I was able to extract close to 280 kms range on full charge while doing cruising at 100kmhr most of the time and pushing the car to 110 and 120 at times without engaging sports mode.

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After almost 49 days into the ownership of EV max and clocking 4,198 KMS, I think I am in a decent position to provide some insights into owning an EV Max. Here are few things for the prospective Max buyers out there.

I will try to talk about the things I was unable to find before my purchase and will start with a lot of "Not so good" aspects.

• Getting into the car and getting out of the car for the rear passengers is little difficult and you will have to always open the door fully to make their movement smooth.

• Due to the high ground clearance of the car, getting into the car for older people, children and short people (less than 5 Feet) will be a struggle. unfortunately you cannot get the "Side Step" available in accessories for Nexon installed for Nexon EV or EV max, as the High Voltage wires are running all around the places where this step will have to be fixed. So if you are having senior citizens at home and they will be extensively using the car, then think again before buying this car.

• Paint Finish, interiors finish is not of Top quality. If you have a keen eye, you will be able to find many imperfections, so be ready for that when you are trying to buy any Tata motors Product. (based on my experience and feedback from at least 3 car detailers including Kriti Car care who did the PPF for my Max)

• It will be a pain to maintain the seats for the top variant. Suggestions is for at least long drives, carry some towels to use them as seat covers, if you are gong to have rear seat passengers.

• The Boot cover, used as a lid on the Spare wheel is of very bad quality. Handle it gently and hope that you will have to use it only a limited number of times in the life time of the car.

• I am not sure if it is only with this car design or its me, but the A pillar causes massive blind spot. Taking those U turns and right turns, you should be extra cautious.

• Steering wheel by design I think is made to feel really heavy. After the first few days of driving, I had ache in my wrists (I am a single hand on steering wheel kind of guy)

•  Air conditioning works very well only when the temperature you set inside the car is at least 3 degrees below the temperature outside. The bigger the difference, the better. If you are staying in a place where the temperatures are always hovering around low 20's I would suggest you to keep your windows open a little even if you are running AC around 17, to avoid frequent fogging. Though the defogger works really well, it is annoying to keep defogging every 10 to 15 mins.

• If you think you can adapt to driving an EV in a conservative manner in city traffic and extract maximum range. Think Again. I tried my best for 4 to 5 weeks to ensure I drive the car in City and eco modes only and not allow the green bar in MID go beyond 2nd line when accelerating. Guess what, I was so damn frustrated seeing all the cars fly past me as I was not gaining enough speed quickly. Also it was just adding more and more cars in front of me during traffic hours. Ultimately I gave up and drive it like a petrol car, I am much happier and content now and least bothered about the range being only around 240 to 260 KMS per full charge. (by the way I am neither a very spirited driver nor a sedate one, I prefer sticking to my lane and sticking to my spot in traffic and hate it when others can easily stick their cars between me and the traffic in front of me)

• Best mileage on highway drives is attained when the terrain is almost flat or there isn't much difference in the altitude of your starting and ending points. I did Bangalore (900 mts above sea level) to Ongole (9 mts from Sea level) twice due to family functions and the onward journey from Bangalore is very good as we are going down hill. I was able to extract close to 280 kms range on full charge while doing cruising at 100kms most of the time and pushing the car to 110 and 120 at times without engaging sports mode. For return journeys I was unable to extract even 260 while doing speeds of 85 to 90 as well. Plugshare application on laptop is best suited to plan these kind of trips, so please do your research well before you plan your trip. As a thumb rule you get at least 2.4 to 2.6 kms per percentage drop for highway drives irrespective of your driving style (eco and city modes only). With terrain coming into play, it can hugely impact this and can move this to as low as 2.2 Kms per percentage of charge to as high as 3.4 kms per percentage. (Which is like getting 5.5 kms to 8.5 kms range per KWH)

• Always add +2 hours for any long trip you plan, to the time shown by google maps, provided the distance is with in 550 KMS range. Anything beyond this and provided you do not have charging infrastructure where you are going to end up, add at least another 40 mins for 200 KMS increment. If the altitude differences are minimal then this will reduce to less than 1 hour and 30 mins respectively for 550kms and 200 KMS increments there after.

• As the charging infrastructure in Karnataka, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana is limited compared to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, please have plan A, Plan B and Plan C for every long trip planned with in these states.

Now coming to good things about the car.

• Suspension and handling felt like a dream. Bad road patches are not to be worried about. High speeds (80+) on the curves and turns, no problem at all. The car feels very grounded and provides huge amount of confidence to push it even further.

• Disk brakes are very efficient and regenerative breaking is also very handy. During those highway drives, you will not feel any pain in munching down those miles with the confidence inspired by the disc brakes and convenience provided by single pedal driving because of regenerative braking.

• Some inbuilt safety features are really nice and they are a boon. For instance, if you are in stand still state in drive mode for long, the parking break will automatically get applied. If you do not wear the seat belt, the car will not move. If you switch off your car without turning the gear knob into N or P, it will automatically engage the parking break.

• Ergonomics for the front seats are good, though lacking enough thigh support, you wont feel tired even after 3 to 4 hours of continuous driving.

• Headlights are really powerful and have a very good throw. When combined with high beam and fog lamps, you can plan all those night drives without any worry.

• Sunroof is just enough and with the sun roof door open but keeping the sunroof closed, we get a lot of light into the car and provides a feel of being in a lot more roomier and bigger car. Also all those people with motion sickness feel a little more better as now the amount of light in the cabin is more and they get a sense of being in an open top vehicle. Children will have a lot of fun with sunroof.

• I am no Audiophile, but the sound system by Harman is pretty good (I upgraded from a 2012 WagonR). It has enough clarity around vocals while able to distinguish sounds by various instruments pretty nicely.

• The USB port allows for Fast charge even while using the phone for Android Auto or Apple Car play. This removes the worry about keeping the phone charged during those long journeys and using it for music and other activities as needed.

• AC is powerful and Auto AC does the job very well. I was able to cool down the cabin with 5 passengers in less than 2 mins after parking the vehicle in sun for almost 3 hours in 38 degrees, using Auto AC set to 23 degrees.

• Auto Hold is a boon in many aspects. It provides much relief to our legs and mind both as we do not have to keep pressing the break pedal for long in stop and go traffic and never have to worry about rolling back on forward while performing stop and go on inclined surfaces.

• Shifting between the regen modes and the drive modes is very fast. If you want to overtake some one at a signal or on a highway, just click the sports mode button and vanish.  The wide grin on your face will make the Joker (Batman) jealous.

• Cost of running the EV is so less, you will forget about your 2 wheeler you had purchased for those mundane activities of short distances. While doing couple of trips recently I felt the Highway tolls were costlier than the charging costs for the EV.

• Build quality of the exteriors is really solid. I had 3 mishaps already, nothing serious and only in one instance it was my fault. The second instance is where the build quality was shown with the moped hitting me from behind at a traffic signal was in shambles with its entire front facing plastic broken to pieces and leaving the headlight dangling, while I had few scratches on the PPF.

• God forbid, none of you have to ever face this situation, but I had to traverse through around 60 to 80 meters stretch of road in Bangalore, where the water logging was up to 1/4th of the wheel of a tipper truck in front of me. I was so worried that water might cause some issue or the other. It has been more than 2000 KMS after that incident and everything is working fine, no glitches and no headaches.

• Max has better BMS and charge management compared to Nexon EV. I had never seen the AC kicking in while fast charging to cool down the overheated batteries. (I did 20 fast charging sessions, some include just after a drive of 150 to 180 kms in around 35 to 38 degrees temperatures). Similarly never faced the Hot battery or Hot motor warnings trying to drive after all those fast charges in those situations.

• So far the sales team, dealership, after sales service (during first service) have all been hassle free and in fact people were taking feedback and working on making themselves better. This was a nice touch as I had read so much negative things about the after sales service, I almost cancelled my booking at one time.

I will provide more updates here as I learn more about the vehicle. Couple more highway trips are brewing, so hopefully I can provide some insight on the reliability of charging infrastructure based on my experiences at a later stage.

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My takeaway after 70 days of owning the max is that acheiving 240-250kms range with 20% charge left is ideal scenario in which a lot of owners would fall into over the next few months.

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Attached below is my average WH consumption for approximately 2700kms. This includes a lot of city/highway daily driving as well as one mumbai to pune round trip. Also, these kms are driven by me and chauffeur equally, and he doesn't know anything about adapting to EV style of driving etc. In my daily drive without traffic I've seen my figures averaging at around 125-135 wh/km. Only when there is like a early morning drive with minimal traffic have I seen figures go down to 99/100 wh/km. Proper bumper to bumper traffic does eat up more juice than cruising at 60-70kmph.

I drive my car roughly 70-80kms a day, and I've made it a practice to drive the car 3ce on a full charge, get the SoC down to 15-20% and then give it a full charge.

My takeaway after 70 days of owning the max is that acheiving 240-250kms range with 20% charge left is ideal scenario in which a lot of owners would fall into over the next few months. This is average Joe driving the car. Ofcourse you can squeeze in way more or less but that would totally depend on how conservative or harsh you drive.

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The box you see in the photo is manufactured by Legrand India for the Tata Nexon EV.

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For my MG ZS EV, I decided not to install the 7.4 kw ac fast charger that comes with the vehicle. The reason for this being the fact that I live in an apartment complex where the sanctioned load for each apartment is only 5 kw. So, I would have to approach the EB for additional load sanction if I were to install the fast charger. So, I decided against it.

The box you see in the photo is manufactured by Legrand India for Tata Nexon EVs. It contains an MCB and a 16A plug socket nicely encased in a metal box with a lid which can be locked. You cannot see this item listed on the Legrand website because it is specifically put together for Tata Nexon. However, when I approached Legrand through their Twitter handle, they were happy to offer me a readymade unit.

This is what I have installed now to slow charge my vehicle. All I had to do was draw a 15A line from my home DB and connect it to the Legrand connection box. Since the box can be completely closed and locked (even while charging), it protects the connection from dust, rain etc and also from tampering and pilferage.

Hope prospective ZS EV owners find this information, useful.

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The advertised mileage of the Tata Nexon EV Max stands at 437 Km.

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Went for a Sunday morning drive to my in-laws place through Bengaluru city and achieved 97 Wh/km! This is the first time I am seeing the average below 120 Wh/km let alone 100 Wh/km.

97 Wh/Km works out to a projected range of 417.5 km for the EV Max's 40.5 kWh battery, which has an advertised range of 437 km.

I was not consciously trying to drive conservatively, it was through the city and with the traffic and traffic signals every few 100 meters, it was practically not possible for me to drive any faster. I have done this same trip innumerable times with my ICE car, and the total trip time is more or less the same, if not slightly better.

Eco Mode

• Level 2 Regen
• AC @ 24 Auto
• 50 min travel time
• Avg speed ~ 30 km/h
• Top speed ~ 60 km/h
• Distance ~ 24 km

Would I drive at this pace or style on an open road? Definitely not, but in the city with traffic, it kinda makes sense and practical.

This was the state sometime before I started the trip.

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I also got an internal TPMS system installed for Rs. 2,500 all inclusive, for 5 wheels.

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Got an internal TPMS installed today (JK Treel) on my Nexon EV. I didn't realise it was this cheap; paid ~ Rs 2500 for all 5 wheels incl balancing and weights.

I got it done at Popular Tyre Care, Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam, Kerala.

• Treel TPMS - Rs 350 per piece

• Balancing - Rs 125 per wheel

• Weights - Rs 200

So total came to Rs 2575 incl. installation and everything. The tyre shop owner was upfront that this comes as part of JK's Smart Tyre, however he said no problem with warranty at all. If at all I face any issues, I just need to drop in at the same shop and they will just do a swap right there. He said the warranty is for 5 years. The shop is a well established one, so I don't think they'd shut shop anytime soon.

The spare tyre has a non-alloy wheel, I think the technician had to use a riser of some sort to get it to fit, there were no such issues with the alloy wheels. Another observation I made was, it takes much longer to fill air when the Treel TPMS is installed, with the regular valve, the air gets filled much faster.

So those of you, in and around Ernakulam, can try this shop, this is the shop selling at the lowest price, I think I had enquired with pretty much all JK dealers within the area.

In other news, drove from 100% to 16% over the last 2 days, and trip meter shows 224 km, and extrapolating that comes to 267 km actual range. The drives were mostly in city mode, driving like I drive my ICE car, no opportunity for cruise control. This consisted of multiple 15-30 km trips, some idling with just the AC on. Ambient temps were mostly around 33-35 degrees with the AC set to 23-24. I didn't check, but I have a feeling that the tyres were in-adequately filled, which might have contributed to the relatively lower range.

Will be driving to Bangalore sometime in the next couple of days, would then have the opportunity to test it properly on highways with cruise control.

I checked with couple of sellers for 7D mats. Seller UrbanWheels on Amazon said it should fit, although they don't have a specific variant and said they have sold to other Max owners and nobody has complained. He was okay for me to return it if I am not satisfied, so I went ahead and ordered it, should come sometime this weekend.

Another seller I checked with is 7d mats India. He said he has an EV specific (not Max) variant and it would be a proper fit. I shared my concerns and the video of the Tata mats. He said he has sold to other Max owners and it is a good fit, he even showed a WhatsApp conversation with someone he claims to be a buyer who owns an EV Max, where the buyer confirms its a good fit on the Max.

I will wait for the Hi Art 7D mats from UrbanWheels, if its not a good fit, will go for 7D Mats India. Price after discounts for Hi Art is 4.7k and 7D Mats India is 6.3k.

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The car has very good seating and even my father in law who is 6ft had no problem sitting at the back. Shoulder gaps are also very good.

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Tata Nexon EV MAX - Spaceship on wheels:

Hi BhPians,

This is my experience in buying and owning the Nexon EV Max. It's going to be slightly long so please bear with me.

Purchase decision:

I owned a Grand i10 Asta petrol for 3 years and hadn't thought about changing it. However the decision changed when I took my recently serviced vehicle to my hometown Coorg for a week for a family function and then came to know the pain of petrol cars in ghat sections.

So basically what happened is that, I put 12k worth of petrol to drive 1000kms. Yes I agree the car was always full and the road although smooth and beautiful, I could never go above 4th gear even which I could hardly reach.

And then it happened that every time we used to plan for a trip, the petrol topic used to come up and we used to plan shorter trips. Yes money was not the problem, but somehow we used to feel that paying 90% of the trip budget for petrol was not worth it.

Then I finally made the decision to book the Nexon EV after convincing the home minister. I was also very impressed with the power and the smoothness of the vehicle and range was not a big concern as Bangalore to Hassan highway which I usually take to travel home, has good charging infrastructure.

Booking experience:

I booked the Nexon EV Dark Edition in Kropex Electronic City on November 2021 and sold my i10 on Decmeber 2021 as I was promised January delivery. However in December, news started emerging of a longer Nexon EV variant with cruise control (which I felt was a big miss in the existing EV).

So I asked the showroom to wait till Tata releases the new variant which was supposed to be in Feb 2022. However, the dates got pushed and pushed and pushed till May and I got my booking changed to Max 7.2kw on the same day so my name was on top of the list. However I was very disappointed that the Dark edition was not available in the Max variant.

PDI and delivery:

Got delivery of my car on 17th July, but completed the PDI on 11th July to ensure they correct everything. There was only 1 small issue where the cloth was seen outside in the center console, otherwise the car was in great condition.

I also got the insurance before registration from Acko for almost half the rate the showroom was quoting, but they gladly agreed to let me get the insurance on my own.

The delivery was smooth. The delivery executive gave a handy list of Dos and Don'ts and after the cake cutting and key exchange, we were sent off.

Initial drive from showroom to home:

I had preplanned that the car is going to PPF and hence my only drive for the week is going to be from showroom to home, and since PPF detailer was nearby, I dint have to drive much.

From Electronic City to Mysore road, I took the NICE road and I got used to the car in just 5 mins, the car was that comfortable to drive. I dint feel jittery or nervous and also had no issues in overtaking in City mode. I averaged at around 174 wh/km and although I felt it was high, I knew I could always improve after I get used to the car.

Work done to car post delivery:

PPF:

I did lot of research and pros and cons of PPF and also reached out to multiple detailers for quotations and to get clarity on the need of PPF. I felt for the Intensi Teal the PPF is mandatory as it's almost Black and even a slight wipe will result in swirl marks just like the Dark edition.

Rakshith(+91 78290 12344) from Autorush Car Care Studio near Kengeri, Mysore Road was very responsive and reached out to me constantly and gave some free advice on how to check paint quality during PDI and what and what not to do post delivery for maintaining the Car. Since he was enthusiastic and gave me a good quote(not the cheapest) but the best combination of PPF and pricing, I decided to get the car PPF coated there. He used Stek and gave 5 year Warranty compared to the Chinese brands promoted by many vendors. Got the wheel and glass coating for free too which was an added bonus.
I did get slight peel off which is common on sharp contours, but he corrected it for free by bringing in the technicians. Also he is very knowledgeable on any questions related to PPF and gives an honest opinion on things.

Floor mat:

Got water proof velcro floor mat that was custom stitched to EV and the installation was pretty smooth. There are 3 wires on passenger seat and 2 on drivers seat and easily removable. I felt this was really necessary from my past experiences.

Dashcam:

Have bought DDPAI mini dashcam and installed it myself and plugged to cigarette lighter socket. I didn't go for 24 hour monitoring as it needs Internal wiring connection or a power bank.

Driving experience:

After I got the car from Detailing, planned a short trip from Bangalore to Mysore to see if the Tata's claim of Bangalore-Mysore round trip in 1 single charge is true.

Started my journey with 93% SOC as I got home late previous day and the car usually takes 13 hours to charge at 3.3kw. Since it was around 7, the traffic was moderate. I observed that the car was constantly giving an average of 134kw/km, however there was open stretch, and when I switched to cruise control at 100km, the car was actually doing 120Wh/km. Again, I had set AC at 24 degrees and also outside temperature was around 27 degrees. I was constantly driving in the range of 70-100 kms, but most of the time the car was doing 80s. Also, I was light on the pedal when accelerating from braking, but when I needed to overtake, I used pedal to the metal. So to sum up, I didn't do any hypermilling and was going as fast I can at that point of time and was keeping up or passing all the ICE cars except some you know mine is bigger kind of people.

Went to Mysore Zoo, since I had to introduce my son to his relatives and then my charge was at 49%, howing a range of 156km of which I needed 130km.

However Mall of Mysore had a Zeon 50kw fast charger and I thought I will charge my car there since my wife wanted to visit Chamundi Hills around additional 20 kms to and fro. There were 2 cars in front of me, 1 faced network issue and the charge didn't start, the other was a Prime EV and he wanted to charge fully from 18% and his charging was getting dropped constantly as there was mobile network issue. Finally after an hour he finished his charging.

Thankfully, I had the Zeon RFID card with me and the charging was effortless. I had no issues at all. I suggest anyone living in South India, if you plan to charge, please do order the Zeon Smart card and you will thank me later. One thing I observed is that the car charged constantly at 30kwh supporting the claims that the car is limited to 30kwh, but good news is that it never dropped its charging rate. It was consistent till the end of charge at 85%. Hopefully Tata gives a response soon on the same.

After charging, I visited Chamundi hills, and while traveling uphill, the  charge utilized was 9% from 85 to 76% and while on return I got 1% back. After this I started my journey back home in 1 single stretch.

While coming back, the traffic was very high which is usually the case on this Road. This started eating my battery a log but I felt keeping the regen at 3 helped in bumper to bumper traffic inside major towns. Car actually shows notification to rest after continuous driving which is good.

Finally ended my journey with 27% SOC and 65km range left.

Impressions:

Bangalore to Mysore in 1 charge is totally possible with any kind of driving.

Car does better at speeds of 100 kmph if you can use cruise control.

All the additional features like Auto IRVM, Ventilated seats, wireless charging, 4 disc brakes, Multi Mode Regen are very useful and well thought out. Vehicle has very good seating and even my father in law who is 6ft had no problem sitting at the back. Shoulder gaps are also very good. I feel reviewers are spoilt with the cars above this budget and hence are nitpicking.

• Brakes- Damn are they overkill. Stops on a dime which was useful on a couple of occasions.
• Autohold- is a heaven send and works flawlessly. We need to make sure the vehicle is completely on stop before auto hold kicks in.
• Acceleration- Coming to my first line, it's really a space ship. Only an EV can compete with this in overtaking. That too in City mode, and I never had to test in Sports mode.
• Comfort- Because of no vibrations, we feel more relaxed and people are all impressed by the ride quality, comes to its own at high speeds.
• Steering - Very light at low speeds, but hardening feels too much above 100km. But not that hard that it robs you of driving pleasure.
• Handling - Gives you confidence to push the car more even in corners and can take turns at high speed due to good weight distribution and low centre if gravity.
• Software- Again being a spaceship, everything is electronic. All systems are connected and there are couple of glitches here and there. I got Auxiliary battery charge issue warning, limited drive mode warning at separate instances but went away after restarting the car. Never experienced any issue with the drive though. Also, the brake light seems to be on even if I switch off the car, but if I restart and switch off again, they go away. All minor issues and doesn't affect the experience in any manner.
• AC- Good performance and I feel ECON mode is well designed and helps in getting more range out of the car.
• Gear knob - Have got used to it now and I feel it's faster than manual gear changes.

Overall, the car is amazing and everyone who looks at it falls in love with it. I have not once thought about ICE cars after driving my Evie and never had to second doubt my purchase decision.

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The driving pleasure just keeps increasing by the day and one thing worth mentioning is that the change between the driving modes is real quick.

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Quick update. I have been using the EV max for a month now, completed 2000 kms. Took the car to the workshop as well for the 1st general checkup between 1000 and 2000 kms. Was not charged anything, they got the car cleaned did some brake checking, battery voltage check etc. Nothing worth any significance.

Luckily the journey so far has been very smooth, no issues yet apart from small ones like the iPhone not getting charged properly on the wireless charger, or the brake lights lit even after switching the car off if you turn the car off with the foot on brake. Apart from that no big issue that I can report here.

The driving pleasure just keeps increasing by the day and one thing worth mentioning is that the change between the driving modes is real quick. Like I was driving in Eco mode once, had to quickly overtake another car, so I just pressed the Sport mode button, next second floored the car and I was literally out of sight. That one instance is something that cannot be expected from any other sub 20 lakh rupee car. Also one special mention for the auto hold feature, it works flawless. Have used it since day 1 and it's really a big boon in the Max version.

Didn't take the car for any highway drive yet so won't comment on the highway range with cruise on but only once I have covered 233 kms from 100% SoC to 21% SoC in the span of 3 days. That's pure Mumbai city driving with 40% highway drive on EEH and WEH. Tried fast charging the car once just out of curiosity at a 30KW Tata fast charger located in Phoenix Mall Kurla. Was impressed with the speed, but it did take me 3 attempts to start charging. Other than that been using slow 3.3kw charger only.

Never have I been a victim of range anxiety thanks to planning the total kms of driving I am going to be doing through a day and figuring out the charging requirements accordingly.

To conclude, for over a year I was a fence sitter with respect to the Nexon since a few things weren't to my liking like the top speed being limited to 120 kmph on the Nexon 1.0 (EV Max is 140kmph), absence of cruise control, and of course lesser range. But after buying the EV Max, I am sure it was worth the wait and if you are a fence sitter as well, then you can trust me when I say this, just go ahead and make that decision, this car won't disappoint you!

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My family agreed to replace the Grand I10 in case we switch to Lux variant, only because of the beige interiors that gave a better sense of space.

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Took the delivery of my car today. Here I would like to share my experience of booking and delivery. Apology for the long post but I wanted to share the sweet salty experience I went thru this process.

In the first week of May, I thought of replacing one of my two cars, Grand I10 Asta petrol or Creta diesel automatic as both are 6-7 yrs. old.

At this moment the idea of switching to electric precipitated. Thanks to Team BHP, I had a fair idea about the electric vehicles and the options available. Leaving aside the other reasons for preferring the Nexon EV over the MG Zs and Hyundai Kona, the Nexon EV fitted more in my budget.

I called the Tata customer care and in fifteen minutes received a call from dealer A. The SA explained the variants of regular Nexon EV and their pricing. He requested me to come for the TD. Next morning, we went for the TD and had to wait for good 45 min to an hour as the SA was busy attending other customers. Finally, the wait was over and the TD vehicle was brought. It was a regular Nexon XZ+ variant. The interiors were not properly maintained and gave a shabby look. Did the TD. My first driving impression was good and got me inclined into getting one. However, my family had other ideas. In their opinion, it would be a downgrade from the Creta in terms of size, space and comfort, that feeling being enhanced by the grey Interiors and the lack of their upkeep. That put me also in two minds. The SA informed that there is a delivery period of 16 to 18 weeks and the Max variant was to be launched on 11 May which I was already aware of. He also told that the Max TD vehicle is in transit and will reach the dealership in a couple of days after the launch. We returned home a bit disappointed.

On 11 May I attended the launch event of the Max live and booked an XZ+ variant online immediately on the website being thrown open for booking. Mine would be one of the earliest online booked vehicles. I personally opted for dealer B as that was more convenient for me. I did the booking considering the delivery time and with a thought of taking a call on final purchase later. The SA from dealer B called me half an hour later and asked for the documents, which I provided and he sent me the payment receipt and the booking form that did not have any booking number or the queue position. I contacted Tata customer care to know this and was promptly asked to get in touch with the dealer for the same. The dealer was not transparent on this and kept repeating that it will take about 16 weeks without giving me any firm queue status.

Two days after the launch the SA from dealer A calls me again to inform that Max TD vehicle has arrived and I can do the TD. I asked him if he can come to my place which he agreed and was there at my doorstep. This was a brand new XZ+ Lux variant and had an opposite impression over the TD of regular Nexon EV that I did earlier. My family agreed to replace the Grand I10 in case we switch to Lux variant, only because of the beige interiors that gave a better sense of space.

In the meanwhile, I kept researching on user experiences, the issues they faced and how TML responded to it. That gave me the confidence that I can manage one and decided to go for it.

On 21st May I asked my SA to switch my booking to XZ+ Lux. Yes, I did opt for the 3.3 kw charger, even as I don't have the issue with the sanctioned load, my dedicated parking location is good 80 meters away from my meter box and there is a road in between. I have approached my housing society with a couple of options, the outcome is still awaited. So, the installation of charging box is on hold and I am going to manage the charging by parking nearer to my meter with an extension cord for now. Also 3.3 Kw charger should suffice for the regular city driving charging requirements. Fast charger is only helpful if you have back-to-back long drives, which happens rarely and one can always use the public fast chargers in that case.

In the meanwhile, I also did my loan paper work and got it sanctioned.

Here comes June 14. My SA calls me to inform that a vehicle has been allocated. I am not sure if it was done at the Tata Motors end as even a day prior to this the SA had maintained that it will take 16 weeks. He asked for the full margin money to enable DMS billing. I had no idea about the DMS billing and offered him to transfer 50K to commit myself for the delivery, to which he finally agreed and I transferred Rs. 50k to the dealer’s account the next day. On June 16, he calls me again to ask for the balance margin money that I politely refused. On June 20, he messaged me that the vehicle will take another week to reach their stockyard. Next day he sent me the VIN, that gave me a bit sense of relief that the vehicle has actually been allotted. On 23 June I went to the bank to sign the loan docket and also visited the dealer. My SA was on leave that day and another individual showed me a excel sheet on his mobile that showed the VIN allocated against my name and the status as “In-transit” and current location as “Factory”. I also finalized the insurance with the dealer and opted for ICICI Lombard that cost me 55k.

On June 26 the SA calls me and tells me that he wanted to go ahead with the registration process as the RTO was supposed to suspend the registration of vehicles hypothecated to two major banks including the one, I opted for my loan. He wanted the disbursal of the loan and the margin money to initiate registration process. I was very reluctant to allow registration without PDI and more so for the vehicle that is still in transit. On enquiring about that status of the vehicle arrival, I was told that it will take another 3-4 days. I refused and told him that I was willing to wait for the restart of the registration by RTO.

On June 28 I was informed that the vehicle has reached the stockyard and was available for PDI. On enquiring about the suspended registration, he sheepishly replied “Ho Jayega Sir”. I went for the PDI the same day. In the stockyard more than 1k Tata vehicles were parked, out of which about 10-15 Nexon EVs of all variants were there. As I was little early than the SA, I zeroed in on my vehicle with the VIN provided and did the visual inspection. Once the SA came, did the PDI whatever I could as it was a very hot and humid day and we were sweating profusely. Gave my final go-ahead and transferred the balance margin money the next day and also instructed my bank for the loan disbursal. The delivery was supposed to happen on Friday the 1st July but the usual glitches at RTO server had pushed it to Sunday the 3rd.

Delivery was pretty normal. The Z-Connect app is yet to be activated. Basic accessory kit was offered complimentary so didn’t go for 3D/7D mats which I plan to upgrade later. Already notice a couple of issues that got overlooked during PDI.

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The drive comprised of 30 kms inside city with moderate traffic, and 270 kms on a 4 lane expressway. Throughout the drive, the AC was on and audio was playing. Google navigation was also in use.

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I did a 300 km trip, 30 kms inside city with moderate traffic, and 270 kms on a 4 lane expressway. I don’t know if my calculations are difficult to follow but I will try to explain.

More than Kwatt/hr I have worked out my calculations based on kms the car travels per percent of charge. I know it might not be strictly accurate because when the charge goes less than 10%, I heard AC and other systems cut off and the car can travel further.

All through the drive, the AC was on and audio was playing. Google navigation was also in use.

• For the first 107 kms it consumed 54% battery. This was in ECO mode and I did a steady 110-115 kmph. I drove like my Jeep trying to maintain a smooth driving style with regen at stage 1 and minimum braking. Turns out to be a mistake.
• 2nd 69 kms consumed 36%. Half of this distance was highway with same driving style as I had mentioned above and remaining in city.
• The 3rd 86 kms I reduced my speed to 90-100 kmph and regen was in stage 2. Consumed 36% charge.
• Last 41 kms I used Sport mode and had a blast though I did not cross 120 kmph. Regen was in stage 3. I was hardly touching the brake to slow down. It’s a learning curve but I slowly improved. The surprising part is this yielded the best figures.

As per my calculation from this drive, I could go for 241 kms on a full charge and averaging out the entire distance of 299kms with 143% battery consumed I could have gone 210kms.

Again, this is not strictly accurate but I tried to maintain as normal a driving style as I could and not go mileage-mode for EV drive and I think 250-260kms is the best I can do.

The 320-330 kms it shows at 100 % charge is wildly optimistic and makes one believe you can go the distance, whereas by the time the battery comes down to 50% charge the DTE shows 125 kms and is not the 160-170 kms you expect and you have covered 120-130 kms.

Anyway, it’s still very early and I will try to update if I can eke out better figures, but I don’t see this car going 300 kms if you adopt a normal driving style like ICE.

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It accelerates so fast and quietly to our highway speed limit, especially in Sports mode, you have to be careful to rein it in. The initial acceleration makes it a real fun to drive car.

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Took delivery of a white Nexon EV Max XZ+ two days ago. Here is a short review.

Likes:

• Peppy acceleration, even in ECO mode. It accelerates so fast and quietly to our highway speed limit, especially in Sports mode, you have to be careful to rein it in. The initial acceleration makes it a real fun to drive car.
• Decent build for the segment.
• Ride quality is fantastic. Low speed is very slightly jolty but at speeds of 40-100kmph it is superb. I missed a couple of bumps and an unmarked speed breaker but it shook it off and settled down very well. Though it is difficult to believe I feel it is easier on the body over broken roads than Compass at our day to day speeds. Compass has a much tougher feel and is absolutely stable, this gets slightly unsettled(only slightly) at higher speeds but for our everyday driving this is definitely more comfortable. It feels like going over rubber and not bumps.
• Speed chime after 120 is not too intrusive. Also at 80kmph the single beep is hardly heard over the audio. In Eco mode I think it is restricted to less than 120kmph ensuring you don’t go faster and encounter the beeps too.
• Looks - White with the blue accents look cool, especially from the front and side. Am not a great fan of the rear.
• Size - right size for handling in the city and parking. Ground clearance is good.
• Wide regenerative braking adjustability. At level 3 even at highway speeds I was not using the brake to slow at all. Regen was that strong.
• AC is good.
• Very tight turning cycle.

Dislikes:

• Quality check and niggles at delivery. A screw was improperly patched on the door. Seat belt buckle was situated too posteriorly. Glovebox is still not aligning properly. The first two were rectified. But it will be nice for Tata to get better quality control and PDI. But despite all this there were no rattles.
• Steering was inconsistent and artificial, also a bit too hard at triple digit speeds. Car felt stable but steering could have been calibrated better.
• 6 airbags would have been welcome.
• Rear seat floor high and seat is low. They could have raised the rear seat more. Headroom is actually in excess.
• Audio is OK at best. I don’t understand why it keeps getting rave reviews.
• Using Regen braking at stage 3 there has to be some way for cars traveling behind to know that Nexon is slowing down. Without brake light I could see cars getting alarmingly close in the rear view mirror each time I was slowing down.
• Main grouse is the range. I will touch on this separately.

Bottomline - I am really happy with my purchase. Hope it remains niggle free. I plan to keep it for 7 years minimum. Let’s see.

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