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My uncle owns MG EV. What we have observed is that only when we go through rural or village roads, (places where it's generally silent and less crowded) do we need to honk specifically.
Otherwise honking is just like any other ICE car.

It isn’t. 7kW chargers take 32A iirc whereas 16A is that taken by 3kW chargers the likes of which are supplied by Tata for nexon EV.

AC charging depends on vehicle inverter so even if I try to use a 7kW charger with Nexon, max charge rate will be 3kW because the inverter in car is rated for 3kW. Kona and MG also offer 7kW charging and the emergency charger is the same 3kW one as is the default charger for Nexon (which you can carry in boot)



I Pace, being a bigger car, with a bigger battery, would take 2x as long to charge at 3kW compared to 7kW. Nexon is 30kWh so worst case with 10% battery, you take 9h for full charge. This 7kW charger is bigger and mounted on wall. Can’t be taken in boot.

I Pace is 90kWh (3x bigger battery) so if used with 3kW charger (16A as mentioned here) it would take 3x as long as Nexon to charge from 10% to 100% ie 27 hours. 7kW cuts it to half at 14h for.

Some teslas even come with 11kW (I think Audi e tron does too) and 22kW AC charging. Again, it just makes it faster to fill ginormous batteries overnight. Lucid air with nearly 120kWh battery would take 40h to charge on Nexon charger but 6h on 22kW.

Congratulations on the iPace! Was blown away by the torque when I rode in one. Would highly recommend getting a 7kW charger and separate meter for EVs at your Bangalore home. I used to think Jaguar provided one with their cars! At least Hyundai and MG do. It will make things far easier as it has for me.

I do not feel any difference in crowded streets. I have not found any need for additional honking. I was informed that the car creates an artificial noise when it senses people close by to alert pedestrians. I have never really got a chance to validate it though, but considering that I never had to honk, I would assume somethings just work.

You are right. The car looks way different in reality. The tyres are 19inch tyres, it is big. But bcs of the sports car styling, it looks small in picture.

My understanding is that if your connected load at the house is more than 7.5 irrespective of whether you have a charger or not, you have to upgrade to 3 phase. In my case since the charger itself is 7.5 KW there is no way, I can keep the connected load less than that limit. Happy to stand corrected. btw, I was initially, told that a single phase is enough. Either way, I did not pursue it hard.

I dont think you should worry. I have covered 4000 km in last 1.5 months. Multiple trips to bangalore and Cochin, one trip to ooty. But never had a serious challenge. But yes, you need a bit of planning.

Yes, Jag provided 7.4 KW charger. But I think each apartment will soon have its own 50KW fast chargers soon. The cost of the charger as such is not high anymore. But getting space in apartments is. Btw, I would always recommend connecting it to the same meter at home because the way things are going, the next thing you will set up is a solar panel connected to the grid. The roi numbers work better when you are net zero and not surplus.

Just a small correction in your terminology use. An inverter converts DC to AC and in the case of EVs, it is called onboard charger which converts AC to DC and is used to charge the battery.

However inverters are used in EVs on propulsion side ie. to invert DC from battery to supply AC propulsion motors.

Many Congratulations! Whole heartedly waiting for 10K review very soon.

Can the car be charged when it is raining, assuming you do not have a cover in the charging area?

The charging unit/box has to be covered from rain, but the car itself can be outside in rain. The point where the charging plug connects to car is water proof. Almost every public car charging on the highway works like that.

I do not have a covered car park in the front of the house, but I set up a covered car park behind covering both charger and the car. I did not want to leave the car in heavy summer.