BHPian darkgamer recently shared this with other enthusiasts: I was a noob in using this car when I started. The car wasn’t driven much, and I had to stop the PPF, painting, and detailing process in the middle to make the trip happen (post on when that finishes soon with pics). As a result, the ultrasonic sensors aren’t working perfectly due to PPF + some water in their way. I got exceptionally poor efficiency when I started my trip from BLR to Mysuru, with overall trip efficiency being 6.7 and highway efficiency being just 5.8 km/kWh. This, despite the downhill slope, was slightly concerning to me. Finally fixed it (check quoted post above). Did travel to Kabini and all around Mysuru for 3 days. This is the car all dirtied in rain and mud after a bit of off-road patch. Returning today, I was a bit nervous on the uphill climb to BLR, but with the recent tweaks, the mileage returned was absolutely fantastic considering the speeds I was doing. Trip details for context: The speeds maintained were 90+ only, and this includes part of Mysuru and Bangalore as well, making the average speed 85 kmph still. Despite that, I got fairly good mileage for the climb up. In my opinion, L1/L2/L3 regen for highway are going to absolutely destroy your range. It will result in constant deceleration and acceleration. Coasting + auto regen at high speeds works wonders. I believe turning regen off will also do a lot better than L1/L2/L3. I switched to L1 regen just to try it out on NICE road and only got 4.9 km/kWh because the regen just kills range at high speeds. Overall, I’m fairly confident to extract a 500km range at speeds of 95-100 now. This trip was with 5 people and good use of the boot (2 check-in size suitcases + 2 backpacks), AC ON(not eco mode), music on, sunroof open. With just 2 people + AC on eco mode, you can probably do even better. Maybe even better in winter. Sending it back for detailing now for a few days to complete the work. Check outBHPian commentsfor more insights and information.
