No, not across India. Electric cars pay full toll at every National Highways Authority of India plaza, exactly like petrol and diesel cars. Electric vehicle toll-free status only gets a yes in Maharashtra, which waives toll for passenger EVs and electric buses on three major routes. Everything else green number plates, purchase subsidies, road tax … Read more

No. Neither a Tesla nor any other fully electric car has a catalytic converter, because neither has an engine or an exhaust system for one to clean. A catalytic converter exists purely to treat the toxic gases a petrol or diesel engine produces, and a battery electric vehicle like a Tesla Model 3, Tata Nexon … Read more

Yes. Switching an EV on while it is plugged in is safe, allowed by every mainstream manufacturer, and something owners do constantly. The car will run its screens, climate control and accessories quite happily. What it will not do is move, and there is a specific piece of engineering that makes sure of it. The … Read more

Lifetime, meaning fifteen years with unlimited kilometres, on the 40 kWh Punch EV for the first private owner. The 30 kWh version gets 8 years or 1,60,000 km instead. Two conditions decide whether you actually keep the lifetime cover, and one of them wipes it out completely if a second owner misses a single step. … Read more

Three companies sell more than eight out of every ten electric cars in India. That is the number that matters, and almost nobody puts it at the top of a page about electric vehicle companies in India. Directories list a hundred-plus names, government portals count several hundred manufacturers, and none of it tells you who … Read more

Uttar Pradesh has one of the more generous electric vehicle policies in the country on paper, and one of the more confusing ones in practice. The headline numbers you will find quoted everywhere, up to ₹1 lakh off a car and a full road tax waiver, come from a document written in 2022. Parts of … Read more

Yes, leaving an electric car charging overnight is completely safe. Modern EVs stop drawing power automatically once the battery is full, so there’s no risk of overcharging, overheating, or fire from leaving it plugged in while you sleep. Overnight home charging is actually how most EV owners charge every day. The only real consideration isn’t … Read more

An EV battery replacement in India typically costs between ₹4 lakh and ₹8 lakh, depending on the size of the pack and the car it goes into. That’s a big number, and it’s the single thing that worries most EV buyers. But here’s the part that gets lost in the panic: almost no one actually … Read more

Before stsrting hi i am Gagan EV Certified engineer, full-time Author on EV Unlock. In this era, a technology in EVs that is very famous is known as Battery Swapping. This technology works You drive into a swap station, a depleted pack comes out, a charged pack goes in, and you’re back on the road … Read more

An EV battery doesn’t die when it leaves your car. It retires. When a pack drops to around 70 to 80 percent of its original capacity, it’s no longer ideal for driving range, but it still holds enough energy to do useful work for another decade in a different job. After that, it gets recycled, … Read more