Tata Curvv EV Will Be Able To Charge Other Electric Cars And Home Appliances | V3Cars

12 April 2022
By Amit Saraswat
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Tata Motors recently revealed their first gen-2 electric vehicle concept, the Tata Concept Curvv. While it boasts several new-age features, one feature that caught the audience’s attention was V2V and V2L charging. If you are hearing these for the first time, we try to simplify these features for you in this article.

V2V charging stands for Vehicle to Vehicle charging. As the name suggests, an EV that is capable of V2V charging can charge any electric vehicle with a compliant charging system. It’s not always necessary to have identical models for the exchange of charge but the charging port and technology should be similar.

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V2L charging stands for Vehicle to Load charging. As the name suggests, vehicle to load charging allows an electric vehicle to supply power to home appliances. The Tata Curvv Coupe SUV will most likely have a three-pin socket for supplying power to electrical appliances. It will be able to power small appliances like vacuum cleaners, tent generators and more. However, we see the bigger implementation of V2L in bigger trucks like the Ford F150 Lightning, which can power an entire house.

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The Tata Curvv is likely to come with a 40kWh battery pack with a range close to 500km. It will also support faster charging than current Tata EVs, such as the Nexon EV and Tigor EV. In addition to this, Tata plans to roll out ICE-powered options of the Curvv coupe SUV. However, this will happen only two to three years after the introduction of the all-electric version. Tata Motors plan to launch the Curvv EV in the market by 2024.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amit Saraswat

Born and brought up in Agra, he grew up reading magazines more than textbooks. With a keen interest in cars, he decided to make his future in automotive journalism and is currently helping in content at V3Cars.