Tata Motors plans to launch an electric Indica hatchback in Norway within a year and will bring it to India at a later stage, its managing director has said.
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Tata Motors showed off a prototype of the Indica ev at an industry conference.
“This is one of the technologies that we are looking at, as you know that electric cars are almost zero emission,” managing director Ravi Kant told Reuters.
Tata Motors’ electric car – in left-hand drive – has been developed in collaboration with a Norwegian firm, Kant said.
“Right now we want to test it out in Norway with the Norwegian party. Because, you know, lot of infrastructure is required for electric vehicles and … in Norway, they are making arrangements for electric cars.”
“We will bring that to India at an appropriate time.”
Tata did not respond immediately to requests to confirm whether Norwegian electric carmaker Think – for a time owned by Ford – is its partner.
S Ravishankar, senior general manager at Tata Motors’ engineering research centre, told Reuters the car can run for 175km (110 miles) to 200 km (200 miles) when fully charged with a “two-pack” battery, but mileage could vary according to the battery used.
