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700+ km day drive in my friend's Mahindra XEV 9e: Range & Charging

27th April 2025, 12:21 by Kanad Kalasur

I always feel comfortable driving EVs for long drives. This time i wanted to test the convenience of trying XEV 9E.

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Took my friend’s New Mahindra XEV 9E for a day trip for Tirupur - Bangalore - Tirupur. I am already using MG ZS and Nexon EV for the past 4+years which put together driven more than 2,40,000+kms. Also i use my office car BYD E6 for long journeys. I always feel comfortable driving EVs for long drives. This time i wanted to test the convenience of trying XEV 9E. I always plan for foodbreaks in between long drives where there is DC charging.

Started from home with 97%.

1st stop for breakfast+charging at Zeon Omalur.

Available charger Zeon 120kw dual guns.

Charged from 63% to 99%, time consumed 44 minutes. Inital Charing speed was 99.32kW upto 80% soc which was very very quick (hardly 10-12 minutes to charge upto 80%). Total time took to finish breakfast with family was 45 minutes and the car was full once we finished breakfast. The food was great here in AAAB Omalur.

Reached my destination in bangalore with 51%.

Kms driven 353. Energy consumption was 82%.

While returning, my second stop for Icecream+charging was in Zeon krishnagiri. Quick topup from 23% to 41% in 19minutes. .

Available chargers Zeon 60kw dual gun and 50kw single gun.

Available Aminities Burger king, KFC, B&R, Saravana bhavan etc.

3rd stop for Evening snacks+charging was at Zeon Sangagiri. Charged from 10% to 39% in 36 minutes.

Available chargers Zeon 2x60kw dual gun chargers, total 4 cars can be charged.

Aminities- Saravana bhavan veg restaurant.

Reached home with 17%.

Return journey kms driven 363, energy consumed 81%.

Total journey was 715kms with 163% energy consumption.

No additional time taken for charging(Planned along with foodbreaks)