Tata Curvv.ev

Tata Motors has introduced the much awaited Curvv EV in Indian market. The car looks very premium and upmarket. Price of the base Creative A45 variant starts at Rs.17.49 Lakh and goes up to Rs.21.99 Lakh for the top end empowered+ A55 variant.

The Curvv electric comes with a new design which makes it unique over the conventional car models. Although it looks similar in design with the Citroen Basalt, this electric car is coming with a hoist of features to pamper its owner.

You can see the beautiful grille with LED headlamps and DRLs. Tata logo is fixed on the charging cap at the center. An aluminium finished skid plate like element is placed under the front bumper elevating its SUV presence from the front angle.

This is a long car with 2560mm wheelbase. You can feel that high 186mm ground clearance from sides. Thick square wheel arches with black claddings extending up to the back bumper making the Curvv muscular. Flush door handles are provided for better aerodynamic efficiency of the car. 18 inch alloy wheels with aero inserts are perfectly matching with the overall design of the Curvv. You can also see the Shark Fin antenna of the car from both sides.

At the back you can see the long LED light bar with LED tail lamps. Curvv.ev and Tata logo are placed on the boot lid. This car comes with a boot space of 500 liter.

It has a boot space of 500 liter which is more than sufficient for a family of 4 members. Moreover it comes with a powered tail gate with gesture activation for the added convenience.

Apart from the boot it has a small storage area at the front called frunk storage with a capacity of 11.6 liter.

Tata Curvv.ev is a nice car from its interiors too. You will get a 12.3 inch touch screen Harman infotainment on the dashboard with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. 360 Degree camera and 9 speaker JBL music system are integrated with this infotainment system. The dashboard lay out the car is excellent and is made to feel more premium with the provision of multi mood ambient lighting on the dashboard.

Also, you will get a 10.25 inch driver information display with multi-dial view facility, this provides all the vehicle related information like to the driver. The flat bottom steering wheel of the Curvv.ev is also a very futuristic which illuminates with Tata logo while turning on the ignition. Switches of Cruise control, radio telephony etc. are provided on this steering wheel. Paddle-Shifters are also provided on this car for an enthusiastic driving experience.

Both the friend seats are very comfortable, and these are ventilated seats. Seat height of both these seats can be adjusted. The driver seat position can be adjusted electrically whereas the co-driver seat has manual adjustment only. 

You will get lot of storage space inside this car. A small storage space is provided under the driver arm rest, and a chilled glow box are provided. Apart from these, you will get bottle holders on all four doors and two cup holders are provided on the back seat center arm rest too. 

As we are living in an information age and so connected globally, this car has taken care of all our needs with the provision of wireless mobile phone charger and USB and 45W fast chargers. You will get a fast-charging port on the second row too.

Back seat comfort is also very good with good for a normal person of 5-6 ft height. This 60:40 split back seat is having an additional two step slanting position for an additional comfort, even though the sloping roof and the raised floor (because of the battery pack) of the car will make uncomfortable a person of more than six feet height, this is because of lack of sufficient head room and under thigh support.

The voice assisted large panoramic sunroof provided on the car making it more spacious and premium from inside. 

Coming to the driving department, here you will get two options.

The powerful 55W battery pack variant comes with 167 PS power and 215Nm torque, whereas the lower 45W variant produces maximum power of 150PS and 215Nm torque. Both these cars are very fun to drive machines. The 55W variant picks the speed from 0-100km in 8.6 seconds whereas the 45W variant does it in 9.0 seconds. Both these variants are provided with Eco, City and Sports Drive modes and 4 levels of desired regenerative braking levels. Paddle shifters are also available for an enthusiastic driving experience. 

Vehicle Charging 

The Curv.ev can be charged in many ways. It gives the convenience to charge it from any 15A  power socket, but with this option it will take full 21 hours to get the battery charged from SOC10%-100%. 

But you can charge it in 6.5 hours from 10%-100% through a 7.2kW AC Home Wall Box Charger.  Whereas with the 75kW DC Fast Charger, you can charge the vehicle from 10%-80% in just 40 minutes.

DIMENSIONS

SAFETY

The Curvv.ev is from the house of Tata and so you will be promised with high level of safety standards. This car is provided with lot of active and passive safety equipment for the safety of the passengers and pedestrians. Tata has enhanced the safety of the Curvv.ev to the next level by the implementation of ADAS Level 2 feature. Some of the features are given below.

Important Safety Features

• Six Airbags
• All Wheel Disc Brakes
• Blind Spot Monitoring
• Lane Keep Assist
• Rear Cross Traffic Alert
• Autonomous Emergency Braking
• Adaptive Cruise Control
• 360 Degree Camera
• Blind Spot View Monitor
• Forward Collision Warning
• Blind Spot Detection
• High Beam Assist
• Hill hold Assist
• Hill Decent Control
• Electronic Stability Program
• SOS Call Function
• Auto-Dimming IRVM
• Rain Sensing Wiper etc..

In conclusion, Tata Curvv.ev is a nice electric car with a practical range of 450km. It also comes with a new coupe design, spacious cabin for five people, lot of boot space and having world class build quality. Definitely you can check out this car if you are in search of an EV at its price range.

As always, Drive safe & Happy Driving. Always maintain safe distance from the vehicle ahead you.

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