Tata Punch EV
Tata Punch EV overview
The Tata Punch EV is an electric SUV from Tata, priced from ₹9.69 L – ₹14.44 L (ex-showroom, indicative). It pairs a 35 kWh battery with a claimed range of 315 km and 120 bhp of power. DC fast charging tops it up from 10–80% in about 56 minutes. It seats 5, drives the FWD wheels, and hits a top speed of 140 km/h. At ₹8 a unit the Tata Punch EV works out at roughly ₹1.29 per kilometre, against about ₹5.00 for an equivalent petrol car.
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Pros & cons
👍 What's good
- Value-focused pricing
- Wide service & charging network in India
- Proven, popular choice among Indian buyers
👎 Watch-outs
- Charging infrastructure still growing in some cities
- Higher upfront cost than petrol equivalents
Frequently asked questions
The Tata Punch EV is priced from ₹9.69 L – ₹14.44 L ex-showroom (indicative, 2026).
It offers a claimed range of 315 km from its 35 kWh battery. Real-world range is typically 70–85% of this.
Yes — DC fast charging takes it from 10% to 80% in about 56 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 Tata Punch EV is listed at 35.0 kWh with a claimed 315 km. Those two numbers drive everything below, which is arithmetic from Tata’s published specification rather than a road test — we do not test vehicles.
| Claimed range | 315 km (Tata figure) |
| Realistic range | about 227–252 km |
| Units for a full charge | about 38.5 (35.0 kWh plus charging loss) |
| Cost of a full charge | about ₹308 at ₹8 per unit |
| Running cost | about ₹1.29 per km |
At 227–252 km of usable range, the Tata Punch EV sits comfortably inside daily use without any thought, and handles most weekend trips with a single charging stop.
At a claimed 56 minutes on a DC fast charger, the Tata Punch EV 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 Tata Punch EV costs roughly ₹1287 in electricity at ₹8 a unit, against about ₹5000 of petrol for an equivalent car. That is ₹3713 a month and ₹44561 a year. Take the price difference you are actually quoted for the Tata Punch EV against the petrol car you would otherwise buy, divide by ₹44561, and you have your own break-even in years — which is a far more useful number than any per-kilometre figure.
Filling the Tata Punch EV’s 35.0 kWh pack from empty draws about 38.5 units at the meter once charging losses are counted — roughly 12 hours on the 3.3 kW portable charger supplied with most cars, or about 5 hours on a 7.2 kW wallbox. On the Tata Punch EV 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.
Tata Punch EV specifications as published by Tata; range is claimed, not measured by us. Tell us if anything here is wrong.