I am now a bit more confident about taking Nexon EV for short drives outside Mumbai city. However, I still need to experience the entire process of fast charging the car.
BHP’s Saanil recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
Short trip from Mumbai to Lonavala:
We own a Nexon EV 3.0 (MR version) since Dec-23 and have driven it for around 13k kms so far. We have been using the car within Mumbai city only. Last weekend, we got an opportunity to drive it outside Mumbai. Our destination was Fazlani Wellness resort (near Lonavala) which is around 130kms from our home in Goregaon. I was traveling with my wife and my 3 year old son.
I was anxious about taking our Nexon EV as I did not want my family to have any sort of bad experience due to my naivety in terms of planning charging stations etc. But then Lonavala is probably one of the easiest destination to plan due to its close proximity to Mumbai and relatively abundant public charging stations. I was further comforted by the fact that the resort had a slow charging facility so I never needed to worry about fast charging my car mid-way. The resort had 4-5 electric buggies which are used to ferry guests around the resort and they told me that I could use one of the 15A socket in their parking area to charge my car. I was charged Rs 500 (+ GST) for availing this service.
Home to Fazlani Resort:
Started from Goregaon at 9.30am with 100% charge. Covered a distance of 134kms over 3 hours and 46 minutes which included two toilet breaks in between. I reached the resort with 41% charge. So in effect, I consumed 59% battery for 134kms implying efficiency of 2.3kms per 1%. This included a short uphill drive during which the AC was shut off. I did not cross 80km/h speed during the entire journey.
Fazlani Resort to Home:
Started with 100% battery and reached home with 60% charge left with travel time of 3 hours and 32 minutes (incl. just one toilet break). So I consumed 40% battery for 135kms giving efficiency of 3.4km per 1%. I will highlight that AC was not used for around 30% of the journey. You will see in the chart below that regen helped in increasing the battery charge from 87% to 90% when going downhill (used Level 1 regen only).
Takeaway: I am now a bit more confident about taking Nexon EV for short drives outside Mumbai city. However, I still need to experience the entire process of fast charging the car.
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