Mumbai to Ahmedabad on electric power: a 520 km corridor, mapped
Two stops, six hours of driving, roughly ₹1,600 of energy. The current state of the western corridor.
The Mumbai–Ahmedabad run on NH-48 is 520 km of the best-served EV corridor in western India. It is comfortably a two-stop drive on any modern car.
Leg one: Mumbai to Vapi, 170 km
Start full. Leaving Andheri or BKC at 90% means you reach Vapi with roughly 40% left, even accounting for the crawl out of the city. Charge here to 80% — about twenty minutes on a fast bay.
Leg two: Vapi to Vadodara, 200 km
The best-surfaced stretch of the drive. Cruise at 90 to 100 km/h rather than 120 — the range penalty above 100 km/h is steep, and the time saved is smaller than the extra charging stop it forces.
Leg three: Vadodara to Ahmedabad, 110 km
Short and easy. Arrive with 30% or more and charge at the SG Highway hub, which runs ten bays and rarely queues outside peak evening.
Costs
Roughly 85 kWh across the drive at corridor tariffs of ₹19 to ₹20 per unit, plus tax: about ₹1,900. Petrol equivalent for the same 520 km is around ₹4,400.
Timing
Six hours of driving plus roughly 50 minutes of charging. Leave at 6 AM, arrive around 1 PM with a proper lunch stop included.
The honest caveat
This corridor works. Deviate off NH-48 into the interior and coverage drops sharply. Plan the return leg before you commit to a detour, and keep the 15% arrival margin.