The status of EV infrastructure in India

Recently went on a road trip to Chennai on my Citroen EC3 from Ecoland? Farms @Berigai near? Hosur. This was my first long road trip and here was some tough learnings . ?I had done my research and identified the stops near Pallikonda and Vellore as points for recharge.?? The road trip was planned for 5 hours with an hour for charging based on the posts and videos that I had read or seen but I ended up spending 3 hours for charging instead of 1 hour because the Tata Charging Station in Ambur did not work for my Citroen? EC3 and by the time I got to the next station which had a lower maximum KWH output capacity it took a bit more time to charge fully as I did not want to take a chance till I made it to Chennai

Know what is the distance and? optimum charging capacity for your car and plan accordingly. EC3 works well with 30 Kwh charging points and requires less time to charge upto 85% and? charging above 85%? takes inordinate amounts of time.

There are mainly three major players in this space? in the region - Tata, Relux and Zeon and some other upcoming players.

There not a single app that consolidates all these providers? and gives? up to date information so you need all these different apps as even the aggregators like Pulse are not comprehensive

Some of the Tata and Relux stations have outdated software or the charging points? so my EC3 would not charge

Some EV stations show up on Google and Relux near Pallikonda has been defunct and this is tough to figure out in advance so always rely on the charging? app not Google.

The ZEON stations were good and worked as stated in the app but? the others left a lot to be desired

Always have a back up option within your range of the car if one station does not work or there is waiting time since only Tata allows for advanced reservation.

Please do put comments when you use the app so the next person has information that will help them make decisions or put in a complaint so the next traveler has it easier thanks to you.

?Happy EV tripping and lease share your experiences