MG Motor India has announced a new partnership. The British brand is collaborating with Jio Platform for its connected car features. MG Comet is the first car to benefit from this partnership. Users of MG Comet EV will be able to experience a host of features including an India-first Hinglish Voice assistant to use in the car.
According to the company, the Hello Jio Voice Assistant will fare better than the others in the market when it comes to Indian speech. Thanks to a variety of dialects as well as languages, there was a need for a system that could understand the voice commands across the country. To this end, the Jio Voice Assistant has been specifically trained to decipher the multiple regional dialects as well as the tone differences across India.
Some of the commands include turning On and Off the air conditioning system, playing songs directly and users will even be able to ask the system for cricket scores. The Voice Assistant is integrated across the board with music and payment apps, connectivity platform as well as the vehicle hardware.
Furthermore, the Comet EV comes with an embedded Jio e-SIM for all the connected car tech. This is integrated into the vehicle at the time of production itself.
MG Comet EV is available in a 2-door option which makes it an ultra-compact EV. The 2-door car can accommodate 4-5 people. However, only 2 seatbelts are available in the rear seat. The sub-3 meter length of the vehicle makes it the shortest car in the Indian market. The car includes a dual 10.25 inch infotainment+speedometer screen layout on the dashboard. The infotainment responds to voice control commands and is also compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
MG Comet EV comes equipped with a 17.3 kWh battery pack and claims to have a range of about 230 km. The battery is coupled with a rear-axle-mounted electric motor that produces 42 PS power and delivers a torque of 110 Nm. Comet EV is available with a 3.3 kW AC charging option which takes 7 hours to charge from 0-100%.
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