Maruti Suzuki e Vitara Alpha

Loved the smooth, silent drive, quick pickup, and clean console design. However, rear seat support is lacking, cabin height feels limited, and interior isn’t premium for the price.

Technical specs of the car: 61 kWh battery. Name one car in the segment of 15-20 lakhs that has this battery pack? None of them has it. Coming to range, this car delivers 6 km/kWh -7km/kWh on open roads when driven at 80-90 km/h. Now, why is the range in the test drive car so low? Sales guys were very eager to satisfy customers and push the air conditioning to 21 °C, and most drivers were driving flat-out speeds, which every EV shows less range. I am getting a constant range of 6-7km/kWh with zero regen on highways in eco mode. I am very sure Maruti deliberately locked the charging speed to 60 kwh speed to protect the battery and might increase this lock in future with a software update, just like how Creta EV did. The main advantage of using the Suzuki e-Vitara is Nexa chargers at every outlet exclusively for Suzuki vehicles, and you need not look for other chargers. Coming to build quality, the Vitara is in the league of VW and Skoda, and I am not kidding about this. This car is vfm because it is way cheaper than the Creta with a 51 kWh battery, or the Nexon with 45 kWh, or the Currv with 55 kWh battery. it got 8 years battery warranty, unlike Tata, MG, who give warranty only for 1st owner and the second owner gets only an 8-year warranty. No one has used EV for 15 years.