Tata Nexon EV Fearless vs Empowered: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹1.00L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹16.34L for the Empowered against ₹15.34L for the Fearless.+₹1.00L
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹1.00L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹16.34L for the Empowered against ₹15.34L for the Fearless.
For that you get JBL premium sound system, ventilated front seats, vehicle-to-load (V2L) and speakers (9 against 4), and 3 more.
Fearless or Empowered, and what each costs
Where you start
Fearless
Features over range: single-pane voice sunroof, 360 camera, wireless charger.
- Fearless Electric 30 kWh AT₹13.29Lex-showroom Delhi
- Fearless Electric 45 kWh AT₹15.34Lex-showroom Delhi
The step up
Empowered
Loaded: ventilated seats, 9-speaker JBL, leatherette, ambient lighting, V2L.
- Empowered Electric AT₹16.34Lex-showroom Delhi
Our take
₹3.05L more buys about 164 km further between charges, at 489 km of claimed range against 325 km
What Fearless to Empowered costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹1,01,000 to ₹1,13,500 on the road, against the ₹1,00,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹1,00,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹12,500 more in one place than in another. Of the 17 states we can price this step in, 10 of them are level at the lowest, and Bihar comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹12,500, and both be right.
What the Empowered adds
- Speakers4 → 9
- Premium sound systemJBL
- Vehicle-to-load (V2L)
- Ventilated front seats
- Ambient lighting
- Air purifier
- Leatherette upholstery
The working behind our take
₹3.05L more buys about 164 km further between charges, at 489 km of claimed range against 325 km. Here is everything that fed that call.
The full story
Worth the extra ₹3.05L: the Nexon EV Empowered gives you about 164 km further between charges, at 489 km of claimed range against 325 km. It also adds JBL premium sound system and ventilated front seats.
- Also on the Nexon EV Empowered: vehicle-to-load (V2L) and speakers (9 against 4), and some minor trim beyond that
Fearless vs Empowered: the questions people ask
- Is the Tata Nexon EV Empowered worth ₹1.00L over the Fearless?
- For ₹1.00L you get JBL premium sound system and ventilated front seats, on top of 5 other things the Fearless goes without.
- What does the Tata Nexon EV Empowered have that the Fearless does not?
- It adds JBL premium sound system, ventilated front seats, vehicle-to-load (V2L), speakers (9 against 4), ambient lighting and air purifier, and 1 more.
- How much is the Tata Nexon EV Fearless?
- From ₹13.29L for the Fearless Electric 30 kWh AT to ₹15.34L for the Fearless Electric 45 kWh AT, ex-showroom, across 2 ways of buying it.
- How much is the Tata Nexon EV Empowered?
- ₹16.34L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the Empowered Electric AT.
- What does the step from the Nexon EV Fearless to the Empowered cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹1,01,000 to ₹1,13,500 on the road, against the ₹1,00,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹1,00,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹12,500 more in one place than in another. Of the 17 states we can price this step in, 10 of them are level at the lowest, and Bihar comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹12,500, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.