PMV Eas-E electric micro car launched at Rs. 4.79 lakh: India's most affordable electric car

PMV Electric – India’s newest electric vehicle manufacturer has launched the country’s most affordable electric four wheeler in the form of the Eas-E. Classified a quadricycle, the PMV Eas-E electric micro car is priced at Rs. 4.79 lakh for the base trim. Bookings for the PMV Eas-E electric micro car are now on, and deliveries will commence from mid 2023. Prices are introductory, and are applicable to the first 10,000 buyers. The company claims to have already logged 6,000 pre-orders, which means that the introductory prices will apply only to 4,000 more buyers.

Apart from the base trim of the Eas-E priced at Rs. 4.79 lakh, ex-showroom pan India, PMV Electric has also introduced two more variants, priced at Rs. 6.79 lakh and Rs. 7.79 lakh respectively. While the base trim offers an ARAI certified range of 120 kilometers, the higher trims feature bigger battery packs and offer 160 kilometer and 200 kilometer ranges per charge. The electric motor that powers the PMV Eas-E makes 13 Bhp of peak power and 50 Nm of peak torque, which is available right from idle. Top speed is rated at 70 Kph, and the Eas-E can be charged from any 15 amp socket. Charge time is pegged at 3-4 hours for all three variants.

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The PMV Eas-E can seat two adults, one behind the other, and features a car-like monocoque body instead of a tubular chassis that’s common on quadricycles. The driver also gets an airbag mounted in the steering. Other features on the Eas-E are similar to what is on offer on modern cars. Air conditioning, a digital instrument cluster, touchscreen infotainment interface, remote park assist, remote horn, follow-me-home lights, regenerative braking, cruise control and electric wing mirrors are key features on offer in the Eas-E.

The EV is capable of receiving OTA (over the air) updates, and also gets a very unique feature called Feet Free mode in which it can be driven in traffic with just the steering mounted thumb controls. No car in India offers this feature. Another interesting feature on the Eas-E is the remote park mode, where the EV can be parked using a Smartphone app called Eas-E connect. This is similar to what BMW offers on the 7-Series. All said, the Eas-E seems quite an interesting car for city commutes. We’ll have to wait and see how the car performs in the real world.

Kalpit Patel, founder and CEO, PMV Electric, had this to say at the launch of the Eas-E electric micro car,

We’ve been looking forward to this day from the start of our journey, to share our vision of the future of urban mobility. Today we unveiled the EaS-E, your everyday car to the world. The team and I have been very fortunate to have had this opportunity and work on a product that not only pushed our creative and innovative limits to raise the bar but also paved the way to create a new category in the Indian automotive industry called the Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV), alongside the SUV, sedan and hatchback categories. We look forward to hitting the production as soon as possible.