Complete Buying Guide: Hyundai Creta Electric

Hyundai Creta is a name that has been a tremendous craze among Indian SUV buyers for a long time. It is the best-selling SUV and the best-ever-selling Hyundai car in India. Since its launch in 2015, the Hyundai Creta has been available in petrol-powered and diesel-powered models. In 2025, it received a new dimension with the launch of the Hyundai Creta Electric – the electric-powered avatar of the Hyundai Creta. Based on the ICE Hyundai Creta, the Hyundai Creta Electric embodies most of the traits that made the Hyundai Creta the best-selling SUV and best-selling Hyundai car in India. While the Hyundai Creta faces solid competition from formidable competitors like Tata Curvv EV and Mahindra BE 6, the Korean electric SUV has a lot which can make it a perfect car for you. Here is a complete buying guide to the Hyundai Creta Electric, which explains its advantages and limitations and will help you buy the best variant for your needs.

Hyundai Creta Electric Specifications

Hyundai Creta Electric Variants

The Hyundai Creta Electric is on sale in five variants: Executive, Smart, Smart (O), Premium, and Excellence. Of all these variants, the Executive, Smart, and Premium variants are available with only a 42 kWh battery pack, while the Excellence variant is available with only a 51.4 kWh battery pack. The Smart (O) is the only variant to be available with both battery packs. The variants with the larger battery pack have the suffix ‘LR’ with their names, as it represents the Long Range versions. As far as the colour options are concerned, the Hyundai Creta Electric is available in Ocean blue, Atlas white, Fiery red, Starry Night, Abyss black, Ocean blue matte, Titan grey matte, Robust emerald matte, Ocean blue with abyss black roof, and Atlas white with abyss black roof. Here is a full list of the Hyundai Creta Electric variants and their ex-showroom prices.

Best Hyundai Creta Electric Variant to Buy

The base Executive variant of the Hyundai Creta Electric offers 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment with wired Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, 10.25-inch full-colour LCD instrument cluster, steering-mounted controls, voice commands, Alexa home-to-car connectivity, In-car payment for charging, 17-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone climate control with rear AC vents, Drive modes (Eco, Normal, Sport), cruise control, and many more features. This variant is reasonably loaded for its price and a good option for you if its 42 kWh battery pack can meet your driving needs.

The next variant, Creta Electric Smart, adds a 6-way power adjustable driver seat,a  Wireless phone charger, Rear window sunshades, roof rails, and a few more features. With the addition of some good-to-have features at most, this variant does not justify the price it asks over the base variant.

The next variant, Creta Electric Smart (O), adds a rear LED reading lamp, an optional 11kW home charger with telematics, a battery heater for a 51 kWh battery pack only, a panoramic sunroof, and more. Apart from the panoramic sunroof, this variant does not have any significant additions over the lower variants. For those who are looking for the 42 kWh battery-powered Creta Electric, this variant can only be a reasonable choice if they want a panoramic sunroof at minimal cost. Nonetheless, if you want a 51.4 kWh battery pack, the Smart (O) variant is a good and most affordable option from the variant lineup.

The next variant, Creta Electric Premium, adds an 8-speaker Bose sound system and many Level-2 ADAS features, which make it the best option for those looking for the Hyundai Creta Electric with a 42 kWh battery.

The top variant, Creta Electric Excellence, adds front parking sensors, a 360-degree camera, Blind spot view monitoring, a virtual engine sound system, an 8-way powered driver seat with memory function, 8-way powered front passenger seat, front ventilated seats, a cooled glove box, digital key, automatic wipers, auto-dimming IRVM, and more. For someone looking for a Hyundai Creta Electric with a 51 kWh battery and ADAS features, this is the only variant available, although, it is indeed a great deal for its asking price.

Hyundai Creta Electric Warranty & Service Cost

The Hyundai Creta Electric comes with a standard warranty of 3 years/unlimited km. This warranty period can be extended up to 7 years at some additional cost. Meanwhile, the Korean carmaker is offering an 8-year/1.6 lakh kilometre warranty on the battery. As far as service cost is concerned, the first service is done free of cost and post that the service charges are around Rs 409 at 1 year/ 10,000 km, Rs 409 at 2 years/20,000 km, Rs 3,194 at 3 years/30,000 km, Rs 4,328 at 4 year/40,000 km, and Rs 3,194 at 5 year/50,000 km.

Why you should consider the Hyundai Creta Electric

NMC battery

Hyundai has equipped the Hyundai Creta Electric with an NMC (Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt Oxide) battery. The special thing about this battery is that the range it delivers does not fluctuate in cold climatic conditions, making it an appealing product to be used in places like Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Moreover, compared to regular lithium-ion batteries, the NMC batteries have a longer life cycle and 25-35 percent higher energy density, which makes them deliver a longer real-world range. The larger 51.4 kWh battery pack of the Hyundai Creta Electric also gets a battery heating system, which ensures optimal temperature, especially in cold weather for improved efficiency and dependability.

The ‘Creta’ brand

In India, the Hyundai Creta is not just another car, but a well-established brand in itself. The SUV has repaid the faith of numerous happy Creta owners and proven it to be one of the most dependable cars. This is why for a buyer who is willing to buy an electric car and is yet apprehensive due to lack of faith, the Hyundai Creta Electric comes across as a trustworthy offering. Moreover, since it shares many components with its ICE-powered counterpart, the Hyundai Creta Electric packs the same refined interiors with a neat fit and finish.

Premium Features as Standard

Like the standard Hyundai Creta, the Hyundai Creta Electric offers a long list of premium features that enhance the overall ownership experience. For example, it packs an 8-way powered driver seat with memory function and welcomes retract, 8-way powered front passenger seat, seat ventilation for front seats, voice-enabled panoramic sunroof, dual-zone climate control, wireless charger, cruise control, paddle shifters for regenerative braking, electronic parking brake with auto hold, 8-speaker Bose sound system, Level-2 ADAS safety suite, and more. What is also worth mentioning is that the Hyundai Creta Electric offers most of these features as standard across the variants.

Why you should not consider the Hyundai Creta Electric

Better value-for-money rivals

As appealing as the Hyundai Creta is for its dependability, feature wealth, and NMC battery, its rivals offer a much better value for the money. If we look at the Tata Curvv EV, it looks more stylish, is safer with a 5-star GNCAP-rated body, offers a longer range, and is almost as feature-rich as the Hyundai Creta Electric. Meanwhile, the Mahindra BE 6 is slightly more expensive than the Hyundai Creta Electric, but the all-around package it offers, from looks to features and even safety, makes it a far better deal as far as the value quotient is concerned.   

Not a dedicated EV platform

The Hyundai Creta Electric is based on the standard Creta’s ICE platform, which has undergone heavy modification to accommodate an electric powertrain. Nonetheless, a modified platform for EVs is never as good as a dedicated platform, which is built ground up for an EV. This is because an ICE platform modified for electrification usually carries some dead weight, which is only relevant for an ICE-powered car. In comparison, Creta Electric’s rivals, Tata Curvv EV and Mahindra BE 6, are based on dedicated EV platforms.

Summary

Since the Hyundai Creta is the best-selling Hyundai car, the Korean carmaker is expected to be more serious about it than any other of its models. In this complete buying guide to the Hyundai Creta Electric, we explain its advantages, limitations, and the best variant for your needs. While the Hyundai Creta Electric is not the best value-for-money electric SUV in the market, it certainly is a sensible choice for many, especially those who are apprehensive due to their unfamiliarity with electric cars and are not willing to risk buying one. A dependable brand like Hyundai Creta, available as an electric-powered model, is something most can trust. In addition to that, the Creta Electric brings a long list of premium features and an advanced battery pack. At the same time, Creta Electric faces strong competition from better value-for-money rivals, Tata Curvv EV and Mahindra BE 6. Moreover, unlike its rivals, it is not a ground-up EV and is based on a modified ICE platform.

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