320 km Per Charge New Citroen eC3 Electric Car 2023 Onroad Price Specs Features details

 320 km Per Charge New Citroen eC3 Electric Car 2023 Onroad Price Specs Features details

Welcome back to our informative blog site knowing steps 360 with our New launch electric car segment. After Citroen’s innings began in the entry segment with the C3 hatchback, the French brand is now expanding its lineup to include an EV. This is Citroen’s maiden EV in India and the first French EV to hit our shores. Specs were out long ago and bookings had commenced too. Now, prices have been revealed.

         The New electric car Comes in an affordable price range and has lots of advanced features,  Lets us know all about the new electric Citroen eC3 Electric Car segment all variants Onroad price, and other details.

New Citroen eC3 Electric Car Body desings

The agility of a hatchback. The attitude of an SUV. Now live on top of the world with a design unique to Indian streets, in an icon like never seen before. Fully aerodynamic body designs with Compact Type body designs.

Citroen eC3 Electric Car Lightings and Instrument

Get an Advanced LCD Meter Display, with Blutooth connectivity, 4G Connectivity, GPS Connections, Mobile Applications connectivity, and others features. You will receive a notification and track your New ë-C3 All Electric if it crosses a pre-set radius. Additionally, locate your New ë-C3 at the click of a button.

The app is equipped with an SOS and an RSA call button to directly place a call to the helpline. Additionally, an SMS notification is also sent over to your emergency contacts.

All LED Lighting will be available in this electric car with additional LED DRLs and other extra lights.

2023 Citroen eC3 Electric Car Handling & Dynamics

Just like the C3, the eC3 feels stable at high speeds. Given that the top speed is limited to 107 km/h Speed, you will immediately notice that the chassis is capable of handling much more. The car doesn’t feel nervous and straight-line stability is good. Carry some speed into the corners and the car holds its line well. The front end feels tight and you can turn in sharply into a corner. There’s little understeer and the only thing holding you back from having fun with this chassis is the powertrain.

Driving around in the city should be a convenient and smooth affair. There are no gear shifts, no turbo lag, and noise as well. With a linear pedal response, even a newbie driver would seem a smooth driver. For someone who’s going to be driving in a sedate manner in the city, the 56 BHP on offer seems adequate. However, it doesn’t feel very quick on its feet and at times might just feel a little sluggish in terms of power delivery.

You won't have issues with quick overtakes and closing the gaps in the city, but don't expect an electrifying pace here. The only frame of reference we have in this category is the Tiago electric which was more eager to get off the line. The eC3 feels as if it’s missing the urgency that you would expect in an electric car.

Motor Battery and Chargings

The Citroen eC3 supports DC fast charging and the battery can be charged from 10-80% in 57 minutes. Since the eC3 is also targeted towards the B2B fleet market, Citroen claims that charging at a DC fast charger multiple times won’t affect the life of the battery. While this may be true, there’s not enough real-world data to corroborate the fact. Going by some of the stories on international EVs, charging multiple times on a level 3 DC fast charger (60 kW and above) does have an effect on the long-term longevity of the battery. So, if this is something that bothers you, there’s always the option of charging at home with your simple 15 amp AC wall socket. It will take about 10 hours and 30 minutes to charge from 10% to 100%, but it is the cheapest option. Sadly, Citroen isn't offering a fast AC wall-box charger (higher wattage) even as an option.

There are 3 main components in an EV - the battery, the motor, and the controller/charger. The battery is what stores the energy and the motor is what uses that energy to move the car. The controller/charger converts the energy from the battery into a usable form to power the motor. In more technical terms, the power grid from your house or a charging station is usually an AC current. The lithium-ion battery can store electric energy in DC form. So while charging, there’s an AC/DC converter that will convert the power grid's AC into DC and store it in your car’s battery. The DC fast chargers that you see usually have the AC/DC converter built in, which is how they can charge your car’s battery faster. The controller typically sits on top of the motor. In the case of the Citroen eC3, the controller and motor are placed under the bonnet.

Get into the eC3, insert the key in the keyhole, and crank like you would a normal IC engine car. Yes, the eC3 doesn’t get a push-button start and it does feel a bit odd to crank an electric car.

Citroen eC3 Electric Car Driving Range

We didn’t get a lot of time to calculate the drop in battery percentage for a guesstimate range figure. However, as is the case with all EVs, push the car hard and you will notice the range and battery percentage falling at a rapid pace. ARAI claimed range figure is 320 km and hence under real-world driving conditions you can safely assume a 200 km range.

Price and Availability of New Citroen eC3 Electric 2023

Citroen eC3 has been launched with a price tag starting from Rs. 11.5 lacks (ex-sh) for base Live trim. Top-spec Feel trims with dual tone color and Vibe Pack cost Rs. 12.43 lakh. When compared to its ICE counterpart, the C3 hatchback, the eC3 costs Rs. 5.52 lakh more with base variants and Rs. 5.23 lakh more with top-spec variants.

Specs & features are almost identical to its ICE counterpart. We’re talking about the same design along with dimensions. This helps Citroen to reduce development costs and help price its products aggressively. 

Braking system Suspensions Tires

It is safe to say that Tata has got the pricing right. Does Citroen eC3 offer more style and substance? Design is objective and hence depends on the buyer. But spec-wise, Citroen seems to be offering more. For starters, eC3 is 212mm longer, 56mm wider, and 50mm taller. It has a 140mm longer wheelbase, 4mm more ground clearance, and a 75L larger boot than the Tiago EV.

The Citroen eC3 doesn’t get adjustable regenerative braking. There’s only one level of regenerative braking and it’s pretty mild. This is good if your focus is on driving smoothly. However, someone focused on getting more kilometers would prefer a higher level of regeneration.

It has wider 195-section tires wrapped to 15” wheels as opposed to the 175-section with 14” wheels on Tiago EV. Powertrain-wise, eC3 offers 5.2 kWh more battery capacity and 29 Nm more torque than Tiago EV’s larger 24 kWh offering. Tiago EV hits back by making 18 bhp more and sprinting 1.1s quicker to 60 km/h. Tiago EV can hit 120 km/h as opposed to 107 km/h of eC3.

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