MG Motor India opens Superfast public EV charging station in Surat

Surat: MG Motor India and Fortum Charge & Drive India (Fortum) have deployed a 50 kW Superfast public EV charging station in Surat, Gujarat.

MG Motor’s has till now, with partnership of Charge Point Operators like Fortum Charge & Drive India has installed 44 superfast charging stations across 41 cities in India across its dealer networks.

Compatible with all CCS fast-charging standard vehicles, the Surat charging station will offer charging to all compatible EV customers. MG ZS EV – India’s First Pure Electric Internet SUV – can be charged from 0 to 80% in 40 minutes with the superfast charging station.

MG Motor India and Fortum had announced their partnership in 2019. Since then, the carmaker and Fortum have built a network of 13 DC chargers across Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mohali, Surat, and Ahmedabad.

Commenting on this inauguration, Awadhesh Kumar Jha – Executive Director, Fortum Charge & Drive India, said, With this charger on Fortum Charge & Drive network, an EV user can travel between Ahmedabad and Surat without any range anxiety as both the cities have Fortum chargers.

Gaurav Gupta, Chief Commercial Officer, MG Motor India, said, “After launching the ZS EV in 6 more cities in 2021, the MG ZS EV is now available across 37 Indian cities.”