Understanding the range of the Mahindra XEV 9e after a test drive

And other observation is, like any other EV's range is only an estimate and changes drastically.

BHPian abacusv recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

Wanted to share another test drive I took specifically to verify range. The vehicle was still the beta version of it and not the production ready vehicle.

When I started the test drive the charge was just 19% and range was 47km. This was a shock. This means the range would be just 243km. This is extremely low. I wasnt sure I will be able to test drive to my satisfaction but yet we tried.

For almost 10km on the road, the range and battery % did not reduce. Then later on slowly reduce. I drove 31km two and fro and the battery charge dropped till 12% without and features getting shut. AC was full on, power was same. I tried boost mode and it worked as well at 13% unlike other cars where sports/boost mode will disabled and AC will disabled. Nothing of that sort happened at 12% of charge left.

And other observation is. Like any other EV's range is only an estimate and changes drastically. For 47km at 19% charge left, a 31km drive should burn 12% of battery but it just burnt 7%. And Km stood at 34km almost double range it displayed earlier. So the range now is 287 which way less still.
Positive side of it
1. After driving 10km I almost lost the charge anxiety. I wanted to drive 15km stretch and both me and SA were happy to see it cover and there as no worry for us return back. And we returned with almost another 30km drive left to make.
2. No features were shut for upto 12% at least may be below 10% it will.
3. AC worked well

Surprisingly every video there is, no on intentionally have posted about charge. Like many posted, every other car that is launched has specific range test videos. No one has posted real world range test video even though they have tested it for a day.

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