eVitara is Suzuki’s first electric car and has a Toyota “touch”

Suzuki, a Japanese manufacturer that is characterized by having a reduced range made up of small and accessible models, at least in the offering it offers in Europe, has finally revealed its First 100% battery-powered electric vehicle. Called eVitara – a strong name for this manufacturer – the model in question is produced in a factory of the brand in India, from where it will be exported to several markets, including Europe.

With SUV shapes and 4.27 meters longThe eVitara belongs to the category of SUV Bone of the fastest growing segments in the European and national market. Even so, The generous wheelbase of 2.7 meters suggests interesting habitabilitywith this electric Vitara offering versions with two and four wheel drivethat is, with one or two motors, in the latter case to ensure all-wheel drive.

The most economical versions of the eVitara adopt a 49 kWh capacity battery and a 144 HP motor installed on the front axle.and then, for the most demanding drivers in terms of autonomy, there is a version with a 61 kWh battery and a 174 HP motor. Be More comfortable on slippery surfaces, Suzuki designed a more powerful version.and necessarily more expensive, in which it combines the front electric motor with a second unit installed behind, with just 64 HP, raising the total power to 184 HP.

From the Suzuki factory in Gujarat, India, it will leave from spring 2025 the new eVitara, aimed at national customers as well as export to Japan and Europe, where it should arrive during the summer. But the eVitara is not the only model that will be manufactured on this production line, since A new model from the Toyota bZ range will also be released from Gujarat, with which the Suzuki SUV shares a platform. Let us remember that the Japanese giant is a shareholder in Suzuki and has been collaborating with this manufacturer for a long time, having even granted it the license to market the Toyota Corolla under the name Suzuki Swace.