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Mahindra to wrap up calendar year 2025 with one more EV launch, expanding its zero-emission portfolio to four models
Following the XUV400 in 2023, Mahindra launched the BE 6 and XEV 9e electric SUVs earlier this year. The company plans to bring one more electric SUV to its showrooms this year. During a recent interaction with CNBC-TV18, Nalinikanth Gollagunta, the CEO of Mahindra & Mahindra’s Automotive Division, revealed plans to launch a new EV in November. Gollagunta did not disclose any details about the upcoming EV, though.
Mahindra has been working on several EVs, but two of them appear to be pretty close to commercial readiness, and the company has been testing both of them extensively on public roads. One is the XEV 7e, a normally-styled, three-row equivalent of the XEV 9e and a pure electric alternative to the XUV700.
The Mahindra XEV 7e, first previewed by the Mahindra XUV.e8 concept in August 2022, will be India’s first locally manufactured electric SUV offering three-row seating. The company could offer it in the same standard-range and long-range variants as the XEV 9e.
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Although the former would offer limited practicality in the XEV 7e, considering the model’s heavier weight and higher seating capacity, it may still make the cut due to its significant cost advantages.
The XEV 7e standard-range could use a 228 hp/380 Nm rear motor and a 59 kWh LFP battery pack, while the XEV 7e long-range may have a 282 hp/380 Nm rear motor and a 79 kWh LFP battery pack. With the battery pack full, the former could travel close to 500 km and the latter somewhere around 600 km.
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Mahindra may offer the XEV 7e with features like a frunk, a kick-activated power tailgate, a front passenger touchscreen, semi-adaptive dampers, a 1,400-watt, 16-speaker Harman Kardon sound system with Dolby Atmos, 65-watt USB Type-C charging ports, AutoPark, Level 2+ advanced driver assistance systems, and seven airbags.
The second possible model is the XUV 3XO EV, a derivative of the XUV 3XO. The sub-4 metre electric SUV is expected to be launched with a 35 kWh battery pack. It would look close to its donor model, with visual differences limited to obvious tweaks such as a covered upper grille area and specially designed wheels, both aimed at improved aerodynamics. The XUV 3XO EV would directly compete with Tata Motors’ Nexon.ev.
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