The Maruti Suzuki E-Vitara looks like it will be a useful and affordable electric SUV, expected to arrive in India around September 2025. Here’s a simpler look at what makes it a good option:
How Useful It Is:
- Lots of Space Inside: It will have seats for five people, with plenty of room for everyone.
- Good Trunk Space: We don’t know the exact size yet, but it should have enough space for weekend trips, and the back seats can fold in different ways to make more room.
- Travels Far on One Charge: The E-Vitara is expected to go over 500 km on a single charge (with the bigger battery), so you can take it on longer journeys.
- Easy to Charge: It will work with both regular home chargers (AC) and faster public chargers (DC).
- Easy-to-Use Features: Expect things like a 10.25-inch touch screen for music and maps that works wirelessly with your phone, a digital screen instead of regular dials, seats that cool you down in the front, a wireless phone charger, automatic air conditioning that also reaches the back seats, and many USB ports to charge your devices.
Keeping Costs Down:
- Expected Price: The price could be between ₹17 lakh and ₹22.50 lakh for different versions. The basic model with the smaller battery might be around ₹17 lakh, which is a good price for an electric SUV.
- Made in India: The E-Vitara will be built in India, and they plan to send many of them to other countries too. Building it locally should help keep the price lower.
- Maruti Suzuki’s Goal: Maruti Suzuki has said they want to make electric cars that most people can afford.
Main Details and Features:
- Battery Choices: It will likely have two battery sizes: 49 kWh and 61 kWh. Both use a safe type of battery from a company called BYD.
- Engine Power: The smaller battery has a 142 horsepower electric motor, and the bigger one has a 172 horsepower motor. Both give you a push of 192 Nm. The Indian version will only drive the front wheels.
- Safety: It’s expected to have 6 or 7 airbags, good brakes (ABS with EBD), stability control (ESP), a system to stop the wheels from spinning (traction control), cameras all around the car, and some helpful driving features (Level 2 ADAS) in the better versions, like automatic emergency braking and help staying in your lane.
- Modern Look: The E-Vitara has a modern and strong design with LED headlights, lights that look like a Y during the day, and connected lights at the back. It will probably have 18-inch alloy wheels.
- Comfort Inside: The inside will have two main colors, seats made of fabric or a fake leather, a steering wheel with buttons, and soft lights. Some versions might also have a fixed glass roof and a driver’s seat that you can adjust in many ways using buttons.
Maruti Suzuki’s Plans for Electric Cars:
The E-Vitara is just the first of Maruti Suzuki’s electric cars in India. They’ve said they will launch four electric cars in total in India by 2030. After the E-Vitara, we might see electric versions of other popular cars like the Fronx and maybe the Ertiga. Maruti Suzuki wants electric cars to make up 15% of all their sales by 2030 and is spending a lot of money to build them here and create more charging stations.
Overall, the Maruti Suzuki E-Vitara seems like a good electric SUV that could offer a nice mix of usefulness, features, and a price that many people can afford, making it a strong competitor in the growing electric car market in India.