2020 MG ZS EV

The car performs as expected. One charge range is around 260-270 kms on highways at 100 km/h with air-conditioning turned on. The range increases to 300-310 kms if speed is reduced to 80 km/h on highways with air-conditioning turned on. In city conditions, if driven on a light foot at a speed up to a max of 65 km/h, the range increases to 345-355 kms with air-conditioning turned on. The range increases by about 15% for full charge if air-conditioning is turned off. I have done 2 trips to Chennai and back from my home town (erode) which is around 420-430 kms away, With one stop of 30-40 minutes for charging in a 50kw charger during which I have my breakfast in the hotel right next to it. The total cost worked out to around Rs.1.5/ per km when you when you average the charging cost done at home with the charge done at the highway using the 50kw charger. The cost reduces further to Rs. 0.70 - 0.80 paise if charged only at home during everyday use. It makes sense to buy an EV only if you do a minimum of 1700-2000 kms per month. If your monthly running is any lesser, It would make more sense to buy a petrol car and use the extra money that would have been used to buy the EV on fuel. A lot of charging stations are coming up on highways which would make it easier to travel in an EV. The only catch is you have to plan an extra hour in your travel time for charging which I personally feel is ok, when you consider the money saved on fuel. I personally would have shelled out Rs.7500/- on a round trip of 1000 kms using my ICE car. I paid a total of Rs.1500-1600/- on the same round trip combining the charging cost at home with the charge done at the public charging station.