Tata Tigor EV and a 375 km RoadTrip

Tata Motors gave us the Tigor EV electric car to us for 4 days. We took on a 375 km road trip. We used Zeon Fast Chargers to charge the car.
Was it fun? Was it terrible!? Did we run out of charge!?
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[@pluginIndia]

Read Atulji's blog on our trip here www.pluginindia.com/blogs/tigor-ev-highway-drive-bengaluru-coimbatore-ooty-mysuru वीडियो देखें हिंदी में kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3uyfImQaKh0hbc Sponsorship Note Tata Motors gave us their Tigor EV car and Zeon Charging provided us accommodation. That is it. We did not receive any money from neither Zeon or Tata Motors. So the views expressed by Atulji is his own opinion and are not influenced by Tata or Zeon. Also we have the legend of our electric car community - Captain Sanjay, who gives his own opinions.

[@vaibhavmaggon]

I think he would have loved to drive a Nexon EV as it is very comfortable as compared to Tigor EV. I own a Nexon EV for almost a year now and ❤️ it.

[@vaibhavmaggon]

Guys I think you planned this wrong. This is going out as a wrong message for the people thinking about buying EV. For such a small trip of 375 KM only one stop was required around Midway and same time you can have food and recharge. Hence saving lot of time.

[@shashanksoni5629]

@@vaibhavmaggon Agree with your thought process & they need to think about this in their next review.

[@samsam198011]

🤔🤔SIR JI TIGOR EV KO LONGA RANGE KEI LIYA WITHOUT AC MEIN GHUMNA PADENGA INDIAN SUMMER MEIN🤔🤔🤔

[@kumarraj2012]

Love for the channel. I don’t know what to say about these converted kits with such low range. Over 2 hrs of charging time for 375 kms is disappointing.. sigh.. Hopefully, we will see a car that can go atleast 400 kms in real world at highways speeds. Until then, I am happy watching videos than owning one. 😅

[@evthink]

The MG ZS EV and the upcoming 40KW Tata Nexon EV will do this trip with 1 stop. Also the International Large Battery Hyundai Kona EV (not yet launched in India) might do this trip without a charging break at all. So the technology is clearly present and the above mentioned cars charge at 50 KW speeds atleast. As we start getting 150 KW fast charging EVs with around 75 KW battery, I think road trips will be easier than ICE Cars. Watch out for Hyundai Ioniq 5 which is an awesome EV coming to India. In the next few years we will see a lot of such EV and after Batteries get made in India, we might even get them at the cost of current Nexon EV. Just like the EV 2 Wheeler Market, the EV 4 Wheeler Market will transition to EVs faster than we expect.

[@samlenlap]

Even i like electric cars but totally agree with you

[@skylark304]

When i was in india, my friend was 25 yrs old and had hope to have physique like me by doing swimming and exercise; to day he is 62 yrs old with a stroke and still hoping ! i am in ca usa , enjoying retired MD life with good health .

[@tejashwibhaskar]

@@nujjigram be carefull bro its a creta not a ford or atleast a german made skoda or much least have a vw for those speeds on indian roads. yes 45% indians r slow & own maruti & 50% indians think they brought a better car by having a hyundai & boast about it . remaing 5% indians think they know the value of vehicle , understand it & drive as per requiremnet & still never mention anything about their rides .

[@naveennavarasam]

@@nujjigramI think it's avg human mind of judging others. if you are going fast it's your wish and you are violating rules and also putting other travellers in danger, not every one is in hurry. people out there drive at slow speeds to enjoy the ride. Even if they lack skills to drive fast it doesnt matter if they drive safe and follow rules, we are not on race track and we are indians who cross highways , animals walk in the road sides and drive safe should be must.

[@SridharS]

Wonderful to see this! The apprehension /mind-set of every one of us about a road trip on a EV will sure change

[@shanayjhaveri229]

Love your initiative! Small recommendation: please stop people from using party poppers or anything with glitter in them! Glitter is extremely bad for the environment and human health, as all glitter is made of micro-plastics.

[@pluginIndia]

Great point. Feedback shared to Tata motors

[@intradaysingh]

Very pratical channel... Thanks for making such videos it helps a lot in making decisions like shifting to electric cars, although I have completed 30000km on Okinawa ridge 🙏

[@binarytv2904]

Wow! These kind of videos are what we needed. Hope more and more private charging stations come up along our highwys and local roads. Thats when real EV revolution comes up, but thankfully it's happening!

[@karthikmk]

Impressive video 👍😁.. You literally changed my mind to keep electric car in my wishlist !! Love you sir !!

[@laypyu]

Absolutely practical review. This is how reviews need to be done. Loved it. And thank you so much for the effort! 😄

[@golden_beard_tesla]

Great Content is something that is needed for public awareness , More power to you guys👍🏼

[@darshangangurde7343]

Thanks

[@tutor6740]

I can promise you if you with same tata tiger diesel,it crossed the distance with 1700 to 2000 rs diesel.

[@hamshuworld]

You at this age are much more energetic, charged and lively with full of enthusiasm than Tata tigor EV. VERY NICELY COVERED THE TOPIC . And Tata Again has proved that it can do wonders in whatever field it enters.

[@Reddylion]

Good job Karthik install more 50 kw all over south and hindi belt, east aswell.. nice vid

[@nirajpawar1145]

Congratulations 🎊 pluginindia 👌

[@vivek_khadse]

Great informative review. 👍

[@bheemavarapureddy2634]

Govt should provide Solar Panels to the Charging Establishments so that Charging fee can come down to 50% less

[@ShibuGeorgeMac]

Impressive video. Great content.

[@ranjithk9150]

You are giving me confidence to buy an ev as my next car ☺️

[@AnubhabKundu]

Gosh the video is awesome!

[@pluginIndia]

Glad u liked it

[@kukanani]

wow.....very informative...

[@kalyan2423]

For 375km, it will cost 1900/ for me as diesel car owner . So accordingly You are saving 950/- for this entire trip using electronic Car. Initially to purchase an electronic Car we need to spend around 5-6 lakhs more + interest on loan. To recover this additional amount spent on purchase, it will take 7-8 years min and meanwhile we will get the time to change the battery, again it will cost 5 lakhs 😳. So always this gap will be there. Except the pollution control EV Cars are not economical as of now. Try to calculate and let me know if I am wrong 👍

[@abhijitkundu1879]

Thank you Sir for making this journey an epic coz a pilot always give a tip to the knob inside the cockpit and if it is making India Concept and Vocal for Local I think it is an exceptional choice for these two generous persons who are actually not at all forfeited but it seems their presence resemblance the colour which nowadays becomes quite eye catching not just coz I myself drive a car which slightly interconnected with its luxury but also it simplifies and personifies uniqueness and simplicity moreover simplification is obvious which results mould into class.....💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏anyways thank you to both Sir....

[@sanyojmest7509]

Home-charging is the most cost effective. Electricity charges in Goa are Rupees 1.40-4.00 per unit domestic or 3.40-5.00 per unit commercial Rate, plus respective fixed charges

[@rajasekharvaddi62]

Such a great video

[@SagarKothurwar]

Hii It would be great if you can provide link of the full interviews of mentioned in this video... I tried searching it did not find them... It would be very helpful thank you...

[@SripalTAD]

Very good effort sir but tata should give slightly more charging speed . 26kwh battery only accepting 18.8kw dc charging speed for tigor ev and 21kw for nexon ev ( tigor ev 52a max fast charging current 350*52= 18.2kw speed and nexon ev 62a max fast charging current 21kw )when old gen nissan leafs and zoe supported 43kw charging with even smaller batteries . ..24kwh etc

[@pluginIndia]

Agreed. The charging times will be lower if Tata increases the rate of charging.

[@erledabreo986]

Good information

[@tejaskesaria7175]

Its possible to do in south states as there are more and more number of charging stations, but sadly its not possible in MH

[@somashekharreddy8682]

Great Information

[@hareeshkumar9224]

I have indica diesel car. It gives me 20 kms per litre with AC in Highway. Same 375 kms ÷ 20 mileage = 18.75 litres, today's diesel price 91.50/- per litre. Total diesel cost - 1,715/-. EV is costing Rs. 900/ for same kms👍Rs. 8,15/- profit 👏👏👏

[@rakeshseeram]

Do account for the upfront extra cost of the car. The extra amount which you shell out currently for the electric car over the petrol car put in a good investment will pay your fuel appropriately. The cost of the electric car should come down. Charging speed should increase. For a 300 km ride and waiting for 2.5 hrs is not good.

[@abenath4480]

Currently the ecosystem for electric cars is not so good and not as other cars.. and tagging petrol/diesel cars as ‘pollution cars’ is not good , do u know how much it takes to produce lithium batteries it’s purely a video to promote zeon and electric cars is absolutely not for first time car buyers who has filthy money and a highly ambitious to save the environment thts what they say😂

[@vaibhavdavar27]

@@rakeshseeram it’s 1 hour extra if you see it practically. Won’t you stop for breakfast or lunch or dinner driving a petrol car?

[@1987rajaselvam]

Good info Sir, But Can you explain in what aspect you have mentioned Rs.3000 for petrol/Disel Tigor for 375kms I'm not clear....

[@srinivasmutyala5221]

I like your videos sir

[@kushalthakur8408]

what will happen if you leave headlights on overnight? how much battery will be left

[@SumitBisht0]

Only if google maps can update these chargers... keeping 3-5 apps for chargepoints (and their current state) is a pain.

[@pankajbatyal885]

A small petrol engine + ev hybrid is required so that it can charge it on the go. You will drive it on electric in total. But petroll will be used to run the turbine to charge the batteries if charging is below 10%.

[@manishkumarsharma2585]

🙏 good job

[@dancerhousewife]

When kabira mobility bike will available at kolkata

[@bhamaiidragonfruitfarmpune1457]

After battery need to change how much prize.?

[@anujdhyani9915]

How safe is fast charging for battery life. It increases battery degradation. Right?

[@PVP1576]

All are fine sir , no brake oil, coolant, engine oil, filters . That is great but the range is too low, 220 kms is practically too low. Atleast a 500 plus km range is needed soon.

[@aajamkhan78]

Very good

[@BlameHari13]

i cant afford and ev but i have invested in tiago cng which also helps reduce pollution significantly compared to petrol or diesel cars!

[@arunbasantia1713]

In electric vehicle charging time should be replace by resting time

[@jai18k]

Hi sir When Earth Energy Glyde SX+ Will reach showroom

[@himanshutailor4885]

Most of the Highway has 30kw to 50kw fast charger can Tigor EV charge in that station. Kindly reply

[@anvardheenjabarullah1992]

Battery life is 8 years or max 1.6 lakh km. What is the cost for battery replacement?

[@gmanikandanmca]

Breakfast started at bangalore and reached coimbatore for dinner.. I would have returned back to Bangalore for dinner even I traveled train...

[@SuperVinod7]

Tata Motors leading in EV's.. 👍

[@shanmugamm3426]

Can petrol car be converted to ev

[@mviv6339]

enjoyed your enthusiasm, the car I am not very fond of. Tata has done its usual short changing for Indian customers. It's a 12 lakh plus car but looks like a 80s car.

[@sidfortress9998]

Battery swapping can be gamechanger

[@akshydascholakkad9057]

❤❤❤

[@katarikiran]

With growing population of ev ....how many vehicles can accommodate one charging station...big question

[@bhartiyavyakti6542]

Govt should make GST 5% in the initial phase instead of 18 percent for charging a car, 18 percent quite high Please raise this issue

[@harshporwal]

I am excited for future like how fast charger can charge 50 min each time is too much

[@govindkhatuwala5257]

Good

[@pnprasanth]

All existing charging station have only 2 or 3 points. My concern is what if there is already another vehicle at the charging station? We end up waiting for them to finish charging.

[@realdevbro447]

Obviously.

[@sjay1970]

👌👍

[@vijaykumarc1]

Thanks for the video Atul ji. Do not say IC engines are polluting the environment and battery cars are environment friendly. The power consuming for charging EV would probably came from a thermal power plant. Until and unless we use solar or wind energy for charging EV it is not environment friendly rather it is polluting more than IC engines..

[@udaygaikwad5282]

9:41 Bombay ??? Sir, It's Mumbai officially long back ..

[@devanshmehtadevanshmehta]

Even I got my Tata Tiago NRG from Kropex Motors 🎉

[@ashokbaral2007]

I am a big fan of electric vehicles. But I can't have food 3 times in 375kms. 500km range is minimum what is required. This is at best a city car only!

[@cutedogz8605]

You have to charge only two times in 400 kilometres

[@evthink]

The MG ZS EV and the upcoming 40KW Tata Nexon EV will do this trip with 1 stop. Also the International Large Battery Hyundai Kona EV (not yet launched in India) might do this trip without a charging break at all. So the technology is clearly present and the above mentioned cars charge at 50 KW speeds atleast. As we start getting 150 KW fast charging EVs with around 75 KW battery, I think road trips will be easier than ICE Cars. Watch out for Hyundai Ioniq 5 which is an awesome EV coming to India. In the next few years we will see a lot of such EV and after Batteries get made in India, we might even get them at the cost of current Nexon EV. Just like the EV 2 Wheeler Market, the EV 4 Wheeler Market will transition to EVs faster than we expect.

[@vaibhavmaggon]

Actually they only needed one stop for a 375 KM trip. If they leave at 100% battery from home and stop just once midway for a meal and recharge there it's perfect. I think they wanted to show all the chargers that's why they planned different

[@pluginIndia]

That is correct Vaibhav It’s easy to stop at Sankagiri and complete the journey. As Tigor owners are getting more than 200 km per charge.

[@inderjeetyadav1247]

Sir rugged e bike and okaya electric scooters ka bhi review kare

[@pluginIndia]

Haan pooch rahe hain

[@linusrodrigues1982]

Install zeon in Maharashtra ,gujrat,nashik highways

[@MrPedprasad]

How to manage 550km Bangalore to Goa no charging station between Bangalore to Hubli 450km

[@TheAnujkundalkar]

this is a good content but you guys really need to invest in good quality microphones .

[@TheAshishDdaviddShow]

"I was expecting Indianness in it but this is quiet international stanxards." dialog of the video.

[@sendmail136]

Sir ola scooter fire per video banaiye

[@kspradeep8397]

Given the battery reinvestment costs I would rather prefer to go for a CNG car which atleast can run on petrol if CNG isnt available plus no waste of time at charging stations

[@neosmith166]

Considering the actual driving time to be similar, it's obvious that traveling in an electric car is full of hassles on the highway. Especially considering that you may not have a high speed charger and an available charging space for you - like how Zeon were waiting for you in your ideal case scenario. The drop in battery 🔋 percentage so significantly over just 1 hr of charging shows clearly that electric cars are not suitable for highway driving. 😑

[@Aayush2614]

It all depends on perception. The one who loves EV make it happen anyhow orelse there are lots of shortcomings to be used as excuse.

[@ghfd9583]

Why did you not choose via mysore which is only 313 kms and has no tolls???

[@CometFire2010]

Maybe not enough power stations..

[@jayasubbareddybisani1510]

One question, there is only one charger.. what if multiple charging vehicles comes up? how they are going to provide charging...I have seen in every EV, they are just planning to Charging station and they dont see anyone waiting and most of the time it is only one charger.. In real world scenario, there are zero chances that you can provide charging for all customers even if you have multiple charging points.. That cannot accommodate the demand for charging if more vehicles are on road

[@rishibansal8722]

For 12.2 unit 338rs almost 28rs per unit

[@sasirafael777]

Dammmmmmmm 7hours for just 375 km this has to change ….I wish it will change in my life time (I know for this our people have to be more educated about road traffic rules and regulations and infrastructure has to be develop in international standards )and when it comes to EV’s naaaa not for me, my requirements are more demanding rage should be at least 800 km , I want to be with peace of mind not to worry about range I currently drive xc60 full tank range is 950 km and when I drive around Europe mostly from Sweden to south Germany or west Germany I will drive nonstop even if I have to take fuel break it’s usually around 10 min and I can forget about range for next 950 km , may be automotive companies should more focus on hybrid technologies (both electric drive and combustion drive ) so people don’t have to spend hours of time on charging and have to plan the trip much in advance or ends up on side of road searching for ev charge stations . It’s just my opinion on my requirement basis

[@govindnarasimman6819]

i don't understand what will a single charging point change . If we are serious and as a community we believe everyone will change to EV's we should have atleaast a dozen chargers in each stop

[@saifunazar322]

They gonna lose money ..if they are going to make EVs serious now.....

[@deepakjoshi3570]

Hydrogen and electronic car sounds as a deff man driving vehicle no sound in ears 😂👍 so butterie 💗

[@CrSankar]

But still we get to hear from Tata Service centers not to use fast chargers so often. it will degrade your battery soon and to my surprise for all EV's TPMS is mandatory as tyre presure directly relates your EV milege. And one of using of Nitrogen on EV will be you more ride quality & less impact on the tyres of EV. Any experts to comment on this two

[@bearbear3613]

The problem is not all highways have charging station. And instead of charging station Govt should give subsidy for opening battery swap systems on highways

[@niladrighosh7326]

What if your battery get replaced with faulty one ?

[@78anant420]

This is definitely the future. The govt is not promoting it enough and therefore shooting itself in the foot. EV+Solar electricity is the new oil

[@MANIKANDAN-jb1gx]

👌🙏

[@lathiefari]

Do a new review for today

[@indian1889]

Got my ola S1 pro delivered

[@seenidev]

Coimbatore!!!!

[@vaibhavchavan9779]

Ev should come with replaceable batteries. Because spending hours of time at charging stations would not be affordable. "Time is money." For battery replacement will take minimum time not more than 10 to 15 mins if at the time of manufacturing ... Battery placement should be in that order to replace it easily.

[@LUIZROSHAN]

Dear all , top up is not good it will effect the battery cycle . Each li ion battery is having 2000 cycle usually . So better charge the car at 10% Nd Charge till 100% . So don't do like this .

[@pampabachar6118]

#gogreen#goelectric#goindia Go green go electric go India 🇮🇳 Save money and save climate.... Jai hind 🇮🇳 Bharat Mata ki jay..... Ratan Tata jindabad..... World leader Narendra Modi ji jindabad ❤️🇮🇳

[@DarshanRayate1]

😄👍⚡

[@deepakjoshi3570]

Tata is capable to do...one charge must reach about 1500 km . Two in one electric and hydrogen both to gather Eliminate desiel and petrol.not only tata but all brand vehicle 💕

[@PremKumar-ky2qq]

One charge 1500 km can be done most can't afford, no limit to ones range anxiety 😕 practically tell me within city use or inter city can someone drive 1500 km non stop 🤔 without access to charge where are you planning to drive to some desert?

[@3226222]

2.5 Rs around 1km.🤔 Then why not petrol CNg...????

[@CHIEF_420]

#futurefarming

[@arunbasantia1713]

Sir you have not calculated the time waster for pre planning of tour

[@pushpindersingh1819]

We need at least 600 km range then it will be a sure shot hit.

[@myfoodvlogstelugu321]

Tata tigore ev price

[@saurav5233]

Sir it was indeed a very articulated documentary. Thanks to you. But given that the govt wants to promote EVs, it doesnt make sense spending so much time at an charging station. The stations have max 3 to 4 points and what if you see a bunch of cars already plugged in? EV OEMS should either install far more charging points like they’ve got in China OR reduce charging time to 80pc to 10/15mins. Plus whats the fuzz of using a smartphone for charging,it could have been done without it, what if one has lost his phone or some other mishap. The premium we pay on combustion cars is totally worth the tension and stress one has to go thru when driving an ev on long haul. Till then EVs are a NO buy. I say EVs have a long way to go before they become feasible for an everyday joe. I had big, really big hopes on EVs myself but now I’ll wait for hydrogen fuel cell cars to takeover till the EV comes of age.

[@Riseabovewwe]

cng cars r cheaper and would cover 375 km in less cost than this. also don't forget the time you'll save as it takes 2 mins to refuel it fully. that's why electric cars dont make sense in india as cng is available and much more budget friendly and most of india's population wants a car around 6-10 lakhs max

[@arunbasantia1713]

Time also money

[@senthilkumarn4u]

Is CNG good option...?

[@pluginIndia]

Better than diesel and petrol. But still not as clean as EV.

[@senthilkumarn4u]

@@pluginIndia yeah agree and thanks for the response...👍🙏

[@nagabala5011]

@@pluginIndia we need to sacrifice boot space for installing cng 🙄

[@saifunazar322]

Nooo

[@nagabala5011]

@@saifunazar322 why noo ?

[@mohsinsharif17]

My cng car does the same km in 900rs

[@commonman8370]

From where electricity coming? Solar ?

[@commonman8370]

@@nujjigram untill we generate electricity from green energy it shouldn't be considered as non polution car.

[@commonman8370]

@@nujjigram in video at 9.20 petrol car mentioned as pollution car. But EV mentioned as electric car. Imagine consumption of power in upcoming years when we start using EVs.

[@AmitKumar-yi5rs]

Tellus power green company charegers are best

[@rajasekarand5238]

What is big thing even Automatic cars are comfortable to drive .But running cost is little high .