MG Motor India sells 4,485 units in April'24, EVs account for 34% of total sales

MG Motor India has announced that they sold 4,485 units in April'24. The brand also revealed that 34 per cent of total sales came from electric vehicles. MG currently has two electric vehicles in its portfolio. There is Comet EV and ZS EV. The ICE portfolio includes Gloster, Hector, Hector Plus and Astor.

When it comes to the electric four-wheeler market, MG is currently second in terms of market share after Tata Motors. Back in February, the manufacturer updated its lineup with which the ZS EV and the Comet EV also got a few changes. The Comet EV has a new base variant and support for fast charging as well.

The new fast charging feature is available on the MG Comet EV’s new Excite FC and Exclusive FC variants. The new FC variants sit above the Executive, Excite and Exclusive variant nomenclature, which replaces the previous Push, Play and Pace. The new 7.4 kW AC fast charging option brings the charging time on the MG Comet to under 3.5 hours (0-100 per cent), as against 7 hours on a 3.3 kW AC charger. The range remains the same at 230 km on a single charge from the 17.3 kWh battery pack. The new fast-charging variants also get new features including rear disc brakes, electronic parking brake, ESC, hill-hold control, electrically foldable rearview mirrors finished in the body colour and a creep mode.

The ZS EV also got two new variants with the update. There is Excite Pro and Executive. The Executive is the new base variant while the Excite Pro is the mid-spec version. The prices of the electric crossover were also dropped.

MG ZS EV comes with a 50.3 kWh battery pack that has a claimed range of 461 km. The electric motor is mounted on the front axle and it produces 174 bhp of max power and 280 Nm of peak torque. While using 50 kW DC fast charging, the battery pack takes 60 minutes to go up from 0 to 80 per cent. The 7.4 kWh AC charger can take more than 8.5 hours to charge the battery pack.