Some of the longest EV trips in India are family trips: a wedding three towns away, a temple circuit, a weekend in the hills. They also come with long stops — and a long stop is the best time to charge on AC power.
Charge while you're inside
Book NearPlug by the hour, up to seven hours. Four hours costs ₹240 on a 15A socket (about 13 kWh) or ₹480 on a 7.2 kW wallbox (about 29 kWh) at Tamil Nadu rates — every state has its own hourly rate. That covers a wedding muhurtham and lunch, or a long darshan queue.
On the way through, a single hour — ₹60 on a socket — tops you up over a meal break. Running late? Extend in one tap before your time is up; overstaying without extending costs 2× the hourly rate.
Plan the trip
- Check where you'll stop. Say Hi to NearPlug and share a pin at your destination — the wedding hall, the temple town — rather than where you are now. You'll see a route-preview map of spots within 30 km of that pin.
- Request when you're under an hour away. The host confirms before you pay, and from payment you have 60 minutes to arrive and plug in.
- Charge before hill roads. Ghat roads up to a hill station use a lot of energy on the way up. Top up in the town at the foot of the hill.
- Bring the right cable. For socket spots, carry the portable charger that came with your EV. Wallbox spots say whether the host provides a cable.
Hosting a wedding or running a hall?
Guests arriving in EVs will park for hours anyway. List the hall's 15A socket or wallbox on NearPlug and earn on every booking — see how hosting works.