1 year & 6,500 km with my Nexon EV Max: Pros, cons & real world range

300+kms on a full charge is easily doable under any traffic conditions.

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Update at 1 year/6500kms:

Usage and positives:

• The car is serving well as a city beater car and my wife has started to use it more often as well – this one is proving to be a perfect city car to ferry kids around and go about your errand drives without having to worry about anything.

• 300+kms on a full charge is easily doable under any traffic conditions.

• 100% Bangalore city usage. This is strictly used in city limits only and XUV700 does the duty on highways.

• Trip B stands at 6200+kms now with an overall efficiency of 115Wh/km.

• The car is always charged from ~20% to 100% with the 7kw charger at home and it takes about 4-5 hrs to charge – continues to be super convenient in terms of charge frequency and duration for my usage. It was DC fast charged only once just to test and ensure there were no surprises there.

• AC always on, tyre pressures maintained between 34-35 psi always, City mode, I keep flipping between Regen level 1 and 2.

• Excellent audio quality.

• No rattles or squeaks so far.

• Driving for long hours in peak Bangalore traffic does not stress you at all.

• Fun to drive. Everytime there’s a bit of an open road and the kiddo goes – papa, sports mode pleeeeease

• Extremely low running cost.

Additions:

• Added JKTreel tpms to all 4 tyres. Got a good deal at about Rs600 per sensor installed. Working well so far and super helpful in keeping an eye on the tyre pressures. The app off late has stopped coming up on Android Auto display, hope the developers fix this soon.

• Added DDPAI Mola N3 Pro dual channel dash cam. Did a DIY installation with power coming from the 12V power supply at the front. App and cameras working well so far.

• Wheel balancing and alignment done at TP/Madhus, was a standard affair and nothing out of ordinary.

• Got the HVAC combi filter instead of paper pollen filter during third service, this along with AC drain pipe cleaning that I got done during 3rd service seems to have fixed the foul smell issue that I was facing for a very long time.

Niggles, Issues and things that could have been better:

• Haven’t received any call from TATA or ASC for the much talked about software update to increase the range. Enquired during my service and the folks at the service center were clueless about it. Same goes with recalls/service actions – the SA asked me to check with sales department on this

• The car continues to lose time on the clock and goes slow. ASC seems to have no clue on how to fix this, software updates during services dint fix it.

• Foul smell from AC, I get a strong moldy foul smell every time I start the AC and the air does not feel fresh at all. This issue has been there from a long time. Highlighted it during 3rd service and the SA said all TATA cars are like this and you should not use the car for first 5 mins after starting. Said thank you for that and asked him to clean the drain pipe and change filter at the least.

• Fogging on windshield, there is always a thin film of mist/fog forming on the windshield and it becomes an issue with visibility during nighttime. ASC has no clue on how to check or fix this.

• Headlights don’t feel adequate on roads without streetlights.

• Larger seats with better support.

• Missing cupholders continue to be a big inconvenience.

• Prefer a stick shift anyday over the slow rotary drive selector, quick U or 3 point turns always ensure I get some good stares and honks on road.

• While ventilated seats are good, I would have preferred to have the switch to operate it somewhere on the dash or door where it is visible. Operating it while driving is just not safe or convenient + there’s no way we can turn it off on the passenger side after you have dropped them.

• The music doesn’t stop when you switch off the car, it continues to play and turns off only after the drivers side door is opened and then shut. Not a big fan of this design.

• The music doesn’t stop when you unlock-open door-enter-exit-close door from passenger side, the driver side door has to be opened and shut for the music to stop.

• 6 month servicing interval.

• TATA ASC, Key Motors Mysore Road service center in particular.

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