Real Life EV Story
Pradip Mishra
Owner - Mahindra ePlus P8
City - Pune
Owner - Mahindra ePlus P8
City - Pune
E2O PLUS – P8 - TEST DRIVE
CITY : PUNE
DATE: 28-03-17
START TIME: 0545 HRS
END TIME: 1045 HRS
START POINT: NANDED CITY
END POINT: NANDED CITY
TOOK my e2o Plus P8 FOR A TEST DRIVE ON THE 28th MORNING. THE DRIVE COVERED A MIX OF CITY DRIVE OF AROUND 55KMS AND HIGHWAY DRIVE OF AROUND 105KMS. IDEA TO START EARLY WAS TO GET A MIX OF CITY AND HIGWAY DRIVE AT NON-PEAK AND PEAK HOURS.
ROUTE TAKEN:
CITY DRIVE: FIRST 29 KMS
NANDED CITY TO DHAYARI BRIDGE, PRAYEJA CITY, WARJE BRIDGE, KARVE ROAD, DECCAN, LAKDI PUL, APPABALWANT CHOWK, SWARGATE, SARAS BAGH, LAXMINARAYAN THEATRE, SHANKAR MAHARAJ MATH, U TURN TO LAXMI NARAYAN THEATRE, SINHGAD ROAD, RAJARAM BRIDGE, KARVE ROAD WARJE BRIDGE. ENTERED THE HIGHWAY HEADING TOWARDS MUMBAI.
HIGHWAY DRIVE: 29-145 KMS (116 KMS)
MOVED ON TO SHAYADRI MOTORS, PASHAN. HAD A PIT STOP OF 10MIN. THEN TO DEHUROAD AND TOOK A U TURN TOWARDS BANGALORE, SHIVAPUR TOLL NAKA, U TURN TO SHAYADRI MOTORS AND RETURNED TO NANDED CITY.
CITY DRIVE: 15.1 KMS
EXIT HIGHWAY JUST AFTER CROSSING THE WARJE FLYOVER TO PRAYEJA CITY, DHAYARI FLYOVER, NANDED CITY.
DRIVE CONDITIONS:
DATE: 28-03-17
START TIME: 0545 HRS
END TIME: 1045 HRS
START POINT: NANDED CITY
END POINT: NANDED CITY
TOOK my e2o Plus P8 FOR A TEST DRIVE ON THE 28th MORNING. THE DRIVE COVERED A MIX OF CITY DRIVE OF AROUND 55KMS AND HIGHWAY DRIVE OF AROUND 105KMS. IDEA TO START EARLY WAS TO GET A MIX OF CITY AND HIGWAY DRIVE AT NON-PEAK AND PEAK HOURS.
ROUTE TAKEN:
CITY DRIVE: FIRST 29 KMS
NANDED CITY TO DHAYARI BRIDGE, PRAYEJA CITY, WARJE BRIDGE, KARVE ROAD, DECCAN, LAKDI PUL, APPABALWANT CHOWK, SWARGATE, SARAS BAGH, LAXMINARAYAN THEATRE, SHANKAR MAHARAJ MATH, U TURN TO LAXMI NARAYAN THEATRE, SINHGAD ROAD, RAJARAM BRIDGE, KARVE ROAD WARJE BRIDGE. ENTERED THE HIGHWAY HEADING TOWARDS MUMBAI.
HIGHWAY DRIVE: 29-145 KMS (116 KMS)
MOVED ON TO SHAYADRI MOTORS, PASHAN. HAD A PIT STOP OF 10MIN. THEN TO DEHUROAD AND TOOK A U TURN TOWARDS BANGALORE, SHIVAPUR TOLL NAKA, U TURN TO SHAYADRI MOTORS AND RETURNED TO NANDED CITY.
CITY DRIVE: 15.1 KMS
EXIT HIGHWAY JUST AFTER CROSSING THE WARJE FLYOVER TO PRAYEJA CITY, DHAYARI FLYOVER, NANDED CITY.
DRIVE CONDITIONS:
- INFOTAINMENT ON THRUOGH OUT THE TRIP FROM START TO END.
- HEADLIGHTS ON TILL FIRST 15.5 KMS.
- AC NOT USED AT ALL.
- HORN NOT USED AT ALL.
MONITORING:
ODOMETER READING WAS DONE EVERY 10 KM TRAVELLED AND EVERY 10% SOC DROP.
ODOMETER READING WAS DONE EVERY 10 KM TRAVELLED AND EVERY 10% SOC DROP.
DRIVE PATTERN:
- VERY SLOW ACCELERATION TO 2 BARS.
- DRIVING AT SPEED OF 40-50 KMPH.
- RELEASE THROTTLE ON REACHING 50 KMPH
- TRY TO GET MAX REGEN ON SLOPES.
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