ChargeZone Supercharging stations

Chandraprakash G | 2024-Jan-02

Chandraprakash G
Charge zone charging stations in Tamilnadu
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Overview

There are only two ChargeZone supercharging stations in India and they seem to have plans to expand these supercharging stations on strategic routes between the frequented cities and on GQ especially for EV trucks which charges at >250 kW with dedicated truck bays.

Make: Star Charge
Dual CCS2 guns: Yes

RFID Card: Yes
RFID Key tag: No

Supercharging station and cost

Supercharging station setup

DC
1 x 360 kW
(Trucks & >150 kW capable EVs only)

2 x 300 kW
(Load balanced between 2 CCS guns)

2 x 300 kW
(Load balanced between 2 CCS guns)

Cost

DC - 360 kW
Cost is same as all other charge zone stations

₹21 + 18% GST = ₹24.78 / kWh
₹18 + 18% GST = ₹21.24 / kWh (Only for MG, Kia & Hyundai)

Distribution

360 kW Supercharging stations

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

Supercharging stations

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

There are 3 machines, each capable of 360 kW peak, presently only one machine with single gun is fully unlocked to 360 kW peak for charging trucks and 800V architecture EVs.

Initially Machine 1 & 3 are also fully unlocked to 360 kW to share load between two CCS guns but later they are locked out at 300 kW, probably to save thousands of ₹ on Fixed cost.

For example:
₹138/kW is charged as fixed cost for HT Load >112kW by TNEB

Earlier:
360 kW x 3 = 1080 kW * ₹138 = ₹1,49,040

Now:
360 kW + 300 kW + 300 kW = 960 kW * ₹138 = ₹1,32,480

Meaning even if 1 kWh is not consumed by this charging station for a month, it still need to pay ₹1,32,480 every month to TNEB as fixed cost.

So by locking out the two machines at 300 kW, 120 kW of load can be reduced taking from TNEB, thus Chargezone could save ₹16,560 every month.

It makes sense as EVs with 800V architecture are quite less compared to mass produced 400V ones, additionally even if the truck is being charged at the 360 kW station, other 800V EV could still tap 150 kW from single gun in other machines.

May be in future if there is enough need, then remaining two stations can also be unlocked to it’s fullest 360 kW.

1st 360 kW supercharging station by ChargeZone in India

These two stations with just 10 km apart that too on opposite side are perfect for EV users to utilize it while roundtripping Chennai-Bangalore or vice versa

ChargeZone app showing the supercharging station

2nd 360 kW supercharging station by ChargeZone

ChargeZone app showing the supercharging station