Electric Vehicles

  • Hyundai Creta Electric: All You Need to Know

    Hyundai Creta Electric is the South-Korean brand’s first mass-market EV for India. However, neither is it a “born-electric” EV, nor does it come with LFP batteries. Will those NMC batteries make it a hit or a miss? Let’s first wait for the price announcement, shall we?

    Finally, the long wait will be over on Jan 17, the inaugural day, of Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 in New Delhi, when Hyundai Creta Electric will be launched in the Indian market. It will be the South-Korean brand’s first mass-market EV for India. Though the company has been retailing two electric cars in the…

    DATE:
    15/01/2025
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  • Windsor EV: Do the Math

    The JSW MG Motor Windsor EV is here and it has a new trick up its sleeve to rope in EV buyers. Will it succeed or won’t it… with that avant-garde ownership model? Well, the proof of the pudding is in the driving and wrapping your head around its pioneering buying scheme for a CUV (Crossover Utility Vehicle) called BaaS. (Battery as a Service.) We review the MG Windsor EV and tell you all about it. Read on…

    What JSW MG Motor India are doing with the Windsor EV is offering buyers a mid-sized CUV (Crossover Utility Vehicle) at the price of a compact SUV with features from a few segments above, and all of this at a price tag of INR 9.99 Lakhs (Base variant, sans the battery) with certain riders which…

    DATE:
    27/12/2024
    WORDS:
    RACHNA TYAGI
  • MINI Countryman Electric: A World of Silence

    The MINI Countryman Electric is a fabulous offering for all those seeking a premium electric hatch.

    MINI India has launched its first-ever all-electric car in the country. The Countryman Electric has finally hit Indian roads. Surprisingly, BMW Group has only introduced the EV version in India whereas, globally, it is also offered with a petrol powertrain. Here’s all that we know about MINI Countryman Electric… The Countryman EV has been introduced in…

    DATE:
    25/07/2024
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  • Hyundai Inster: A-segment sub-compact urban EV

    Hyundai’s all-electric Inster hatchback will be sold globally and could also hit Indian roads soon.

    Hyundai Motor Company retails several all-electric cars across the world, including a few in India. Some of their popular EVs presently on offer are Kona, Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6. The carmaker recently unveiled an all-new entry-level electric car in the form of the Inster EV at the Busan International Mobility Show 2024 in Seoul.…

    DATE:
    18/07/2024
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  • Kia EV3: The All-New Electric Wonder

    The EV3 is the fourth electric model from the South-Korean automaker after the EV9, EV6 and Niro.

    Kia’s aggressiveness in the EV space has taken another leap with the introduction of the all-new Kia EV3. The all-electric SUV was revealed to the world recently and it is highly anticipated that it will also enter the Indian market next year. The EV3 is the fourth electric model from the South-Korean automaker after the…

    DATE:
    28/05/2024
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  • Coming Soon: All-Electric Volkswagen ID.4 – First VW EV for India

    Volkswagen is readying its first fully electric SUV for India which will be sold as a direct import.

    Last month, Volkswagen India held its annual brand conference 2024 in Jaipur where it showcased the all-electric ID.4 SUV, clearly indicating that it has plans to introduce the EV in the Indian market. It took the Volkswagen ID.4 EV almost three and a half years to reach the Indian shores after its global debut in…

    DATE:
    26/04/2024
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  • Seal of Approval

    Buyers who’re seriously contemplating buying the BYD Seal won’t take long to realize that in terms of their next purchase, their fate is pretty much ‘Sealed.’

    The BYD Seal is an elegant 3.8 second electric sedan, that is super comfortable, both in the driver’s seat as well as at the rear. This summer we drove it in the uber cool ‘Arctic Blue’ colour, and quite frankly, we can’t stop obsessing over it. So, what does the Seal have that makes it…

    DATE:
    22/04/2024
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    RACHNA TYAGI
  • BYD Seal: Seal the Deal

    The award-winning electric sporty sedan is not just big on design but also on comfort and performance.

    BYD India, the wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based EV maker BYD Auto, forayed into the luxury electric sedan segment recently with the introduction of the Seal in the country. The Seal, which will be retailed in India as a CBU (Completely Built Unit), is the brand’s third all-electric model for the Indian market, and is preceded by…

    DATE:
    08/04/2024
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  • Man of the Moment – Sanjay Gopalakrishnan

    Sanjay Gopalakrishnan, Senior Vice President, Electric Passenger Vehicle Business, BYD India, talks to TURN OF SPEED about their newly launched BYD Seal, their new Sodium-Ion battery, their I-TAC technology, the Indian EV buyer, as well as their expansion plans amongst other things. Read on…

    At the launch of BYD Seal, TURN OF SPEED caught up with Sanjay Gopalakrishnan, Senior Vice President, Electric Passenger Vehicle Business, BYD India, where he waxed eloquent on their latest tech-based offering and gave us an insight into the technology-based innovation company that has battery at its core. Excerpts from the interview… TOS: What according…

    DATE:
    08/03/2024
    WORDS:
    RACHNA TYAGI
  • Audi Q8 e-tron: Supercharge your Life!

    Available in two body styles, SUV and Sportback, the Audi Q8 e-tron, is blazingly fast. We drove it around recently and here’s what we think of it…

    You may remember our review of the e-tron 55 Quattro from July 2021 (If you haven't read it, you can do so by clicking on the link: https://www.turnofspeed.in/review/in-a-league-of-its-own.html) where we called the “intelligent” and “fully connected” SUV a “stellar offering” from Audi. Now, in 2023, the German carmaker has introduced the Q8 e-tron, and while there are…

    DATE:
    24/07/2023
    WORDS:
    RACHNA TYAGI