[DRPSREDDY]

Originally Posted by shaundub

Hello everyone. I booked the Tata Nexon EV Empowered LR+ (the 40 KW variant) for on road 16.75L a week ago. What do you guys think about the new 45 variant? Would it be worth paying a premium for 5 more kW?

Originally Posted by anb

Buying the 40 kWh variant no longer makes sense. It's worth paying a premium for a 45kWh variant, which can be charged much faster. Also, Tata claims the 45kW prismatic battery has better reliability than the cylindrical battery of 40kW. It would be stupid to buy the 40kWh variant now.

Originally Posted by VWAllstar

As a fellow team BHPian, my honest request would be to cancel your booking for the 40kW variant. It is not only the bigger battery but the packaging in the 45 kW.

Going for the 40KW doesn't make sense in this era of larger battery packs. You better go for the 45KW battery variant as interior space doesn't matter and compact footprint makes it better to drive around and park. Also as mentioned Cylindrical cells make for space saving and better package is a worthwhile upgrade.

Windsor, though is on a more advanced Skateboard platform has a smaller battery pack and is priced same. Major advantage you get over the Windsor is range anxiety. Also service cost and spare parts price of the TATA is much cheaper and widely available than MG.

[Jazzybala]

Originally Posted by VWAllstar

For everyone else, is there a true range test video for the Nexon 45 kW?

None that I know of. The cars are just coming off production line and TM hasn't made this launch much of a media event, so don't think we will be getting the reviews from the usual channels any time soon.

[ferrarirules]

I was at the Tata.EV Store/Workshop, Sec 14 Gurugram, Service center yesterday for my car's service. There were multiple Nexon 45 in the showroom yard. I counted 9 - 2 Dark with Red interiors, 3 Fearless, 4 Empowered+. They didn't have any 30KW or 40 KW variants in stock. The battery pack of the car is from Tata Autocomp Gotion Green Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd.

I clicked some pics

Fearless without sunroof - White and Grey - Exterior and Interiors


Empowered+ with panoramic sunroof - White - Exterior


Battery pack plate

[doctor.ev.]

Originally Posted by shaundub

Hello everyone. I booked the Tata Nexon EV Empowered LR+ (the 40 KW variant) for on road 16.75L a week ago. What do you guys think about the new 45 variant? Would it be worth paying a premium for 5 more kW? This will be my first EV so I am a little less familiar with the specifics.

Hi. congratulations. I just got the 45kw mode empowered variant for 16.5l. going by that if you are willing to sacrifice just the panaromic sunroof and ventilated seats you will be able to get the 45 kw model with fast charger for another 20k which i think is a worthy upgrade in the long run.

[shaundub]

Originally Posted by Jazzybala

Hi Shaundub,

The one place where the adage "bigger is always better" is very true is with EV batteries. Please think of the extra money being paid to be the premium for a better battery cell technology along with the additional 12% larger capacity.

In terms of the rear floor height, going by Tata Motors press release, there shouldn't be any additional rise as the improvement in capacity is due to better cells and their packaging within the same casing as opposed to a physically larger battery pack.

If in doubt, you can check out the floor height in one of the Dark Red edition cars that the dealer is bound to have for display purposes.

Cheers on your new buy and wishing you happy and safe motoring.

Originally Posted by anb

Buying the 40 kWh variant no longer makes sense. It's worth paying a premium for a 45kWh variant, which can be charged much faster. Also, Tata claims the 45kW prismatic battery has better reliability than the cylindrical battery of 40kW. It would be stupid to buy the 40kWh variant now.

Originally Posted by VWAllstar

As a fellow team BHPian, my honest request would be to cancel your booking for the 40kW variant. It is not only the bigger battery but the packaging in the 45 kW. I don't know your use case, but if you are ok with the car size, then Windsor is anyday a better choice over Nexon at 14-17 Lakhs price bracket.

For everyone else, is there a true range test video for the Nexon 45 kW?

Thank you to everyone who replied to my question in such a timely manner. It is very much appreciated. I broached the subject with my father, and we are now considering cancelling the booking for the Empowered+ LR (40kW) and going for the Empowered 45 variant instead. I was sort of excited for ventilated seats being in Delhi, but paying 18L seems like a steep price. I had already stretched my budget to the max.

Originally Posted by DRPSREDDY

Going for the 40KW doesn't make sense in this era of larger battery packs. You better go for the 45KW battery variant as interior space doesn't matter and compact footprint makes it better to drive around and park. Also as mentioned Cylindrical cells make for space saving and better package is a worthwhile upgrade.

Windsor, though is on a more advanced Skateboard platform has a smaller battery pack and is priced same. Major advantage you get over the Windsor is range anxiety. Also service cost and spare parts price of the TATA is much cheaper and widely available than MG.

Thank you for the reply. The Windsor is indeed unmatched in space, but the look of the car is just too polarising to me. The Nexon looks much better in my opinion.

Originally Posted by doctor.ev.

Hi. congratulations. I just got the 45kw mode empowered variant for 16.5l. going by that if you are willing to sacrifice just the panaromic sunroof and ventilated seats you will be able to get the 45 kw model with fast charger for another 20k which i think is a worthy upgrade in the long run.

Hey Doc, congrats on your purchase!! My father and I are thinking along similar lines as explained by you. Was sort of hyped for ventilated seats but I suppose I can live without it. Honestly I don't care about the sunroof at all. If there was an option to purchase an EV Nexon with 360 camera and no sunroof, I'd buy that one, but unfortunately that's not an option. I'll go and talk to the dealer about the Empowered 45. Thank you for your response.

[VWAllstar]

Originally Posted by doctor.ev.

Hi. congratulations. I just got the 45kw mode empowered variant for 16.5l. going by that if you are willing to sacrifice just the panaromic sunroof and ventilated seats you will be able to get the 45 kw model with fast charger for another 20k which i think is a worthy upgrade in the long run.

I went to Tata Motors, Mumbai and the Sales Guy gave me a pricing of Rs. 17.96 Lakhs for Empowered Plus and Rs. 17.13 Lakhs for Empowered. As per him the empowered variant does not come with a charger and it needs to be purchased separately for Rs. 40-50K. This is very stupid then, because with additional Rs. 20K I get a top variant with additional features and the Fast Charger installation. Is the Sales Guy confused? What is the pricing for Empowered Plus you got?

[DIY410]

Originally Posted by ferrarirules

The battery pack of the car is from Tata Autocomp Gotion Green Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd.

So each prismatic cell is a Gotion 150 Ah cell, that's a 10x increase over the 15 Ah Gotion cylindrical cell that they had earlier. This is also the exact cell that is used in the Curvv 55 kWh EV.

Remember Octillion is not a battery cell maker but a battery pack maker.
These Gotion cells are rated for 1C continous charge and upto 2.25C when it's pulse charged based on temperature rise.

Nexon 45 kWh will have 96 cells in series and each cell cost about $ 32 in Alibaba after going through multiple middle men.

But Tata will be buying from Gotion directly without middle men. So their price will be even cheaper.

[Jazzybala]

Originally Posted by VWAllstar

I went to Tata Motors, Mumbai and the Sales Guy gave me a pricing of Rs. 17.96 Lakhs for Empowered Plus and Rs. 17.13 Lakhs for Empowered. As per him the empowered variant does not come with a charger and it needs to be purchased separately for Rs. 40-50K. This is very stupid then, because with additional Rs. 20K I get a top variant with additional features and the Fast Charger installation. Is the Sales Guy confused? What is the pricing for Empowered Plus you got?

I guess the SA was talking about the fast charger that comea bundled with the Empowered+.

I got the final quote for empowered+ for 17.7L in Bangalore. Still working out whether to take the jump to plus or just feel empowered with what i can afford.

The Mrs is fida over the Sunroof and the ventilated seats, which costs quite a fancy penny more.

[doctor.ev.]

Originally Posted by VWAllstar

I went to Tata Motors, Mumbai and the Sales Guy gave me a pricing of Rs. 17.96 Lakhs for Empowered Plus and Rs. 17.13 Lakhs for Empowered. As per him the empowered variant does not come with a charger and it needs to be purchased separately for Rs. 40-50K. This is very stupid then, because with additional Rs. 20K I get a top variant with additional features and the Fast Charger installation. Is the Sales Guy confused? What is the pricing for Empowered Plus you got?

Just got the delivery yesterday. So the quote I got was 16.6 for the empowered 45 after a lot of negotiation. Yes it does not come with a fast charger, but then it is difficult to install a 7.2 kwh charger where I live anyway. So I decided to get the empowered variant now and get a fast charger down the lane if I felt its need being essential. But based on your quotes then I guess 70k extra for the empowered plus sounds like a better deal.

[Jazzybala]

Originally Posted by doctor.ev.

Just got the delivery yesterday. So the quote I got was 16.6 for the empowered 45 after a lot of negotiation. Yes it does not come with a fast charger, but then it is difficult to install a 7.2 kwh charger where I live anyway. So I decided to get the empowered variant now and get a fast charger down the lane if I felt its need being essential. But based on your quotes then I guess 70k extra for the empowered plus sounds like a better deal.

Congratulations on the delivery, Doc. On which item did you get the discount on, insurance? Also what colour did you get?

[doctor.ev.]

Originally Posted by Jazzybala

Congratulations on the delivery, Doc. On which item did you get the discount on, insurance? Also what colour did you get?

Yes it was on insurance. The RTO charges in tamilnadu is like 2.5k only. So I got an insurance quote for 58k from an outside agent and asked the showroom to match it.

[naveen.maverick]

Originally Posted by doctor.ev.

Just got the delivery yesterday. So the quote I got was 16.6 for the empowered 45 after a lot of negotiation. Yes it does not come with a fast charger, but then it is difficult to install a 7.2 kwh charger where I live anyway. So I decided to get the empowered variant now and get a fast charger down the lane if I felt its need being essential. But based on your quotes then I guess 70k extra for the empowered plus sounds like a better deal.

Congratulations on your car delivery. Wish you many happy miles. This seems to be a very good choice.

I was confused to choose between this and the Windsor and have booked the Windsor as my requirement is mostly within City premises. This is an equally good car if not better in terms of range, sound quality, suspension and steering feedback.

[Tanmay_868]

I am going ahead with delivery of Nexon ev 45 Fearless.
The on road price is 15.65 lakhs including basic kit.
RTO is 2% of ex showroom price
I got insurance from outside which costed me 36k from iffco tokio through my personal agent.
I got discount of 20k by providing invoice of Solar Roof top.
Basic accessories were offered for free.
No other scheme/discount for this month

Did my PDI today by following team bhp checklist

[Jazzybala]

Originally Posted by Tanmay_868

I am going ahead with delivery of Nexon ev 45 Fearless.
The on road price is 15.65 lakhs including basic kit.
RTO is 2% of ex showroom price
I got insurance from outside which costed me 36k from iffco tokio through my personal agent.
I got discount of 20k by providing invoice of Solar Roof top.
Basic accessories were offered for free.
No other scheme/discount for this month

Did my PDI today by following team bhp checklist

Congratulations on your new ride, Tanmay.
Does the Iffco insurance have 100% battery cover??

[aweracker]

Originally Posted by Tanmay_868

I am going ahead with delivery of Nexon ev 45 Fearless.
The on road price is 15.65 lakhs including basic kit.
RTO is 2% of ex showroom price
I got insurance from outside which costed me 36k from iffco tokio through my personal agent.
I got discount of 20k by providing invoice of Solar Roof top.
Basic accessories were offered for free.
No other scheme/discount for this month

Did my PDI today by following team bhp checklist

What does the infotainment say about the range at 100%?