{"id":"1792804932884-tech-segment","slug":"tata-beats-tesla-on-efficiency","title":"Tata beats Tesla on efficiency","summary":"In ICCT's 2025 Global Automaker Rating, Tata Motors had the best adjusted EV energy consumption at 106 Wh/km, followed by Mahindra at 113 Wh/km; Tesla and BYD were third and fourth.\n\nRivian reportedly laid off around 200 employees, or about 1.5% of its workforce, as it adjusts to pressure in the U.S. EV market.","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T01:22:12.884Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: In ICCT's 2025 Global Automaker Rating, Tata Motors had the best adjusted EV energy consumption at 106 Wh/km, followed by Mahindra at 113 Wh/km; Tesla and BYD were third and fourth.\nSource: [restofworld.org](https://restofworld.org/2026/indian-evs-beat-tesla-byd-icct-efficiency-ranking/) NAMES: ICCT = International Council on Clean Transportation,  (https://x.com/RaamBansal/status/2113610902834667534)\n\nTRUE: Rivian reportedly laid off around 200 employees, or about 1.5% of its workforce, as it adjusts to pressure in the U.S. EV market.\nSource: Reporting of the layoff circulated in tech/EV news outlets. NAMES: Rivian = U.S. electric vehicle maker known for the R1T pickup and R1S SUV. (https://x.com/techamericaofcl/status/2112966286212800932)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"In ICCT's 2025 Global Automaker Rating, Tata Motors had the best adjusted EV energy consumption at 106 Wh/km, followed by Mahindra at 113 Wh/km; Tesla and BYD were third and fourth.","sourceName":"[restofworld.org](https://restofworld.org/2026/indian-evs-beat-tesla-byd-icct-efficiency-ranking/) NAMES: ICCT = International Council on Clean Transportation, ","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/RaamBansal/status/2113610902834667534","claim":"Yes, Indian automaker Tata Motors ranks first globally in battery-electric vehicle (BEV) energy efficiency according to the International Council on Clean Transportation's (ICCT) 2025 Global Automaker Rating. Global EV Energy Efficiency Rankings • 1st Place: Tata Motors (106","author":"🪷 Jugal Kej (Modi Parivar🪷) GenZ (@RaamBansal)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Rivian reportedly laid off around 200 employees, or about 1.5% of its workforce, as it adjusts to pressure in the U.S. EV market.","sourceName":"Reporting of the layoff circulated in tech/EV news outlets. NAMES: Rivian = U.S. electric vehicle maker known for the R1T pickup and R1S SUV.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/techamericaofcl/status/2112966286212800932","claim":"Rivian Reportedly Cuts 200 Jobs as EV Market Faces Growing Pressure Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian has reportedly laid off approximately 200 employees, representing around 1.5% of its workforce, as the company adjusts to changing conditions in the U.S. electric vehicle http","author":"TechAmerica (@techamericaofcl)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/RaamBansal/status/2113610902834667534","name":"[restofworld.org](https://restofworld.org/2026/indian-evs-beat-tesla-byd-icct-efficiency-ranking/) NAMES: ICCT = International Council on Clean Transportation, ","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"🪷 Jugal Kej (Modi Parivar🪷) GenZ (@RaamBansal)"},{"url":"https://x.com/techamericaofcl/status/2112966286212800932","name":"Reporting of the layoff circulated in tech/EV news outlets. NAMES: Rivian = U.S. electric vehicle maker known for the R1T pickup and R1S SUV.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"TechAmerica (@techamericaofcl)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792804932884-tech-segment-tata-beats-tesla-on-efficiency","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792804932884-tech-segment-tata-beats-tesla-on-efficiency","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792804932884-tech-segment-tata-beats-tesla-on-efficiency and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"Tata Motors beats Tesla on the one number nobody talks about: energy efficiency."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Tata? The Indian automaker?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The International Council on Clean Transportation just put out its 2025 global ranking, and Tata came in first."},{"host":"Chris","text":"On what, price?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"On how little electricity their cars waste. Best adjusted energy use. Tata, 106 watt-hours per kilometer."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And Tesla?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Third. BYD fourth. Indian brands are getting genuinely good at efficiency."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's a real signal. Efficiency is the hard engineering. Range is just a bigger battery."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly. And Indian roads are hard on a car — heat, traffic, rough pavement. Priya Mani, an executive editor at Rest of World, pointed out the lesson for the rest of us: if you build for India, you build for everywhere."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Little humble pie for Silicon Valley. The fancy glass and two-second zero-to-sixty is easy. Not wasting electrons is the whole game."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And the company that's all about grins and launch mode gets beaten on engineering by a maker of family cars."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Well, that's the thing about a launch mode. You're not in it at 40 miles an hour on a Tuesday."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Up next, we've got the fight about AI agents taking over banking — and it's more heated than that."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Don't tell me. Somebody gave an AI their password and now it owns a condo."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Worse. But you'll have to hear it next."}]}