The MG eZS will the second car from MG Motors which is an all electric SUV meant to rival the Hyundai Kona and will launch in our country by the year end.
MG Motors dropped a teaser of the eZS, their second offering for the Indian market, a couple of weeks back on their social media page. We know that the MG eZS is a mid-size electric SUV which is coming to our shores by this year end. Now, CarBlog India reader, Himanshu has provided us with some fresh spy shots of an undisguised eZS doing testing rounds in Delhi.
The MG eZS will be the company’s second offering in India after the Hector. MG claims that the car can do a run of over 250 km on a single charge, although the company is yet to reveal full technical specifications about the car. MG has also said that they will reach out to their Indian target customers and educate them about electric vehicles, also addressing concerns like range anxiety and charging infrastructure.
The eZS would come into the country through the CKD route and would be locally assembled at the company’s plant in Halol, Gujarat. MG Motors is also expected to provide home and fast charging solutions as a part of the deal. In fact, MG Motors have joined hands with Fortum India to set up DC Fast Charging infrastructure (50 KW) in the country. According to the deal, Fortum will install 50 KW CCS/CHAdeMO DC fast Public Charging Stations across MG’s showrooms in 5 cities including Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad by September this year.
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Although MG Motors have not announced the technical details of the India-spec eZS, the car is already on sale in the UK. It uses an electric motor which produces 141 bhp and 353 Nm of peak torque. The motor is powered by a 44.5kWh lithium-ion battery pack that can be charged up to 80 per cent in 43 minutes when plugged into a 50 kW fast charger. When charged with a domestic 7 kW wall box, the charging time extends to six and a half hours.
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The MG eZS will directly go against the Hyundai Kona which was also launched some time ago. It is expected to be priced in the range of Rs. 20-23 lakhs, with its launch likely to happen sometime around December. Yes, a lot of work needs to be done on the infrastructure front but as MG has dropped a teaser of the eZS, we will soon see many of these on our roads.
