Mahindra unveils 'e2oPlus'

Mahindra Electric, a part of the Mahindra Group, launched its new electric car ‘e2oPlus’ on Monday.

The car comes with four doors, and is priced between Rs 6.73 lakh and Rs 9.51 lakh (ex-showroom Bengaluru). On a full charge, the Mahindra e2oPlus can travel for up to 140 km, and can achieve a top-speed of 85 kmph.

The e2oPlus has four variants — P2, P4, P6, and P8. The P4 is priced at Rs 6.73 lakh, P6 at Rs 7.31 lakh and P8 at Rs 9.51 lakh (ex-showroom Bengaluru). However, the company did not disclose the price of its P2 variant, which it said is for fleet owners.

“We have now with the e2oPlus, eSupro for passenger and cargo, and the eVerito, we believe that we have covered the entry-level segment for commercial and personal use,” Mahindra Electric Chief Executive Officer Arvind Mathew said.

“We have done four launches in this year, and we will just keep doing this more and more, because we believe that we have to provide choice to the consumers,” he said.

“There has never been a better time to embrace electric vehicles as it not only serves the purpose of a smart city car, but also fulfills the need to contribute positively to the environment. The launch of the e20Plus marks the company’s foray into the mass market electric city car segment,” Mahindra Electric CEO-designate Mahesh Babu noted.

The e20Plus is primarily meant for city commuting and comes with various features such as easy hone charging, hill assist, reverse camera, charging ports and smartphone connectivity, among others.

The cars are available in four colours — coral blue,  sparkling wine, arctic silver and solid white.

The company imports lithium-ion batteries From China. Mathew said, “There are only three countries in the world which build lithium-ion batteries namely China, South Korea and the US. The volumes are not so huge, or else we could have built the batteries in-house.”

“Currently, Mahindra will focus only on the domestic market and has no plans to export the new e2oPlus to any other global market,” Mathew added.