@clacke OTOH, here in Italy they sell electrical things that are legally a small motorbike but have 4 wheels (and a steering wheel) rather than a car, and they cost something like 6k - 8k EUR (compared to 2k - 4k for the petrol version): I wonder whether those are a better comparison for the Tata EV
(they are still significantly more expensive, but less so than a fancy car like the Tesla used to be)