Hyundai Creta Electrical was unveiled in India on Thursday after months of anticipation. The electrical car (EV) shall be launched on the Bharat Mobility International Expo 2025, which kicks off on January 17. In line with Hyundai Motor India Restricted (HMIL), the Creta Electrical is the corporate’s first localised electrical SUV that can sit beneath the Ioniq 5 within the firm’s EV lineup in India. It comes loaded with energetic air flaps (AAF), related LED lamps on the entrance and rear, and aero alloy wheels.
With Creta Electrical, Hyundai goals to tackle different opponents within the mid-size electrical SUV market such because the Tata Curvv EV, Mahindra BE 6, MG ZS EV, and the upcoming Maruti Suzuki e Vitara.
Hyundai Creta Electrical Launch Date
Hyundai Creta Electrical shall be launched on the Bharat Mobility International Expo 2025, which takes place between January 17-22. The five-seater EV shall be obtainable in 4 variants — Govt, Good, Premium, and Excellence. Hyundai will provide eight monotone and a couple of dual-tone color choices together with three matte colors.
Hyundai Creta Electrical Options
In accordance to Hyundai, the Creta Electrical borrows design cues from its inside combustion engine (ICE) counterpart, with related styling components resembling a pixelated graphic entrance grille, entrance and rear bumper, pixelated LED reverse lamp, and LED back lights. It will get 17-inch aero alloy wheels with Low Rolling Resistance (LRR) tyres for enhanced aerodynamics and elevated vary. The Creta Electrical is provided with an AAF system that has been strategically built-in to handle the airflow, preserve the car elements cool, and enhance the aerodynamic efficiency.
When buying the EV, clients can select from two battery pack choices — 51.four kWh (Lengthy Vary) and 42kWh. The long-range variant is claimed to ship a driving vary of as much as 473 kilometres on a single cost, whereas Creta Electrical with the 42kWh battery pack has a 390-kilometre vary. It may be charged from 10 p.c to 80 p.c in simply 58 minutes when utilizing DC charging, whereas the 11kW Good Related Wall Field charger (AC Charger) can juice up the car from 10 p.c to 100 p.c in 4 hours.
Whereas Hyundai didn’t delve into the EV’s powertrain, the Creta Electrical (Lengthy Vary) may have a 0-100 kilometres per hour acceleration time of simply 7.9 seconds. Identical to the ICE Creta, the Creta Electrical is loaded with expertise. It presents Automobile-to-load (V2L) expertise which implies the EV can be utilized to energy exterior units inside and outdoors. Additional, it has i-Pedal expertise that permits drivers to speed up, decelerate, and cease the car utilizing simply the accelerator pedal.
For enhanced comfort, the Creta Electrical has a shift-by-wire system that makes use of digital connections as a substitute of a mechanical linkage between the gearshift and the transmission. That is claimed to ship a extra futuristic driving expertise.