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17th May 2021, 11:53 | #16 |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Really have to appreciate the guy's planning and determination. If I have to be very frank, I wouldn't like to do all that to do a simple drive down to Vizag. That is too much planning and calculation of range. Having a night halt would have not been required on regular cars. That is the problem with EVs, you need a lot of stuff running in your mind - Single pedal driving, regenerative braking, AC at 26 degrees, car not charging appropriately at times. I think this is all too much for a n average driver. I don't think my next upgrade would be an EV, not at what it is today. Let's say the range increases to 400 kms, that would still not be a great deal for me. |
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17th May 2021, 11:57 | #17 |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV A painful reminder of the fact that it will take a lot of time before a similar road trip can be arranged in Eastern India entirely in an Electric Vehicle: With a range of only 250 kilometers, starting from Kolkata, I cannot reach even Malda, forget Siliguri. I will have to spend a night (maybe two) in different hotels and ask them to share their electricity which I shall use to charge my vehicle overnight, which they may very well deny. Hope this gets changed soon. I do not have any problem waiting for 3 additional hours for charging (I may relax or sleep), but the prospect of saving money on fuel is too good of an incentive. |
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17th May 2021, 13:18 | #18 | |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Quote:
It clot of upto 270 kms | |
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17th May 2021, 13:45 | #19 | |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Quote:
If that isn't the case, they definitely should have comped his charging expenses, which would be least they could do. A free service (with interior detailing) would be more befitting, considering the amazing content he has given for TATA's marketing team. | |
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17th May 2021, 15:55 | #20 | |
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Total distance covered : 680KM. Total time of driving+charging : 14 +3 hrs. Total % of battery consumed : 270%. Range per % on average : 2.51 KM ( 250KM average in 100% battery). Highest range observed : Lap 1 160KM at 2.85KM per %. Lowest range observed : Lap 2 163KM at 2.17KM per %. Average speed of the trip including the breaks : 40KMPH, that's exactly the average we are getting while travelling along Kerala in an ICE hatchback, I have no idea on the route in the topic though. Last edited by TorqueIndia : 17th May 2021 at 16:08. | |
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17th May 2021, 17:18 | #21 | |
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17th May 2021, 17:41 | #22 | |
BHPian | Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Quote:
I have seen this type of setup in Jerry Sienfeld's "Comedians in cars" show on netflix. | |
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17th May 2021, 19:42 | #23 |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Fantastic thread. It not only shows you that long drives are possible (if planned properly) and also the pitfalls of owning an EV (drive time increases by ~ 40%). EV's are here to stay and once we can reach the 500 km on a single charge magic number, it could even be the only car in your garage. |
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17th May 2021, 22:18 | #24 |
BHPian | Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV While this road trip in the Nexon EV is really commendable and speaks volumes of Mr. Uday Kiran's can-do attitude, I think it also demonstrates the glaring shortcomings of most EVs, i.e. range and charging time. Both contributed substantially to the journey time getting stretched by almost 50% and necessitating a break at Rajahmundry. Even with a Kona the journey time would have been longer than with a conventional ICE car. From my perspective, EVs available at a decent budget in India are still pure city runabouts. There's just too much hassle involved in taking them on long trips. Hence I am not sure that EV adoption will pick up pace until range and charging time issues are sorted out. Plus right now there are fewer EVs on the road, so there may not be too much concurrent demand for charging points, but if EV sales pickup, even with more charging points, waiting to get a free charging point will become another nightmare to worry about. I can so relate to this. At the very least there should be charging points every 100 kms or so. Digha, Shankarpur and Mandarmani which are popular seaside destinations only about 180-200 kms from Cal are ripe for putting up charging points. Is anyone in Tata Power listening? |
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18th May 2021, 16:38 | #25 |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Well, that is definitely an interesting read. Thanks for sharing. But I have to say that reading this doesn't boost my confidence about using an EV for a long distance trip, at least in the near future. But they seem to be very good options for short and intermediate distance trips, say upto 100km one way. |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Thank you for all your comments, questions, doubts, brick bats, folks! Didn't think there will as much interest in what, if the EV is removed from the equation, a boring drive Quote:
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But now that he's done it this road trip, I foresee the next drive (hopefully, with me!) will be somewhat like this (pessimistic forecast, mind yo!) - considering the road condition from Vijayawada to Vizag now: This is still about an hour and a half more than what an ICE car will do if driven sanely on this route. We now know how much charge, and hence DTE, the car will have at each lap - and won't hesitate to do 100 to 120 KMPH where the roads permit. Looking at the EV availability along this stretch, we will definitely be covered even if the range drops to 150 KM. After all, this was the longest round trip that we are aware of on a Nexon EV when we were planning for it - now that we have done it, a 65 to 70KMPH overall average seems definitely doable. Quote:
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The EV infra is definitely not something to boast about - but these are early days... If you travel a lot, an EV cannot be the only car in your garage, at least not right now! Quote:
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On Tata Motors not offering any freebies or goodies to him - I am sure Uday would have told them off even if they did - there are things that go beyond material offering, like goodwill. I for one value that more than a free car wash, service or goodies - so does he. I am sure he has earned some goodwill with TaMo, and who knows when he will need it?! Let's not find fault with TaMo just because Uday did not want anything of that sort, won't hear about it. And he definitely will vouch for the Nexon EV (and so will I), for the value it offers. If you remember, I have been telling him that is a city car - and not to use it on the highway. It shines in city use (unless you travel 175+ KM in the city daily, in which case it won't), refined, powerful, a decent music system and is definitely a well put together car. And VFM too. Mind you, he has owned Hyundais, Hondas, M&M and Tata - he is not a TaMo fanboy, but someone who appreciates quality and VFM, that's it. Quote:
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The single pedal driving, 26C for the AC, etc. is if you want to maximize your range - this route doesn't need that, Uday could have made a pedal to metal drive and still would have arrived. After all, what is the fun in mileage-conscious drive with all that horses and torque?! This trip would have given him (and me too!) the confidence on the Nexon EV's capabilities - which we will (ab)use to the fullest in the future! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6th August 2021, 10:51 | #27 |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Impressive that he pulled something like this off, somethings are just a bit too painful to do for me. A long trip in an EV is. Until I can get a real world range that matches 500-700 odd Km that VAG and most German diesels give, and a recharge time of 8 minutes or less, I just can't be bothered with EVs. I might consider the Nexon for a city or daily commuter but that is about it. I sincerely hope that the manufacturers can overcome the shortcomings of Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Toyota at-least, hasn't given up yet. |
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| Re: 1400 km round-trip in a Tata Nexon EV Great trip, great read, kudos to the gentleman for planning and completing this trip and thanks for sharing. Am an EV believer for sure, I'd love for EVs to replace ICE vehicles. But must say this account only reinforces my belief that EVs are not a complete replacement yet, especially for cars. The best part of any modern car is that you can just jump in, take off on a road trip. The car being able to complete the journey is the least of your worries. But reading about this much planning, it takes me back to our family road trips of the 80s and 90s where every halt had to be meticulously planned! Nostalgia yeah, but a step back. Am sure it's a matter of time before charging infra is better and more widespread and that will help. But more than that, faster charging, better range and yes, an electric car at a comparable ICE model cost should also happen. Last edited by am1m : 6th August 2021 at 11:16. |
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