Hi Guys. Hariraj here.
I got Delivery of Tata PunchEV LR Empowered+ on March 8th, 2024 in Surat Gujarat. Right off the bat, Tata has some bugs to solve. I was on a drive showing to family etc and car didn't go to D mode, but I knew what was going on having done my research. Restarted the car. When I was doing left turn it did some fast forward type of blink sounds then usual normal blink frequency.
A genuine advice don't drive in sports mode when family is inside the car!
Also thanks to birds for welcoming it!
Next day I decided to do a long trip to Mumbai from Surat about 265km in total. The trip can be done with just one charge stop, but I didn’t start with full charge, I forgot to take note of it.
But my first charging stop - CZ Navsari FOODXPRESS, was about 33km from start. I reached with soc 33% SOC. This was first DC Charge of my baby.
Being my first public charge, I did a first session of about 10kWh from 33% to 60%. Then another from 60 to 85%. Total 20.589kWh added at cost of INR 498.4 in about 45min total.
My destination from here is Borivali East. I did one more charge session in between.
After about 175km, then I reached CZ Food Hub Haloli at 26% SOC. I charged till 81%. Total 20.02kWh added in 45min at INR 566.97.
Accidentally somehow I reset the trip inbetween somewhere from first stop to second. Efficiency was 114Wh/km with L2 regen. I was cruising between 70-95kmph on highway mostly on eco.
Then I traveled for about 61km and ended with 63% soc. The last 30km or so thanks to Mumbai traffic were at about 12kmph.
It was fun! Nikhil and all folks, they make me look like maniacs during charging. Other Ev owners are sipping coffee while me, I am clicking photos and fiddling around the charger. Hehe.
Seating etc was comfortable with Baby isofix + two passengers while I was cruising at 100 kmph on Atal setu. It ate all the crazy roads Mumbai had to offer while entering right now they are building road on national highway, no thud thud everything was smooth.
Total Toll cost was INR 220.
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