[VSEV85]

I just did a 400kms continuous drive at a speed of 100kmph. Around 35-40kms were on single lane roads and the rest as on the highway. I reached home with 11% battery with a range of 56kms. The car asks for an option to change to power saving mode when 15% charge is remaining. The power saving mode limits the peak power from the motor to 20% and speed to 85-90kmph. We can use this mode for every day use too. Driving in this mode won't increase the range to 500kms in highway. It’s not that bad if you drive sedately. I’ve attached an image of the trip meter

[raviemailid]

Originally Posted by VSEV85

I just did a 400kms continuous drive at a speed of 100kmph.

Thank you. In my books, this is the ideal definition of range test that I can look upto with some degree of confidence across different drivers, cars and terrains that an EV gets driven at.

Many masters drive the car at 70-80kmph or mostly in city traffic conditions to give a range. While all that is absolutely fine, the issues is the numbers aren't consistent. Those condtions vary a lot from person to person and range number can't be conclusive enough.

People doing hypermiling is also a great range tester, but thats fairly unnatural way of driving. If all the cars get range tested using hypermiling, I may have some faith in that data too.

For me, a definitive method is highway driving at 100 cruise. A number coming this way would tell me the real range of the car that I can use or trust while being on highways.

Coming to the image you posted, 6.3km/kwh would translate into 504km, but 400+56 shown doesn't add up. Also, if it used 89% for 400km, how the on-board computer is calculating 56km with 11% charge left?

[LoGic142]

Originally Posted by raviemailid

Thank you. In my books, this is the ideal definition of range test that I can look upto with some degree of confidence across different drivers, cars and terrains that an EV gets driven at.

Many masters drive the car at 70-80kmph or mostly in city traffic conditions to give a range. While all that is absolutely fine, the issues is the numbers aren't consistent. Those condtions vary a lot from person to person and range number can't be conclusive enough.

People doing hypermiling is also a great range tester, but thats fairly unnatural way of driving. If all the cars get range tested using hypermiling, I may have some faith in that data too.

For me, a definitive method is highway driving at 100 cruise. A number coming this way would tell me the real range of the car that I can use or trust while being on highways.

Coming to the image you posted, 6.3km/kwh would translate into 504km, but 400+56 shown doesn't add up. Also, if it used 89% for 400km, how the on-board computer is calculating 56km with 11% charge left?

From what I see, maybe he switched to Power Saving when battery dropped below 15%, thereby the increase in range.

Also from what I see, power saving is indeed a good mode for everyday driving (one barely crosses 90 on a daily commute), provided it doesn't do any harm to the battery health.

[rishin.kalra]

Originally Posted by VSEV85

I’ve taken ICICI with all the add ons. It costed me 1,26,000/- .

I got from Future, all the complete coverage and for about 73K! Scope for negotiation.

[vaibhavgarg]

Originally Posted by VSEV85

I’ve taken ICICI with all the add ons. It costed me 1,26,000/- .

would you mind sharing the insurance doc, minus confidential info?

I am being quoted 88K with all everything added at -5% IDV.

[teslageek]

Originally Posted by VSEV85

I just did a 400kms continuous drive at a speed of 100kmph. Around 35-40kms were on single lane roads and the rest as on the highway. I reached home with 11% battery with a range of 56kms. The car asks for an option to change to power saving mode when 15% charge is remaining. The power saving mode limits the peak power from the motor to 20% and speed to 85-90kmph. We can use this mode for every day use too. Driving in this mode wond increase the range to 500kms in highway. It’s not that bad if you drive sedately. I’ve attached an image of the trip meter

The average speed is 74kmph, so not really continuous 100 kph.

[EVBOSS]

Originally Posted by Smartfella

I'm having a similar issue with the automatic boot closure. It doesn't close properly from the right side and pushes back slightly on pressing of key fob button or from the auto boot open close button on boot lid. Due to this it shows "boot door open" sign on the me4u app and on DID too.

Showed it to the dealer SA (PPS Mahindra Pune) today but they couldn't rectify. They have informed me that it is a software issue rather than a mechanical issue and have escalated to Mahindra for software update, but I'm wondering if it really is a software issue. The boot eventually needs to be shut down with slight push by hand to remove the error sign.

Can you please let me know what exactly did the technician do in ur case to help you with this problem.

Apart from this I'm facing similar problems like others on this forum, such as non operation of auto lock and unlock when going away from the car, driver side door requiring more pressure to shut completely etc

My problem is also the same. It starts after settings are changed by SA. If you press boot, the door open alarm of boot disappears. Strangely, even if you open and close the driver-side door, the door open notification symbol goes off. Mahindra Tech support sent a technician to my location and checked it for a few hours, but it was not resolved. They promised to pick up the vehicle on Monday morning and drop it back on Monday evening.

Another issue was that the tire pressure came down to 31 psi and even after filling with nitrogen, TPMS was not reset. The technician rectified it now.

​Road comfort and driving pleasure are good.

Mahindra is listening and actively monitoring and supporting minor issues. We have direct phone numbers and Whatsapp access to reach out.

[VSEV85]

Originally Posted by raviemailid

Coming to the image you posted, 6.3km/kwh would translate into 504km, but 400+56 shown doesn't add up. Also, if it used 89% for 400km, how the on-board computer is calculating 56km with 11% charge left?

I’m guessing that the full battery capacity of 79kw is not calculated. Mahindra has capped the useable capacity to around 76kw for battery longevity. Mahindra in its press release had mentioned that we can call the customer care and they would unlock the remaining in emergency situations which would help the car go 20-25kms more. This can be done only 5 times in the life of the battery…

Originally Posted by teslageek

The average speed is 74kmph, so not really continuous 100 kph.

85 percent of the drive was done at 100 in the highway with occasional sprints to 130-140. The car had done 30-35 kms in single lane too. The wait time in the tolls is also considered for the average. The whole data is displayed on the Me4U app. I’m attaching a few screenshots from the app below.

Originally Posted by LoGic142

From what I see, maybe he switched to Power Saving when battery dropped below 15%, thereby the increase in range.

Also from what I see, power saving is indeed a good mode for everyday driving (one barely crosses 90 on a daily commute), provided it doesn't do any harm to the battery health.

I reach home with a remaining battery of 11 percent. The last 20-22kms were done in power saving mode.

Originally Posted by rishin.kalra

I got from Future, all the complete coverage and for about 73K! Scope for negotiation.

Kindly go through the policy wordings properly before buying. I got a quote of 60k from Akco and 67k from one of the government owned companies. I got to know that even though they provide battery protection, only 50% will be paid for any claim for the batteries. I didn’t want to take a chance, so I went for icici

Originally Posted by vaibhavgarg

would you mind sharing the insurance doc, minus confidential info?

I am being quoted 88K with all everything added at -5% IDV.

I’m attaching the insurance screenshot

[EVBOSS]

Originally Posted by masterkjn

I agree with some other posters here that do not take your car in for service right now unless it is a critical issue. Most likely it will get misdiagnosed and they will create further issues. I had a door closing issue - it was taking a lot of force to close - after reading a post here i just took a screwdriver and realigned the "hook" a little bit and now its working fine. I assume its a similar issue on the boot where the hooks need to be realigned. I also had an issue where ORVM buttons stopped working for a few days after a ceramic coating work but after a few restarts they are working again.
Prospective buyers reading this forum might get demotivated for a purchase since people with issues in the car are the most vocal but i can tell you i am very happy with my purchase. Most if not all features are working fine. Even Auto parking which i did not expect to work is working great. The car feels amazing. Yes this car will have some minor niggles just because it has so many features and the OS of the car feels like a full fledged OS when compared to a barebones Toyota or Maruti which might not even have 20% of the features in this car.

Very true. Positive things are experienced, and negative aspects are discussed more.

In the first week of ownership, I did not have any problems as I thought of taking one or 2 features at a time. In the second week, when settings are changed to add features, problems started to appear, but many are minor mechanical in nature and can be rectified easily as per the technical support team.

Everyone has a learning curve and early users may find it more of a rollercoaster ride of happiness (new good car) and gloom (nonworking features and alarms).

[yashwanthan]

Originally Posted by VSEV85

I have done 700kms after taking delivery on the 31st of march. I haven’t faced any niggles so far. A few features aren’t working, that’s it. I was told it will be released in the next update. I’m planning a long drive with family till Goa from Erode via Bangalore this month. Hope all goes smoothly..

Hello, happy to see this from a fellow BHPian based out of Erode. I took delivery of mine on 31st March. I would love to catch up with you some time about the experience with the car.

[VSEV85]

We should consider the charging loss too when calculating the cost per km. I had plugged in my car @ 11% today. Ideally it should have consumed only 70.3 units of electricity to get fully charged. My car had consumed a total of 78.5 kw to get fully charged, which translates to a AC - DC conversion loss around 11.5%. Thus to fully charge the car from 0-100% it would require approximately 88 units of electricity and not 79kw. Kindly take this into account if any of you are planning to go for an on-grid setup for your Ev

[VSEV85]

Originally Posted by yashwanthan

Hello, happy to see this from a fellow BHPian based out of Erode. I took delivery of mine on 31st March. I would love to catch up with you some time about the experience with the car.

Sure!!!! Let meet up. I took delivery of mine on the 29th

[shyampsunder]

Originally Posted by VSEV85

We should consider the charging loss too when calculating the cost per km. I had plugged in my car @ 11% today. Ideally it should have consumed only 70.3 units of electricity to get fully charged. My car had consumed a total of 78.5 kw to get fully charged, which translates to a AC - DC conversion loss around 11.5%. Thus to fully charge the car from 0-100% it would require approximately 88 units of electricity and not 79kw. Kindly take this into account if any of you are planning to go for an on-grid setup for your Ev

Conversion losses are dependent on your charging equipment. Given that the car has an onboard charger capable of 11 kW, it gets maximum efficiency with a 11 kW AC charger. Given the high efficiency loss, I am guessing you are using a 3.3 kW or 6.6 kW AC charger?

[sunikkat]

I was actually thinking about replacing my city beater i20 with an EV in office lease, my budget is around 30 lakhs and only Mahindra 9e (not a great fan of looks though) was interesting for me. My current running on i20 IVT is 75 kms per day, thrice a week, to the office and a EV would save some good money on running costs.

But after seeing most of these issues and niggles, I have decided to put this on hold for a year atleast. Last thing I need is running around to fix the issues with service centre.

I don’t find any other EV in this price range appealing. Windsor - I hate the looks, Creta - I don’t see the value, MG ZS EV - Too old. Also I don’t find any of the Tata EVs to be worth paying the extra money over my current car.

So as well I will wait for some new cars or Mahindra to fix the issues. Meanwhile hope something come from VAG stable too. Until then I will bear the extra fuel cost.

[VSEV85]

Originally Posted by shyampsunder

Conversion losses are dependent on your charging equipment. Given that the car has an onboard charger capable of 11 kW, it gets maximum efficiency with a 11 kW AC charger. Given the high efficiency loss, I am guessing you are using a 3.3 kW or 6.6 kW AC charger?

Charging loss occurs due to AC to DC conversion. The current we use is AC, The cars onboard charger converts this to DC current and stores it in the battery. The charging loss occurs irrespective of the capacity of the charger.