ZS EV to bring affordable version to Indian markets
MG Motor unveiled a second product. This product is the ZS EV in India. This has happened after in July they unveiled Hector that became instantly popular. The electric SUV has the same specs as that of MG GS model sold globally in multiple markets. The iconic brand from Britain now owned by the SAIC Motor Corp showed its model of ZS off in New Delhi on Thursday.
This vehicle has the capability of going to a distance of 340 km in one charge as per the claims of the company. This vehicle is going to compete directly against the Kona by Hyundai Motor and other brands that have electric SUVs in the country.
The vehicle comes with sky roof and also an air purifier which is inbuilt. The company is going to begin selling in just five cities. The cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
This model is going to be produced at the manufacturing facility of the company based in Halol Gujrat. The price that is being expected for MG ZS is going to be close to Rupees 25 lakh.
MG is going to go up against Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki, both of which control the market share of passenger vehicle as 2/3rd of all the vehicles had been sold till March were made by the two of them. However, only a fraction over 8,000 EVs had been sold in the past few years as per data.
MG has been working towards creation of an ecosystem for EV before they launched the ZS EV including the infrastructure for charging and other utilities.