
Picture this. It is 11 PM on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway. Your car suddenly loses power and rolls to a stop on the hard shoulder. The fuel gauge shows empty. Your spare tyre is flat. There is no mechanic in sight and the nearest town is 40 kilometres away. This is not a scenario from a […]

Owning an electric vehicle in India in 2026 means joining a still-maturing ownership category where good information is harder to find than it should be. Petrol car maintenance has decades of shared owner knowledge behind it. EV maintenance is newer territory — and the gap between what owners assume and what their vehicle actually needs […]

Something changed at petrol pumps across India in 2025 and 2026. You may have noticed different pump labels. The petrol you are filling today is not the same petrol that was available three years ago. It contains ethanol — and the proportion of that ethanol has been increasing steadily as India accelerates one of the […]

Electric vehicles crossed 5 percent of India’s new passenger vehicle registrations in early 2026 — a milestone that reflects a permanent shift in how Indian drivers think about ownership, running costs, and environmental responsibility. The Tata Nexon EV, Tata Punch EV, Mahindra BE 6, MG Windsor, and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are now everyday sights on […]

NH 9 is one of India’s most strategically significant east-west national highways — a 954-kilometre corridor running from Fazilka in Punjab through Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh all the way to the Gori Ganga Bridge at Askot in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. It is also one of the most diverse highway routes in northern India. The […]

Electric vehicles are no longer a futuristic concept. In 2026, EVs have become a common sight on Indian roads, with more drivers choosing them for their lower running costs, environmental benefits, and advanced technology. However, owning an electric vehicle comes with its own maintenance requirements. Many drivers assume that EVs require no maintenance because they […]

Running out of charge on a highway or getting stranded with a dead EV battery is more common than most drivers expect. As electric vehicles become mainstream across India and globally, the need for reliable EV charging and towing assistance has never been more urgent. At Crossroads Helpline, we have helped hundreds of EV owners […]