.

See: https://www.cardekho.com/tata/nexon-ev-prime

However, there are cheaper EVs available from the Tata stable, such as Tigor EV for under 12 lakh, so the point stands.

Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by SECProto on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:24PM (#33063158)
The price comments are all talking about the Tata Tiago. The link you sent is about the price of the Tata Nexon, which isn't relevant.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by pseudostem on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:42AM (#33063824)
I drive a Tata Nexon EV 30kwh battery, 3.5 KW charger which I bought for Rs 1.6 million (16 lakh). The new ones with 40kwh battery, 7 KW charger costs Rs 1.9 million (19 lakh). On road is lesser due to subsidies (not sure if there are any active subsidies).

Tata Tiago is priced much lesser. I would be vary of range as advertised (unlike many other countries). My car gives me practical range of 220 kms and the advertised range is 312 kms. I drive at 115 to 125 WH per km, my wife drives at 135 to 150 WH per km.

Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by kumarvvr on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:24PM (#33062809)
To clarify,

Tata Tiago (going to be released in 2023, announced yesterday) costs Rs. 9 lakhs. (11000 USD) - https://tiagoev.tatamotors.com

Tata Nexon EV (released a few years back) costs Rs. 16-19 lakhs. (23000 USD) - https://nexonev.tatamotors.com/

A medium model between the two also exists, Tata Tigor, costs about Rs. 14 Lakhs (17000 USD) - https://tigorev.tatamotors.com/

Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by kumarvvr on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:28PM (#33062832)
Tata cars are heavily built man. They are rock solid, have great safety ratings and many prefer them for their build quality.

What I understand is that in India

  - Buy Maruti for efficiency and low cost of spares and service
  - Buy Tata or Mahindra for build quality and sturdiness
  - Buy Honda / Hyundai for good engines but high cost of spares and service.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by vel0city on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:33PM (#33063206)
I was originally going to bring up previous experiences (years ago) watching crash tests with Indian-market Tata cars being pretty much nightmares in crash tests, but looking at their recent stuff it doesn't look half bad. Good on all those engineers working hard to deliver a good product and save lives. If these EVs being talked about are on similar design platforms, they're probably pretty decent safety-wise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHby0oHFM8

Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by th2o3u4oi3uo3 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:21PM (#33062799)
You realize Tata's latest cars have the highest safety rating in India, right ?

All the Korean-Japanese makers otoh are selling sub-standard "tin-cans". Anyone who knows Hindi can check out what Indians broadly think of Tata (as opposed to say, Suzuki) on Youtube.

Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by Retric on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:06PM (#33062682)
Their website lists 9 not 19 as the base price, as does multiple other sources. https://tiagoev.tatamotors.com/