Kolkata Police will exchange its outdated diesel-powered patrol automobile fleet with EVs by regularly inducting round 226 items of Nexon EVs.
see picturesElectric automobiles shall be leased for eight years within the first section and shall be deployed in varied departments
To deliver down the air pollution stage, Kolkata Police will reportedly add over 200 items of Tata Nexon EV to its fleet. According to a latest report, Kolkata Police will regularly exchange its outdated diesel-powered patrol automobile fleet with electrical automobiles by inducting round 226 items of Nexon EVs. The EVs shall be leased for eight years within the first section and shall be deployed in varied departments akin to visitors items and wi-fi sections. We have reached out to the carmaker for an official assertion, nevertheless, on the time of publishing this story, our e mail despatched to Tata Motors remained unanswered.
Read additionally: Tata Motors presents Nexon EV to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Kerala Motor Vehicles Department has leased a fleet of 65 Nexon EVs from EESL for a interval of 8 years
The Deputy Secretary, Department of Home and Hill Affairs, has sanctioned Rs 8.82 crore for the challenge. A number of years again, town police inducted a number of items of Mahindra e2O electrical automobiles into its fleet for restricted use. These automobiles have been used for patrolling in Ravindra Sarobar and Subhash Sarobar areas. The concept was to maintain air pollution ranges beneath management, the place a whole bunch of locals come for morning and night walks.
Presently, Kolkata Police has greater than 4000 automobiles together with two wheelers in its fleet. Of these automobiles, round 200 automobiles are greater than 15 years outdated and shall be dumped by the police division.
The Nexon EV is claimed to attain the triple digit mark in 9.9 seconds.
Read additionally: Tata Motors delivers 10 Nexon EVs to Gujarat authorities as a part of EESL deal
Tata Nexon EV is without doubt one of the greatest promoting electrical passenger automobiles in India. It comes with a 30.2 kWh lithium-ion battery that powers a permanent-magnet AC motor that develops 127 bhp and 245 Nm of peak torque. The motor and battery pack are IP67 licensed, and it provides a claimed vary of 312 km on a single cost. The EV is out there in three variants – XM, XZ+ and XZ+ Lux. The Tata Nexon EV is priced at ₹13.99 Lakh for the XM variant, which matches as much as ₹16.85 Lakh (all costs, ex-showroom) for the Dark XZ+ LUX variant.
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With inputs from NDTV
