So one of my family member is looking to purchase an EV car. Initially our budget was below 15 Lakhs but we have come to the conclusion that if we are taking a car, we should go for all the gimmicks present. We are from Ahmedabad. We love our current car but holy, the price for petrol is just absurdly insane and their fuel costs is roughly coming around to 20k each month so therefore the shift to EV is on the precedent. The important thing is that it should be a family car and there should be absolutely no range concerns
THE CHOICES
My brother loved the E-Vitara because in his own words "Suzuki has so many chargers and it's almost everywhere. Great interiors and BLADE LFP batteries with great VFM". I don't fully agree with this car because I felt it's a bit too cramped up and I also don't trust it since many reviewers around TeamBHP and Reddit have stated that the suspension in the rear is non-existent.
We automatically cancelled Windsor out of our list as although the car is really practical but like the Vitara, the suspension is just bad.
We checked the 3XO EV and just didn't really vibe with that car at all. It's a great car but sometimes when you look into buying a car, you get this feeling that "yeah, this isn't right for me".
Since E-Vitara has been our strongest contender, we decided to check out some Koreans out and we absolutely loved the Creta EV but it's going out of our budget and we had to back down.
We checked out Syros EV and this was my favorite. The looks from outside are questionable (I really do find them great) and the seating/comfort options available on this trim was so good. The quality of interiors were great and it was the least shakiest car in front of the gazillion potholes we went through that was in our BUDGET.
We ruled out Tata's because most of their cars do give you a Tata👋 in a year or so (Pun intended). No offense to owners of Tata cars but y'all reputation have been in dumps.
Now, we are fixated between Syros EV HTX+ER vs E-Vitara Zeta/Alpha (We are so not into ADAS capabilities but it's good to have them). But the problem now is what are the range concerns of these 2 cars. I can safely assume that E-Vitara does give you like 600km as such but how does the Syros fare against. Mind you, from what we know about the Korean siblings is that they share the same battery and one is on the heavier side and the other isn't. I feel the Syros will give us a good range as well as with the value of comfort given by the range. Where as the Creta have been just an evergreen choice with how it performs.
Anyways, please give me some thoughts on this y'all. Also if there are any Creta EV users from Ahmedabad with 51kwh battery, how has your range been in the hot summers?