MG Motor Launches 'ZS EV' Electric SUV With 340Km Range in India

A late aspirant into the Indian market, British automotive brand, MG Motor, has followed upwardly on its Hector compact SUV with the launch of the ZS EV, a 5-seater electrical vehicle that volition go along sale in the country next calendar month. It volition initially be bachelor merely in Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Bombay, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru before peradventure making its way to other major cities around the country, although, there's no give-and-take on that for at present.

The ZS EV comes with an electric motor that makes 143PS of max power and 353Nm of acme torque. It as well has a 44.5kWh battery pack that the company claims can exist charged from 0-80 per centum in just forty minutes using a 50kW fast charger that the company plans to make available at its dealerships in the aforementioned cities. Information technology will also have a arranged 7.4kWh AC charger that the visitor says will exist able to charge the battery fully in 6-8 hours. Once fully-charge, it will have a range of around 340kms, claimed the visitor.

MG Motor Launches 'ZS EV' Electric SUV With 340Km Range in India — Image Courtesy: MG Motor

The ZS is expected to compete with the likes of Hyundai Kona Electrical, which was launched in India by the South Korean company earlier this year. It is slightly bigger that the Hyundai vehicle in terms of its length, width and height, but the latter has a slightly longer wheelbase that could give it some added stability on the highways.

While MG is even so to officially reveal the pricing of the ZS EV, online churr suggests that information technology might be priced at effectually Rs. 25 lakh, which is about the aforementioned as the launch price of the Hyundai Kona. If the rumors practise plough out to be correct, it volition be interesting to run across which 1 will take the honors when the dust settles.