ChargeZone

Chandraprakash G | 2024-Jan-02

Chandraprakash G
Charge zone logo
Charge zone app store app
Charge zone android app

Overview

There are only around half a dozen ChargeZone stations in Tamilnadu and they are installed mostly in 3/5 star hotels and seems to be expanding slowly.

Make: Ador Diagatron
Dual CCS2 guns: Yes

RFID Card: Yes
RFID Key tag: No

Charging station and cost

Charging station setup

DC - 2 x 60 kW
(Load shared between two CCS2 guns)

Cost

DC - 60 kW

₹21 + 18% GST = ₹24.78 / kWh

₹18 + 18% GST = ₹21.24 / kWh (Only for MG, Kia & Hyundai)

Distribution

List of charging stations in TN

1. The Westin, Velachery
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

2. Sheraton Grand, ECR
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

3. Fairfield by Mariott, Sriperumbudur
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

4. Fairfield by Mariott, Coimbatore
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

5. Courtyard by Mariott, Trichy
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

6. Courtyard by Mariott, Madurai
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

1. Cafe coffee day, Vellore
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

2. Audi e-tron, MMRDA Pay & Park, Mumbai
PlugShare | GoogleMaps

Note:
Recently created charging stations are shown in Bold

Charge zone charging stations in TN

ChargeZone supercharging station at Café Coffee Day is located on Bangalore-Chennai side where as the Aaryas, Zeon charging station is located at Chennai-Bangalore side.

Pros

1. All their stations have Dual CC2 with load shared machines (2 x 60 kW), which is mandatory to avoid significant waiting time for EVs arriving to charge

2. Neatly maintained charging bays which are protected while not in use to avoid other vehicles blocking the charging bays

Also all their stations have a large cover to the top and kept nice and clean.

3. RFID card is provided by ChargeZone, which makes the process much quicker to initiate and stop the charging rather than fiddling with their app which takes time to initiate

4. India’s first Charge zone 360 kW supercharging station in Cafe coffee day, Vellore which also has a EV truck bay for charging

Cons

Some of the instances getting ICEd by the owning hotel itself is pretty bad, I hope they are educated to park at other places and not at these charging bays as there were like 50+ parking slots free at the time of taking this picture

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