Citroën eC3
Citroën eC3 overview
The Citroën eC3 is an electric hatchback from Citroën, priced from ₹11.61 L – ₹13.41 L (ex-showroom, indicative). It pairs a 29.2 kWh battery with a claimed range of 320 km and 57 bhp of power. DC fast charging tops it up from 10–80% in about 57 minutes. It seats 5, drives the FWD wheels, and hits a top speed of 107 km/h. At ₹8 a unit the Citroën eC3 works out at roughly ₹1.06 per kilometre, against about ₹5.00 for an equivalent petrol car.
Full specifications
Pros & cons
👍 What's good
- Value-focused pricing
👎 Watch-outs
- Small battery pack
- Higher upfront cost than petrol equivalents
Frequently asked questions
The Citroën eC3 is priced from ₹11.61 L – ₹13.41 L ex-showroom (indicative, 2026).
It offers a claimed range of 320 km from its 29.2 kWh battery. Real-world range is typically 70–85% of this.
Yes — DC fast charging takes it from 10% to 80% in about 57 minutes.
On a home tariff of ~₹8/unit it costs roughly ₹1–1.5 per km — far less than a petrol equivalent at ₹6–8 per km.
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Find my EV →EVBharat analysis: what these numbers mean
The Citroën eC3 is listed at 29.2 kWh with a claimed 320 km. Those two numbers drive everything below, which is arithmetic from Citroën’s published specification rather than a road test — we do not test vehicles.
| Claimed range | 320 km (Citroën figure) |
| Realistic range | about 230–256 km |
| Units for a full charge | about 32.1 (29.2 kWh plus charging loss) |
| Cost of a full charge | about ₹257 at ₹8 per unit |
| Running cost | about ₹1.06 per km |
At 230–256 km of usable range, the Citroën eC3 sits comfortably inside daily use without any thought, and handles most weekend trips with a single charging stop.
At a claimed 57 minutes on a DC fast charger, the Citroën eC3 is slow by current standards — there are cars at similar money doing the same job in half the time. If you drive highways regularly, that is the specification to shop against.
Over 1,000 km in a month the Citroën eC3 costs roughly ₹1057 in electricity at ₹8 a unit, against about ₹5000 of petrol for an equivalent car. That is ₹3943 a month and ₹47321 a year. Take the price difference you are actually quoted for the Citroën eC3 against the petrol car you would otherwise buy, divide by ₹47321, and you have your own break-even in years — which is a far more useful number than any per-kilometre figure.
Filling the Citroën eC3’s 29.2 kWh pack from empty draws about 32.1 units at the meter once charging losses are counted — roughly 10 hours on the 3.3 kW portable charger supplied with most cars, or about 4 hours on a 7.2 kW wallbox. On the Citroën eC3 that gap is the practical argument for a wallbox — and all of it assumes you can plug in where you park.
Realistic range applies the 72–80% band set out in how we estimate real-world range, and ₹8 a unit is an assumption rather than your tariff — the calculator takes your own.
Citroën eC3 specifications as published by Citroën; range is claimed, not measured by us. Tell us if anything here is wrong.