Tata Motors has finally launched the highly anticipated electric version of its Sierra SUV. The Tata Sierra EV has been announced at a starting price of ₹18.79 lakh (ex-showroom) in India. The Sierra EV has been launched almost seven months after the internal combustion version of the popular SUV from Tata was launched. The Tata Sierra EV comes as a direct rival to the Mahindra BE 6, Maruti Suzuki e-Vitara, Hyundai Creta Electric, VinFast VF6 and the MG ZS EV. In Tata’s lineup, the Sierra EV will sit between the Curvv EV and the Tata Harrier EV.
Tata Sierra EV: Price and Variants
As mentioned, the Tata Harrier EV prices start at ₹18.79 lakh (ex-showroom). The car has been launched in two battery options – a 63kWh battery and a bigger 75kWh battery. The Tata Sierra EV is available in five broad variants – Pure, Pure S, Adventure, Empowered and Empowered A. Out of these, the entry-level Pure and Pure S trims are offered exclusively with the 63 kWh battery pack, priced ₹18.79 lakh (ex-showroom) and ₹19.99 lakh (ex-showroom) respectively. The Adventure and Empowered variants can be had with either the 63 kWh or 75 kWh rear-wheel-drive setup. And finally, the range-topping Empowered A is reserved for the larger 75 kWh battery and is the only variant to offer the dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain, priced at Rs 25.99 lakh.
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Tata Sierra EV: Battery, Charging and Powertrain
Under the skin, the Sierra EV shares its underpinnings with the Harrier EV, riding on the same Acti.ev+ platform and using the same TiDAL electrical architecture. Buyers get a choice of two battery packs, a 63kWh unit and a larger 75kWh one. Both come with a single motor driving the rear wheels as standard, while the bigger 75kWh pack can also be specified with a second motor up front for all-wheel drive, together producing 349 PS of power and 504 Nm of torque. Switch on Boost mode and the all-wheel-drive variant is claimed to do 0-100kph in 5.8 seconds.
Range is rated at up to 565km for the 63kWh version and up to 665km for the larger 75kWh pack. On charging, Tata says a 120kW DC fast charger can add up to 263km of range in 15 minutes, with a 20-80 percent top-up taking around 26 minutes. As with the rest of its EV range, Tata is offering a “lifetime” battery warranty on the Sierra EV, which in practice works out to 15 years from the date the car is first registered.
The all-wheel-drive version also comes with off-road-focused features not typically seen on electric SUVs at this price point. We get six selectable terrain modes (Normal, Grass/Snow, Mud/Gravel, Sand, Rock Crawl and a Custom setting), a low-speed cruise control function for tricky terrain, and a multi-camera surround-view system that includes an under body view of the car.
Styling-wise, Tata has kept changes to a minimum compared with the regular Sierra. The clearest difference is up front, where the Sierra EV loses the full-width blacked-out panel between the headlamps and light bar on the combustion model, and drops the “SIERRA” lettering above the Tata logo. The bumper has also been redesigned with more gloss-black trim. Elsewhere, the EV is essentially identical to its petrol and diesel sibling, with EV-specific badging the only giveaway at the side and rear. Ground clearance on the Tata Sierra EV is 205mm.
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Tata Sierra EV: Interiors and Features
It’s a similar story inside, where the cabin layout carries over largely unchanged, save for a different colour treatment. Boot space is claimed to be 622 litres up to the roofline, or 450 litres up to the parcel shelf and can go up to 1,257 litres with the rear seats folded.
Equipment is generous and varies by trim: a triple-screen layout, ambient lighting, a 12-speaker JBL sound system, dual-zone climate control, a panoramic sunroof, a “Boss mode” for rear passengers, a cabin air purifier, powered and ventilated front seats, a powered tailgate, a head-up display, a digital key, OTA software updates, Level 2 driver-assistance features, auto park assist, six airbags as standard, and vehicle-to-load and vehicle-to-vehicle power support all feature on the list. The Sierra EV also borrows two tricks from the Harrier EV: a remote summon function, and the DrivePay system that lets owners pay tolls and parking fees from inside the car.
With the regular Sierra already established and the EV now filling out the top of the range, Tata appears to be positioning Sierra as a single nameplate spanning combustion and electric power, rather than treating the EV as a standalone product the way it has with some of its other models.
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