MG ZS EV : Delhi to Kochi electric car drive | DC fast charging | Tata Power

[@pluginIndia]

Do read the guest post for the EV Community by Vinod, www.pluginindia.com/blogs/mg-zs-ev-delhi-to-kochi-3000-km-electric-car-drive-dc-fast-charging-tata-power

[@NaveenArur]

23:00 its gudalur not gundalur

[@KK-je9uy]

Tata is working like a genuine NGO

[@pradeepchaudhary6297]

Tata is the only company which seriously putting efforts to improve indian ev infrastructure

[@vikasarora40]

It's very costly also

[@pratswagh2559]

Yes costly and time consuming too. CNG is better available another alternate to electric. Still Electric once infrastructure is available then it will boom more faster.

[@pradeepchaudhary6297]

It's not costly it's best for daily commute to upto 150km 30 kwh which costs (8 rs per unit) around 240 rs for 200 to 250 km at home approx 1.2rs to .95 rs per km nobody travel 3000km its once in year trip NoOne use fast charging on daily but 18rs per unit is costly but I think when govt infrastructure will develop within 2 to 3 years they will charge less on fast charging (12rs per unit guess ) along with highways & expressways In 2020 the cost of battery pack is 10% of what's in 2010 its declined by 90% and decreasing exponentially In the future we r going to more efficient batteries, motors,bms

[@raghudevotional7695]

Why people are encouraging the MG ( Chinese company) ??

[@manishtmr]

Yep because all established leader stands to lose from EV change. Tata is trying to gain from this. Hats off to Tara group. They truly represent India.

[@sridhargopalan9630]

This is a great confidence booster for those fence-sitters to switch to EVs.. Fantastic interview guys.. And Vinoth thank you so much for elegantly presenting your 3000km travel experience..super!

[@pluginIndia]

Glad u liked it.

[@tejeshkonchada3971]

This is super great stuff. Also can the team please create a video explaining the new tax benefits/ subsidies on EVs ?

[@swastikranjandash2969]

Very recently, my brother covered around 1800 KM+ from bechraji(Gujurat) to Mahabaleswar (Maharastra) and back in his Nexon EV. I am wondering is there any forum where he can share his experience for the community.

[@Rajan-ur8ip]

Congratulate Mr. Vinod.... It's really inspiring. But that fortem charge price are much high... Government to put some Tariff regulations to promote EVs

[@BR-rg9ib]

great video... wow.. this encourage ppls for long drive with EV's. Cruse control is very necessary in EV's to maintain a steady speed and low power consumption. Nexon engineers please note down.

[@rajneeshsethiya5259]

A great video, Electric vehicles are the future and the ZS EV has great power and range.

[@pluginIndia]

EV's are present. It can be better if the ICE Car OEM Mafia launch more models.

[@danieldayal2570]

Congratulations Vinod on this journey. However I think India has a long journey ahead in terms of 1. EV car pricing compared to ICE cars 2. India needs to set up fast charging station every 100 kms 3. If we are spending a lot on EV we need mind free drive with out having the tension to find charging station 4. Also on the verge of finding charging station we have to go off track n take diversion or a lengthier route. 5. If we don't find any charging station on the route we loose time n stop over spending money in motels 6. Last one but very imp I will never risk with children n family in an EV This is just my thought but not to demotivate anyone from going EV

[@vamsikrishna8765]

Tata is doing tremendous job in setting up the EV charging stations all over the India. But need to work on software in order to provide hassel free connectivity for the charge to start. I hope TATA will look into the connectivity issues. Thanks to TATA for taking initiative in installing chargers all over the India.

[@vssunilkumar]

Congratulations Mr.Vinod and thanks pluginindia for sharing the experience. I hope the bubble doesn't burst for EV after initial hype.

[@pluginIndia]

Thank you. This is not a hype. This is an EV tsunami :)

[@omkar.a.gosavi]

Wonderful video by PlugInIndia. This would change opinion of many perspective EV buyers as lot of points of dilema are addressed in this video. Great example set by Mr. Vinod Pillai !!! Please tell if this ZS EV was previous model with 340 km range or the 2021 model with 418 km range.

[@vinodpillai]

2020 model

[@hippopotamus9879]

Just install the charging pods in all petrol stations in Bharat Petroleum Indian oil etc like Shell and British Petroleum in UK and Europe. Simple solution.

[@mahadev.r6727]

Kerala State electricity board has many chargers in Kerala . I don't know if it is in nilambur but there is one in Thrissur and many in Cochin all of them are fast chargers

[@rrammohan4163]

Impressed. The future looks encouraging. More charging stations and i am sure will more E Vs will be on road.

[@Reddylion]

ya

[@kinjalshahjoister]

Great info and its really appreciating that Mr. Vinod took out this time and shared this with us enthusiast who wants to buy an EV but are confused weather to buy or not.

[@binarytv2904]

LOve this video! Keep making videos like these and I hop Tata, MG, Charging companies are taking notes watching this video.

[@KASAKAYMAJETNA]

THANKS VONOD SIR FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND THANKS PLUGININDIA TEAM.

[@raghunathnadkarni3457]

Excellent video. His efforts will encourage more and more people to adopt EVs.

[@srinidhik3418]

Fast charger at Hubli has been on the cards for many months now. I wonder what is delaying it.

[@ranganayakulubodavala3637]

Vinod you are a great motivator for us. Iam still struck with Reva e2o

[@kushalraj93]

How's your e2o going?

[@Housenumber68]

Hubli is my hometown. But I stay at Mangalore with my Nexon EV. There is no FC to reach from Mangalore to Hubli or Mangalore to Goa. Hopefully soon 🙏

[@regularjoe9032]

Even every mahindra associated places should have fast changing stations, then the network will improve vastly.

[@mangeshmoghe473]

Thank you sir for the information, plz tell me how I can take a dealership of EV

[@rajendrawarke6297]

Thanks for sharing Long journey management plan/ Quick question Can we use the Solar panel on roof of CAR for back up charging.

[@nabarunbasak3110]

Awesome @PluginIndia ❤️ Tata Power ❤️ MG Motors ❤️

[@Nature-mh2rh]

Why do fortum charging cost so high?

[@sanjaysureka948]

Plz give idea vmcan we make Hybrid for Maruti EECO car

[@sudhinivas]

Memorable Achievement Vinod

[@KrishnaGangaraju]

Excellent @Vinod

[@Ratnakar6486]

Per km charge was higher than 1 rupee (almost 3-4 rupee per km). Was that due to dc fast chargers?

[@AvinashHeral]

Good video. Just one question...why was Mumbai-Mangalore-Kochi road not used? Not enough EV charging stations?

[@darwinbritto1755]

Nice and detailed Video ..... Can You sit inside the car with AC on while using Fast Charger or only wait outside the car ??

[@JigneshAmbasana]

PhD video on ev charging and everything 👌 nailed it 😀

[@JigneshAmbasana]

1000 km range EVs needs India

[@JigneshAmbasana]

If everyone have solar pannels system EVs business boosting very fast 👍

[@theelectricmile474]

What a difference a year makes! k2k is pretty much electrified now in 2022

[@RiteshPandey]

Rs 2643 for 765 km. That's roughly Rs 3.50 per km. I did lucknow to pune on my ford ecosport. I drove at 80kmph on cruise as much as possible. The trip Lucknow-Pune-Lucknow was 25km/ltr. The trip was done last year. Even in today's fuel price it would cost me Rs 3.5 per km. Benefit to the environment makes sense but looking at the cost, time and stress I don't think EV would have saved me any money or made my trip joyful...

[@vahanr4279]

EVs are mostly for day to day city life it-seems.

[@vamsikrishna8765]

Iam having a MG ZS EV. Anyone having problems in charging at the charger stations? Is the charging problems were only there with MG ZS EV? or even with TATA nexon ev?

[@dk-._.-]

You can't expect only TATA do all the setup and install the chargers , other EV companies and the govt too should do their part.

[@narenm8345]

🔌 ⚡️ car: you must have plan A,B,etc.. when you take me out ⛽️ car : just check you pocket when you take me out.

[@indianomicstv]

Great video and story! I think with the help of a better fast charger network, the drive would have been even faster. Feedback for the video, you should have included an overview of total costs incurred for the entire journey, delivery of the content can be improved with a better background "electrifying" (pun intended) music that would bring in excitement.

[@sajipunathil]

Government should mandate all petrol stations should have DC fast charging option to negate for the oil they are selling. This will solve the charging infrastructure issue quickly.

[@Nand7584]

Great Planning and a great experience.this video will help those who wants to switch to EV but are in a dilemma

[@AnuragHegde]

How about linking it to Fasttag on car.

[@raveendransankupillai8239]

Excellent ........Vinod

[@sajuts1317]

Does the MG ZS ev needed three phase connection for 7kw AC home wall charger

[@mechanicalassassin]

Yes

[@rgchandnani]

Does Tata power have an app for iOS phones for charging stations

[@rgchandnani]

Are they planning to ?

[@sumangyaneshwar]

Yes....plz find at app store...Tata Power EZ Charge

[@kurianify]

The charging fee is way too high. Hope it will get leveled to a reasonable level in due course. Right now, it is fleecing.

[@sarvagyavik]

We need more charging stations at strategic locations... plus takes lot of time for charging even for fast charging

[@516deepak]

One thing noticed why Fortum charge so high almost more than double the other charger rates

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Triple actually at one station.

[@Geekguilty]

YES, paying a little less than 3K for the journey of 750 KMS is cheap, and when we compare it with the petrol/diesel cars, it is pretty cheap. But what about the time that the traveller will spend on the charging, there were many instances where the driver in this video had to take a night halt because the charger was not available. The cost of the stay will also come into account when talking about this. There is no fast charging network around the country, there are very few if we start comparing with other countries. While on the long-distance journey, nobody wants to get inside of the passing by city, but as most of the chargers are inside the cities, there is no other way but to enter the city and face the city traffic, this reduces the experience. The electric car scene is pretty small at present but I am sure with time this situation will improve. Electric Car Road trips in India: Cheap - Maybe Clean - Definitely Cumbersome - Sometimes Frustrating - Definitely Time Consuming - Definitely

[@FayazKhan-im5fh]

What is the price of this???

[@sarvagyavik]

Fast charging stations is required on highways... with shorter distances...

[@NaveenArur]

23:30 How did you realize the downhill gradient ahead of time? Google Maps or some other tool?

[@pluginIndia]

Google maps. Terrain view.

[@SasikumarDoraisamy]

Thane charging cost is too costly. Union govt may give some discount for EV owners.

[@MyMGZSEVExperience]

fortum is third party vendor for MG and has comparatively higher rates

[@pluginIndia]

Fortum seems content to fleece EV owners :-|

[@gaurabdas500]

Please make a video on folding 20/ 16 inch ebike for adults.

[@shankykumar1009]

Insightful video😍 MG ZS EV is the best SUV in India.

[@vinaybati4606]

That is brave journey

[@kshitijcharthal]

Please show me journey of Pune to amravati (maharastra) 12hrs 600 km

[@RenjiThomasX]

To all future ev buyers The rates will even come down with more charging stations, wind and solar

[@mohansankar8910]

Congratulations Sri Vinod.Tell us about the economics of the drive

[@SonuSandhu88]

Petrol pump walo ko compulsory kar dena chahiye fast chargers

[@AnuragHegde]

Somehow CNG seems more economical wherever available.

[@vinaybati4606]

I wonder .. what will happen to evs once FFV comes into picture... will ethanol play spoil sport for EV's

[@pluginIndia]

Ethanol will eat into the dirty Pollution Dirty Petrol/Diesel cars :). Not EVs. But we are against Ethanol as we still have emissions and its not as if there are vast swathes of arable land that is available in our Earth to grow Ethanol. It is better to focus on food production

[@randommastivideos]

872 km in 2072 rs.. how can this be a 1rs per km , as claimed by the company ?

[@SoorajAntony007]

That intro song kinda shocked me. LOL. Nice move gochu kalla

[@aravindbachu5502]

Has anyone drove from Bangalore to Hyderabad ? I'm searching for atleast one person who has done this trip.

[@tejasingh2074]

Very cleverly made the whole episode. This gentlemen not even once mentioned that in how many days he completed his journey and how much did he spend on the entire journey which is very important part of the journey. I’m Sure they want to hide this information. See the whole outcome of the EV journey is the total cost what goes out from the pocket. This is very important factor which is missing right now but it will improve once the infrastructure is fully developed. Hope government make infrastructure stronger which will encourage more people like me to adopt electrical vehicles or hydrogen vehicles in coming years.

[@vivekvishal3472]

Good question , BTW hydrogen is future definitely 👍

[@vinodpillai]

Hi. I am Vinod. The gentleman in question. I completed the journey in 5 and a half days. Day 1... Delhi to Beawar Day 2 ...Beawar to Baroda Day 3 Baroda to Pune Day 4 Pune to Hubli Day 5 Hubli to Mysore Day 6 Mysore to Kochi. The total money spent on charging is also clearly mentioned in the video

[@vinodpillai]

Reiterating for you. The cost of fast charging for the entire route was Rs 6310.. Considering a 3060 km journey in a petrol car which gives 18 kmpl , and fuel @ 98 Rs /ltr, the cost of the drive would be Rs 16,600.

[@pluginIndia]

@@vinodpillai Thank you Vinod. The day stops and time can be easily calculated from video.

[@tejasingh2074]

@@vinodpillai yes it is considerable amount of saving when compared with fuel cost which I am in a favor. In the entire journey of 6.5 days you have covered approx 470 km / day whereas in normal car the journey would have been completed in 4.5 days considering average run of 700 km / day ( which I believe you will agree with the above figure). It took 2 days extra to cover the journey and considering 5 passengers the expense per person/ day is around RS 700/-( with 2 meals +tea breakfast) x5 persons 3500/- x 2 days =7000/- + hotel charges 5000/-/ day x 2 days = 10,000/- TOTAL COST for extra 2 days works out to RS 17,000/- So what we conclude we spent 50% of more time to cover the journey and what ever we have saved in fuel it got utilized in that extra time which i believe is exorbitant and unnecessary. For a long journey what did we save ? In my opinion we must have freedom to plan our journey by not calculating where to halt for charging but to take a halt at our desired destination which makes our journey peaceful and safe. ✌️

[@saiprayastha7141]

What is the total cost of Gurgaon to kochi for charging??

[@KamleshMallick]

Around 7000 for 3000+ km

[@SafeerSefi]

@@KamleshMallick so in Petrol car fuel: 3000km/15km*100₹= 20000₹. ?

[@gikkuthomas2418]

@@SafeerSefi now 115 🤣🤣🤣

[@deepthikandadi]

If charging facilities are provided across all dhabas across the highways.. will change the game of EV's..

[@regularjoe9032]

Congratulations 👏

[@RenjiThomasX]

Great and daring sir

[@manjulaprithviraj7961]

Inspiring indeed 👍

[@bestfoodchannelever]

Amazing!

[@dr.destroyer0032]

just keep more electric charging stations and see how EV's gonna sell like hotcakes.

[@sjay1970]

The third part gave me goosebumps

[@SahilVerma-nt8kd]

WHY DO YOU GUYS NEVER FACTOR IN THE INCREASED COST OF YOUR VEHICLE INTO THE JOURNEY COST? A TOP MODEL MG ASTOR - WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME CAR IS 6 LACS CHEAPER. PLEASE ADD THAT IN THE PER KM RUNNNING COST OF YOUR CAR AND THEN DO THESE CALCULATIONS. PLUS THE ADDED DISADVANTAGE OF STOPPING TO CHARGE AND YOU HAVE TO STAND OUT OF YOUR CAR EVEN IF ITS HARSH SUN OR RAIN.

[@hardik6019]

Vinod, Can you tray for charging (Potable generates) for emergency use ?

[@someonesomewhere9133]

Portable generators don’t have enough power.

[@KJSvitko]

Electric Vehicles are great.

[@johnjackss]

No. Totally 12.5 hrs spend for quick charge the vehicle only in the 2500KM travel and two times the normal charge at around 14 hrs each

[@parthasarathyvenkatadri]

We need private fast chargers all across the country ...

[@V.E.D.A.N.G]

This sounds very impossible to travel 3k km distance in India with EVs

[@sumangyaneshwar]

Good job...bhagwan singh Tanwar

[@Sandeepkumar-dm2bp]

owner MG ZS EV ki range 280-300 maane hue h kya. kisne notice kiya kya video m.

[@sharifpulparambil]

Thanks tata

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Why are these people expecting Tata to set up stations when they have purchased MG car? Ask the Chinese company to set it up since they sold the car with no charging network.

[@abhijoyc]

Ok but then don't complain about the Chinese getting into power sector..

[@TheFourthWinchester]

@@abhijoyc Its not the 'power sector'. Ather and other third party companies installing charging stations for scooters are not getting into the 'power sector'.

[@ayushagarwal8705]

Sorry Vinod Ji but some MG Showroom do not let Tata EVs to charge if it is a not a fast charger installed by TATA Power

[@ashutoshmishra6433]

Many people here will get excited about his regen experience from Mysore to kochi.... That's gravity guys....while it's loving you in the downhill it will bite you back on your way back...i.e. you range will be half in uphill.... 😂

[@Sandeepkumar-dm2bp]

car is not about "saving the environment" and "saving the money". it's about "affordability and Comfort". if someone really cares about Environment, there are trains from Delhi to Kochi.

[@pluginIndia]

He was moving from Delhi to Kochi There are lakhs of pollution car road trips that happen each year. Those cause more harm than good. It’s better done on an Electric.

[@vivekvishal3472]

@@pluginIndia how can it be pollution free? , explain plz, u r taking electricity from where ? Electricity generation in india is also part of pollution, it would be pollution free after charging through solar panel , don't miss guide to people

[@pluginIndia]

Who said pollution free? Try again.

[@vivekvishal3472]

@@pluginIndia then why are you promoting EV vehicle , just because off high milage , EV vehicle is nothing but to increase power consumption and load , and definitely drastically will increase electric bill and pollution, first of all u need to change infrastructure which should be on solar energy based like tata motor initiative in puna

[@Sandeepkumar-dm2bp]

@@vivekvishal3472 bhai EV buyer are smart, for example if you run petrol car in delhi, delhi pollution level goes up, that is very bad. BUT if u run EV in delhi, delhi pollution goes down, and the remote area from where electricity comes, pollution goes up. EV are about outsourcing the polution.

[@ResidentIndia-yr8do]

If the speedometer don't run above 70 kmph then also think for Solar panels with some Mechanical fittings as overhead to charge the battries

[@kushalraj93]

Solar panels need a large space to be effective.

[@chinmaysamal2448]

super good content.

[@rajarshineogi4947]

only TATA NEXON EV ❤❤❤

[@Reddylion]

nice

[@somashekharreddy8682]

Tata always Good

[@georgethomas2131]

Nice video

[@3819sameer]

No Chinese cars ....pls its imp for Indian to get rid of chines cars or any other product possible

[@Joseph-fb2bg]

Tata will be the Tesla of India

[@ManpreetSingh-cy9wj]

WAITING FOR ALTROZ EV.

[@rajarshineogi4947]

Only TATA NEXON ev

[@georgerenoy5984]

There s no range anxiety 😂😂

[@ResidentIndia-yr8do]

Maps... Use iPhone as they have different servers and smart inputs to decide prefect guidelines while on s travel plan

[@manorama12]

👍👍👍👍👍