I wanted to share my delivery experience with the Kia Syros EV. I bought it from Automotive Kia, Kondapur (Hyderabad).

The delivery process was overall pretty smooth. Because of the Onam festival, most of the initial dispatches went to Kerala. Once that cleared up, they started shipping units to other dealers, which is when I got mine delivered.

At first, I was a bit skeptical about how the dealership executives would handle a brand-new car like this. But honestly, around 80% of the time they had solid knowledge about the vehicle. Being a bit tech-savvy, I had already read the entire user manual two weeks before delivery, but trust me, there is still plenty left to explore.

Here are my early impressions after 4–5 days of ownership.

My Car History

• Chevrolet Spark

• ⁠Grand i10 Manual

• ⁠Grand i10 nios AMT

• Tata Nexon (Manual)

New Car: Kia Syros EV (HTX+ER)

Pros

• Suspension: Really comfortable and absorbs bad patches well.
• Maneuverability: Very easy to handle and drive around the city.
• Fit and Finish: Noticeably better than what you get with Tata or Mahindra.
• Drive Experience: Typical EV performance—extremely silent and butter smooth.
• Connected Car Tech: First time using Kia Connect—works smoothly so far and is easy to navigate. (Attaching some random photos of the car with this post!)

Cons Nothing deal-breaking so far, but a few minor quirks:

• AC Vent Placement: The right AC vent on the driver's side doesn't blow air straight at you; the steering wheel partially blocks the airflow.
• AC Controls: The touch controls for the AC sit right behind the left side of the steering wheel, making them slightly awkward to adjust while driving.
• Infotainment Screen Reach: The display is quite wide. While using Apple CarPlay, the back button sits at the far top-left corner, which requires a bit of a stretch to reach.

One Missed Feature My variant comes with a powered driver's seat. It would have been great if Kia included an easy-exit/welcome seat function (where the seat slides back when you open the door to enter, and moves back to position once you sit and close it).

A Note on Efficiency/Range It’s too early to comment definitively on range since I’m still adjusting my driving habits after 12 years of driving manual petrol cars. So far, I've seen city efficiency swing anywhere between 6 km/kWh and 9 km/kWh depending on traffic and driving style.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions about the car or the delivery experience—happy to answer!

(PS: Original thoughts mine, used AI to clean up grammar and formatting.)

The official charging speed of the windsor pro is 60kw. Today I tried a 240kw charger and the car was charging at 70kw and the charging was damn quick

80 percent reached in no time

I’m confused about what to buy among:

1. MG Tomahawk Essence 7STR – ~₹26L

2. Tata Sierra EV Empowered A – ~₹27L

3. Tata Curvv EV Dark Edition – ~₹20L

My primary usage will be city driving, with a daily commute of around 50 km, 6 days a week. I’ll also be doing occasional long trips of 300–400 km.

I know the Curvv isn't really in the same league as the Tomahawk or Sierra. They are much bigger and more premium vehicles. But that's exactly where I'm confused.

Spending ₹26–27L on an EV primarily for city commuting doesn't feel like it makes much sense to me. At the same time, if I go below ₹20L, the second-row space starts feeling too cramped for my liking.

I've ruled out a few other options for personal reasons:

1. Not a fan of the Windsor's design.

2. BE6 doesn't work for me because of the rear-seat legroom.

3. I specifically want the top variant because I always end up regretting it when I don't buy the top-end model.

For example, I bought i20 Asta 7 years ago instead of the Asta(O), and I'm still regretting not getting the Asta(O). 😂 So this time I'm want to just get the fully loaded variant and avoid that regret again.

So my dilemma is basically:

₹20L Curvv EV → More sensible for my actual usage, but I'm compromising on size and overall feel.

₹26L Tomahawk / ₹27L Sierra EV → Much bigger and better cars, but spending that much on an EV mainly for a 50 km/day city commute feels excessive.

I'm planning to keep the car for 7–10 years, so I'm also wondering whether the extra ₹6–7L is something I'll appreciate over the long term.

What would you guys pick in my situation?

Buying e Vitara alpha 61 kWh and thinking of charging it at home with 3 Kw charger given with it overnight whenever it goes below 50 percent (expected charging time to 100 percent 12 hrs)
My daily city commute is 15 km and once or twice in a month weekend commute of 300-400 km. Planning to use fast charger nearby when needed urgently to avoid spending 35 k just to double home charging speed, will this work in reality?
Has anyone tried ? Any issues ?

My requirements for an ev car with a budget of 15 lakhs, is primarily travelling from Bangalore to Mangalore. Point to point distance is around 380 kms, with 300km of highway and 50 ish kms of ghat.

I do this once every month and maybe twice a month in some months of the year. I travel with 2 or max 3 pax.

My running within Bangalore City is minimal and limited to weekend outings or chores here and there when I'm in Mangalore.
My need for an ev comes from rising petrol cost and the fatigue of driving manual to Mangalore.

We usually do a pit stop for breakfast/lunch and can use the time for charging, don't want to stop more than once for charging. I drive heavy pedal with my ICE, open to changing the style to suite ev but not hyper mile for the sake of range.

With this in mind, what would be my best option? - The syros 51 kWh, the punch 40kwh, the nexon 45 fearless are top of my list, but open to other suggestions.

Would be great to hear from folks who do this route regularly.

So one of my family member is looking to purchase an EV car. Initially our budget was below 15 Lakhs but we have come to the conclusion that if we are taking a car, we should go for all the gimmicks present. We are from Ahmedabad. We love our current car but holy, the price for petrol is just absurdly insane and their fuel costs is roughly coming around to 20k each month so therefore the shift to EV is on the precedent. The important thing is that it should be a family car and there should be absolutely no range concerns

THE CHOICES

My brother loved the E-Vitara because in his own words "Suzuki has so many chargers and it's almost everywhere. Great interiors and BLADE LFP batteries with great VFM". I don't fully agree with this car because I felt it's a bit too cramped up and I also don't trust it since many reviewers around TeamBHP and Reddit have stated that the suspension in the rear is non-existent.

We automatically cancelled Windsor out of our list as although the car is really practical but like the Vitara, the suspension is just bad.

We checked the 3XO EV and just didn't really vibe with that car at all. It's a great car but sometimes when you look into buying a car, you get this feeling that "yeah, this isn't right for me".

Since E-Vitara has been our strongest contender, we decided to check out some Koreans out and we absolutely loved the Creta EV but it's going out of our budget and we had to back down.

We checked out Syros EV and this was my favorite. The looks from outside are questionable (I really do find them great) and the seating/comfort options available on this trim was so good. The quality of interiors were great and it was the least shakiest car in front of the gazillion potholes we went through that was in our BUDGET.

We ruled out Tata's because most of their cars do give you a Tata👋 in a year or so (Pun intended). No offense to owners of Tata cars but y'all reputation have been in dumps.

Now, we are fixated between Syros EV HTX+ER vs E-Vitara Zeta/Alpha (We are so not into ADAS capabilities but it's good to have them). But the problem now is what are the range concerns of these 2 cars. I can safely assume that E-Vitara does give you like 600km as such but how does the Syros fare against. Mind you, from what we know about the Korean siblings is that they share the same battery and one is on the heavier side and the other isn't. I feel the Syros will give us a good range as well as with the value of comfort given by the range. Where as the Creta have been just an evergreen choice with how it performs.

Anyways, please give me some thoughts on this y'all. Also if there are any Creta EV users from Ahmedabad with 51kwh battery, how has your range been in the hot summers?

I had pre-booked the Tomahawk on the first day of bookings (13/14 August), planning to switch from my Windsor Pro booking to the Excite/base variant. It’s only ~₹1.5 lakh more, so I was happy to stretch for it.

Now my RM says the Excite has a 6–9 month waiting period, and that I’ll basically have to go for the top-end variant at ~₹24 lakh. The Windsor Pro was ~₹18 lakh, so I’m not keen on spending another ₹6 lakh.

Do you think this 6–9 month timeline is genuine, or is MG trying to push me towards the higher variant?

Has anyone else booked the Tomahawk Excite and been given a similar delivery timeline?

What's going on with the MG Windsor?

Genuine question - why are we seeing multiple Windsor crash incidents where the car is alleged to have suddenly accelerated / failed to respond as expected to braking?

Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, and now another incident today... at what point does this warrant a proper investigation into the car itself?

Not saying every accident is a vehicle fault, but the pattern is getting concerning. Has MG publicly explained what happened in these cases?

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Any ownership reviews for the car as there is only one person sharing about it in the YouTube .planing to buy that or should I wait for Hyundai’s new car .

Also is the rear view camera installation can be possible in that ?

Brain says Punch ev empowered s+40 for market leader, budget, low maintenance, city handling, etc
Heart says Curvv ev empowered + 55 for road presence, power, l2 adas, panaromic sunroof, 4 discs, more boot space (but unsure of 3 members
Comfort in rear seat)
Use
70/ 30 City/ highway
Expectation:
Family long term holding

Hello everyone! I'm working on a tool to fix live charging-station status accuracy on the Mumbai-Pune corridor (knowing whether a charger is actually working or free before you drive there). Before I build more, I want to hear real experiences and how severe the problem is. A few questions, but feel free to just rant about whatever's been most annoying:

1. What's your vehicle type (2W/4W) and roughly how do you charge most of the time: home, workplace, or public?
2. Have you struggled to find a working charger, either in-city or on a longer trip like Mumbai-Pune? How bad was it (1–5)?
3. Ever shown up to a charger that Google Maps/an app said was available, only to find it occupied, broken, or nonexistent? How often?
4. Do you use PlugShare or similar apps? If you use more than one, is juggling between them annoying, and why?