A Fortuner owner buys the Tiago EV as a second car: Initial impressions

With the AC on and the regen level set to 1, approximate range is around 225 km.

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Done about 600 km, daily to office, round trip 55 km

• Home Charging - I bring it down to 40% and charge it back to 95-100% alternatively

• Real world range - With all time A/C ON and mostly at Regen 1, the range is approx 225 kms @ 96 Wh/km efficiency

• Air Conditioning - It is not bone chilling like my Fortuner, but OK. Need to check whether they can do any tricks in the Battery Management System to provide more power to make the A/C provide more cooling ?

• Drive - Absolutely fantastic. But one thing, after doing these Regen Exercises, i did drive it with Zero Regen yesterday and it just felt so more comfortable and like any other car. In Regens, the vehicle slows down without any rear Red light warning and I have a sense the motorists behind in close traffic are caught off guard. I could see on more than few occasions that they apply brakes too close to my car because they do not get the Rear Red light connect.

• Climbs - It rained heavily yesterday evening in Chennai and my trip back home had two jam packed flyovers with stop and go tightly packed traffic. Just turned on to S mode and there was absolutely no rolling back, a split second like a normal car and it moved forward without any complications. I have read people saying, it rolls back by 1 feet ! it did not.

• Charging port door issue - Yes, I faced it once and adjusted the locking lever slightly. Then, i do pull the opening lever near the driver seat two times in succession and the door opens without any problems. TATA should fix it though with a tougher door.

• Mode Selector - This being just a knob, I think people have to be extremely cautious. i.e., As i usually do in my other Automatics, i have practiced now to turn it back to N when in Stop Light, and move it back to D to drive. If by mistake I turn in the wrong way, it would go to R and without realizing, if we press the pedal, the car will go back - . I do not see any protective mechanisms to avoid this EXCEPT being really attentive. In other cars whether it is Automatic or Manual, putting it in Reverse need a conscious effort and there are fail safe mechanisms - OR is there something in this EV which I do not know off / or thinking too much ?

Nothing more to report at this point and I will alternate between No Regen and Regen 1 depending on the traffic situations.

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