We took delivery of the car on 21st March 2025 and straightaway drove towards a 150 km travel. The car was charged to 78% and ODO was 59 km when we took off after the delivery
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” Story Of Crusader That Will Change The Brand Perception Of Mahindra “
Mahindra is the king of diesels in India from a long time and they failed miserably with their first electric launch in the form of XUV400 – a CAFE puppet from the silent powerhouse conglomerate who are brilliant in the way they make marketing noise till the deliveries
Upon the unveiling of the new generation twin electrics from Mahindra in November 2024, we were a bit sceptical and wanted to know the complete information in depth on how has Mahindra assembled such brilliant hardware in the twins, as 400 track record was a big NO to take a decision blindly to buy either the BE6 or the XEV 9e. We gathered enough information towards our research till February 14th, the “online” booking date announced by Mahindra and took the dive to book the Mahindra XEV 9e – which is the most practical choice unless one is truly in love at first choice with the BE6
We received the call from dealership post the booking amount being paid online and were promised first lot delivery as our booking payment was done within 30 seconds of the online saga on 14th Feb 2025. We got a call in the first week of March that the car has landed at the stockyard of the dealership and we can proceed with the formalities for the delivery on 15th March, as announced by Mahindra in February. Fast forward to 14th March, we were let known that Mahindra has postponed the deliveries due to a major production software flashing of the cars and delivery would be on or after 20th March 2025
We took delivery of the car on 21st March 2025 and straightaway drove towards a 150 km travel. The car was charged to 78% and ODO was 59 km when we took off after the delivery. Upon reaching the destination with a driving of 90-110 kmph on NH roads, the SoC was 52% and ODO was at 184 km. So in 26% the drove 125 km on highway. Hence the extrapolated range that it gave was 480 km in realtime. As the car was charged on a 60 kW DC charge before delivery, we expect the car to give better range within the next 15 days upon slow AC charging and gradual cell balancing of the BYD Blade short cells.
This 9e is a car that has plush and luxurious ambience on the inside. The front seats have enough thigh support and cushioning for long drives BUT the most striking surprise is the rear seats of the 9e. The back seats have more than enough thigh support that is even lacking in EVs upto 60L in India and Mahindra has managed to provide boss like comfort for the rear passengers, which is the USP of their INGLO platform that will bring them premium customers slowly towards a change in brand perception transformation from rural king to a chauffer driven eSUV with comfort
I was a critique of these Mahindra eSUVs because of the tremendous power figures offered by them, which can be a overkill and lead to hazards on roads, if in the wrong hands. But Mahindra has added a default mode in their production software that was flashed before delivery which limits the sudden power surge and majority of first time EV owners MUST continue using that mode for a couple of months to get used to such behemoth instantaneous torque and power from these twins. I still pray that people use this powerful machines judiciouly and not be in the news for the wrong reasons in the months to come after beginning of deliveries
” Mahindra XEV 9e is the practical choice and a true winner ”
EVs are the not only the future, they are already the present for the well informed ones
Ignore the noise from less informed distractors and get an EV asap folks
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