Home-grown automaker Tata Motors on Wednesday announced the launch of a new brand Xpres to cater for its fleet customers.
Under the new brand, the company will introduce offerings catering to fleet-specific safety, passenger comfort and low cost of ownership. All vehicles for the fleet segment will sport a specially designed Xpres badge, clearly differentiating them from the regular offering that caters to the requirements of the personal segment.
The first vehicle under the Xpres brand to be launched will be an electric sedan, called the ‘Xpres-T’ EV. This will be targeted to companies providing mobility services, corporate and government fleet customers.
Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, said, “We are delighted to launch the Xpres brand, which will introduce smarter, future-ready mobility solutions to cater the special needs of all fleet customers – government, corporates, and mobility services. Currently, we have over 1,700 electric sedans successfully operating in the fleet segment.”
The all-new Xpres-T electric sedan will be soon available at select dealerships in India for bookings. It comes with two range options - 213 km and 165 km (ARAI certified range under test conditions).
The Xpres-T EV packs an energy density battery of 21.5 kWh and 16.5 kWh and can be charged from 0- 80% in 90 mins and 110 mins, respectively, using fast charging or can also be normally charged from any 15 A plug point, which is easily available and convenient.
It comes with single-speed automatic transmission, dual airbags, ABS with EBD as standard across variants.