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Petrol, CNG or EV: which one actually costs less? I've owned all three: a Hyundai Santro Xing on a CNG kit, a Honda City CVT on petrol, and now a Suzuki eVitara EV. Running costs range from ₹6.6 per km in my Honda City on the highway down to ₹1.2 per km in my eVitara charged at home. But an EV costs more to buy, so here's the full picture: running cost, purchase price, break-even, daily life, and who should buy what.

How to do DC Charging: Suzuki eVitara  20% battery, evening drive home, and a choice: charge at home for about 8 hours (and get up at 3 AM to switch it off), or try the DC fast charger at a Nexa showroom. I tried Nexa DC for the first time with my Suzuki eVitara. My battery went from 23% to 80% in about 39 minutes and the bill was ₹716 . Here's exactly how to start a session, what it cost compared with home charging and petrol, and the 4 things to know before your first visit.

New Car - PPF or ceramic coating?  New car, first big question: PPF or ceramic coating? Full-body PPF on an SUV can cost roughly ₹1.2 lakh to ₹3 lakh or more. I chose 3M Graphene + Ceramic coating for my Suzuki eVitara, and it cost me ₹26,000 . Here's what each option actually does, the process on my car, and the one thing coating simply can't do.

Best EVs under ₹20 lakh (festive 2026). A Tata Nexon.ev for ₹8.99 lakh? Not really. Its real ex-showroom price is ₹14.34 lakh; the rest is battery rent. This festival season there are 11 electric cars under ₹20 lakh in India, and the headline prices can be confusing. I own a Suzuki eVitara and test-drove six of these. Here's every option in two budgets, the Battery-as-a-Service maths, and my honest picks.

Made in India - sold in ~50 countries: Safety Rating eVitara  Five stars in India. Four in Europe, Australia and Japan. It's the same Suzuki eVitara, built at the same plant in Gujarat. So is it safe, and which rating should you trust? I own one, so I went through every published crash score. Here's what they actually say.

Suzuki eVitara REAL Range Test - Maruti Suzuki claims 543 km for the e Vitara's 61 kWh battery. I drove Pune to Mumbai and back with real traffic, AC on and two people in the car to find out what it actually does. The answer: about 480 km of real-world range, for ₹339 in electricity. Here's every number. The short answer Result Number Round-trip distance 287.7 km Battery used 60% (about 36.6 kWh) Real-world range on a full charge About 480 km Compared with the ARAI claim (543 km) 88% of the claim Electricity cost for the round trip About ₹339 (≈ ₹1.2 per km) How I ran the test I wanted a real owner's test, not a perfect-conditions one. So I simply drove the trip the way most people would: Car: Maruti Suzuki e Vitara, 61 kWh battery Route: Pune ⇄ Mumbai via the Mumbai–Pune Expressway, plus city traffic at both ends Load: 2 people and light luggage AC: on the whole time, set to 24°C Speed: cruise control at about 85 km/h on the expressway Da...