Transportation: Global City E-Car, Tata Megapixel

Tata Motors continued to upstage its far-longer established automaking peers
. . . at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show overnight with the Tata Megapixel concept,
. . . a new 4-seater range extended electric vehicle (REEV)

The Megapixel is the evolution of last year's Pixel concept and
. . . uses 4 in-wheel 10 kW motors and
. . . a 325 cc single cylinder petrol range-extending engine
. . . that generates 22 kW while charging the lithium ion phosphate battery.
The result is a range of 900 km (559 miles) and
. . . an electric-only range of 87 km (54 miles).

The Megapixel has several other killer party tricks,
. . . acutely turning wheels which give it a turning radius of just 2.8 meters (9.2 ft)
. . . inductive home charging system - park over the induction pad and
. . . . . . it charges itself without needing to be plugged in.
. . . There's also those very useful automatic double doors.

As a global car concept, this is both the company's evolving idea
. . . of the ideal city car for global urban environments, and
. . . the one you're most likely to see first if you don't live in India.

Source: gizmag