http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/ Engadget Comments for Tata Nano EV represents the feasible side of our electric future http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
And if some lanes were designated "compact electric only"...these things might just be the start of a new market sector for cars.

Wouldn't trust it mixed in with regular heavy-weight cars, though.
]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Cost of ownership would be the thing for me.
I still need the 'big' car for longer trips.
So, I would need this to be in addition and if possible still have the same overall running costs for the two cars. Hopefully, due to cheaper running and maintenance costs.
]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/grow up.]]>Mar 4th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/*perfect FOR ME on Indian roads.*]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/true enough.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Why would a person want to take an electric vehicle on a cross city trip? It is clearly not designed to be used that way... It's like buying a netbook to run an apache server.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Precisely.]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Cool rite??]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/About ur death trap comment:

Tata Nano has been engineered at TATA motors european technical centre and has passed crash tests performed at MIRA test facility. Just pointing out some facts.]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/It doesn't matter man... Axemi is too much infatuated with the american dream of owning a hummer with cow leather seats...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd_g8uF6Tfo]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
get your facts right ! it is much safer than the other stuff on indian roads ... and also at the speeds it travels at its hardly dangerous to anyone !
this is a step towards cheaper and more efficient transport and its really commendable that such an effort is being made by an developing country !]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
You are right. I guess Tata's engineers forgot that here in US, 2/3rd population is overweight/obese. How will they fit in this?

As far as your comment about death trap, so are Toyotas and GMs and Fords.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Well, there you go. In the US, you guys have 15 meter wide roads. In Asia, a 10 meter wide road is considered a luxury. A car like this Dodge Ram (saw the pic on Google) is owned by the SUV crazy fanatics - not the normal middle class Indian family.

Also, most folks in India or Asia do not drive more than 40-50 km per day (that's around 30 miles) and therefore for us - a 160km range is excellent. Same goes for the speed - in a city like Bombay or Bangalore, a top speed of 60kmph is more than enough.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/1. Car will only satisfy poor, small and skinny people, not fat Americans.
2. Wheels are too small to provide adequate ride quality.
3. Vehicle is too narrow and will roll-over.
4. Tata will get sued into oblivion over item #2]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Don't you mean they'll get sued over 3? I know people sue for everyhing now but suing for ride quality seems like a bit of a stretch. ;)]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
1. Car will only satisfy poor, small and skinny people, not fat Americans.
- USA makes up a very small percentage of the world.
2. Wheels are too small to provide adequate ride quality.
- Wheel size looks similar to Ford Ka, but then who'd be expecting 5 star ride quality from an entry level car (except americans)
3. Vehicle is too narrow and will roll-over.
- Look up 'Center of mass' on wikipedia or something, your statement is akin to 'that piece of string is too short'
4. Tata will get sued into oblivion over item #2
- I don't belive Tata design their cars for the letigious north american market, there is hardly likely to be a problem with them being sued over ride quality.]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/dude my computer is more expensive than the car ! what do you expect ? a limo ?]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Yes I meant #3. I added an item and renumbered the list but forgot to renumber the reference.

@psc2

I know about Center of Mass, Center of Gravity etc. I wasn't being scientific. All I meant to say is that it looks like something that, with 1000 lbs of fat Americans inside, will roll over regardless of how low-slung or how low the CofG. With crappy enough steering/suspension geometry and tires with crappy enough grip, that could probably be avoided.

I'm sure the car will be great for many people, just not many people in the USA. I need my 4WD and high ground-clearance for the weather where I live. I got rear-ended by a compact a few months ago. Hit and run. Got out and looked and couldn't even find a paint smudge. That's old school SUV vs. modern plastic, tin-foil, foam and epoxy.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/this car is is surprisingly spacious ( autoblog), heck even jeremy wouldnt complain about the space(getting him to sit in there is a different thing)
and about roll over,it will have some but not much ,check out autocar uk testdrive.
an ev for around 10 to 12 k,it really makes an affordable daily run about,for out of town you have got your SUV.it will work provided they give an ipod connector (apparently the only thing that some university folk in chicago found its lacking the most)]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
I can now understand why so many Americans are opposed to the Nano coming to the US: thin people flaunting their thinness - no openly taunting fat Americans (who are forced by their condition to drive around in Hummers and SUVs) by glibly driving around in Nanos which they cannot hope to get into, with no concern for their feelings. Oh, life is sooo unjust!

I think you are overstating the fat factor. The Nano is also a small car and is not intended to cater for every need. Not everyone in America is that fat that they need a truck to transport them around, and there must be a niche market of not excessively fat Americans for whom the Nano would be suitable.

]]>Mar 7th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Well somebody needed to go and make the smart look good by comparison. Either way hit something like a Suburban in one of these you'd be lucky to survive the incident.]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Give me 40 mile range, 45 miles per hour, and sell it to me for $10,000, and you've got yourself a deal.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Since I'm from Sweden where everybody is skinny, electricity is green and cheap, but petrol is to damn expensive something like $6/ gallon.
That's why electric cars will make it in Sweden, if you live in major city (and they're not that big either)]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/geneva-2010-tata-nano-ev-concept/#13

The driving range per charge is up to 150Km, reduced to 120Km driving it in the city, and the top speed is 110Km/h.
All in all, and to conmute/city driving, not bad at all.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Uhhhh... Not really.

Nissan LEAF?

http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index.jsp?intcmp=Electric_Car.Promo.Homepage.Home.P2]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 4th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
It could be a birthday present for someone's 16 year old daughter!

It's a good run for your money. Can considerably reduce the carbon footprint in developing countries if widely adopted.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
It could be a birthday present for someone's 16 year old daughter!

It's a good run for your money. Can considerably reduce the carbon footprint in developing countries if widely adopted.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Can TATA fix a Unicycle within the Car to charge it in case of Emergencies:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/honda-ev-n-concept-tucks-u3-x-personal-transporter-inside-door/
Further a LPG Gas + Electric Hybrid Vehicle would be simply awesome.]]>Mar 6th 2010 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/
Also the 180km range isn't too bad, but it would be nice if the user could choose how many batteries to fit - somebody who does 80km to work and 80km might want to fit extra batteries to provide an extra margin, while someone 40km away from work might want to save money by using fewer batteries.]]>Mar 7th 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 22nd 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/tata-motors-nano-lights-up-the-streets-of-mumbai/]]>Mar 26th 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/tata-nano-ev-represents-the-feasible-side-of-our-electric-future/Mar 26th 2010 7:36AM