Dispatches from the electric highway
Notes from our September 2025 South India trip
This is the final part of a six-part series which documented our 6,000-km trip from Delhi to Kerala and back. You can read an introduction (the why, where and how) to the series. And you can find our journey here: Delhi to Bengaluru; Bengaluru to Varkala; Varkala to Hyderabad; Hyderabad to Delhi.
Our motive in a few words: to show you that it’s not just possible to do these long trips on an EV vehicle, but it’s pretty easy and the cost effective. But, it was also to see, from the ground-up, the growth and trends in charging infrastructure.
Here at ExpwithEVs, we’ve been following the charging infrastructure through the painstaking collection of data. But, spreadsheets and graphs can only show so much. When on the ground, one can see this data in action: whether it is paucity of certain types of chargers, the hopes and challenges of running a charging point, and broad trends as to what type of service provider is succeeding in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
Here’s an index of our observations and thoughts drawn out from our extensive trip.
Housekeeping
We will be at IESA’s Energy Storage Week in New Delhi on 10th July 2026. Say hi if you are around.
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Index
Chargers Visited
Delhi to Bengaluru Section
We found three non working chargers and had to queue up at only one charger. We shared the charger at three instances.
Bengaluru to Hyderabad section (Via Kerala)
In South India, we encountered only two chargers that weren’t working. And only three places where we had to share the charger.
Hyderabad to New Delhi
Charging in Hyderabad was a challenge. It was smooth sailing afterward, with a solo shared charging session in Agra.
You can find the arrival and departure SoCs, money spent, time spent and more details on this Google sheet.
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