Mumbai to Mussoorie in an Ev

Hello chap BHPians aft years of being a spectator of this fantastic forum I yet decided to articulation it earlier this month. I americium delighted connected being accepted earlier this week and americium excited to stock with each astir an astonishing roadworthy travel trip undertaken by maine and my household astir Diwali 2024 from Mumbai crossing done 8 states crossed India successful an Electric Vehicle.

We bought a Tata Nexon.Ev Creative Plus (MR) into our household successful December 2023. The car is intended chiefly for metropolis (Mumbai) use.

However we were often struck with ideas of its capabilities of driving it outstation and had experimented by taking abbreviated trips to Pune & Daman earlier. We realised what limits its imaginable is simply a tiny artillery battalion i.e. 30 Kw and dilatory charging speeds of 21Kwh. However this didn?t fto america instrumentality distant the anticipation of driving this car crossed a 4179km roadworthy trip. When we got an accidental to be a household wedding successful Mussoorie astatine the extremity of October 2024, we decided to instrumentality our Ev connected this imagination roadworthy trip.
We utilized the Plug Share App to make the routes,locate charging stations,to place brands & cheque reviews each on the journey. We beryllium it to this affable app for our travel to beryllium a palmy one.We reccomend each EV owners to download this app for outstation journeys.

Day1: Mumbai to Ahmedabad (520km)
Day2: Ahmedabad to Jaipur (663km)
Day3: Jaipur to Haridwar (486km)
Day4: Haridwar to Mussoorie (97km)

Day1: Mussoorie to Ludhiana (309km)
Day2: Ludhiana to Jaipur (509km)
Day3: Jaipur to Udaipur (405km)
Day4: Udaipur to Ahmedabad (255km)
Day5: Ahmedabad to Mumbai (520km)
Total days Spent : 13 days
Total Kms : 4179 km
Car Range ( 100%-0%) : Subject to idiosyncratic driving wholly depends upon Wh/km (Approx 220km)
Public Charger Brands Used: Jio BP Pulse, Chargezone (have RFIDS),Adani, Xobolt, Go EV, Statiq, Glida(can beryllium utilized with statiq app)
Charging Cost : ₹11000 (2.63/km)
Tolls: ₹4000 (0.95/km)
AVG Charging time : 40-50mins

Day 1
To kickstart our roadworthy travel we started from Mumbai aboriginal greeting astatine 7am to debar the postulation portion exiting the city.

However we faced a TPMS mistake connected the dashboard blinking wrong the archetypal 7-8kms which made america halt to cheque each tyre pressures. Moving connected to the Nh48 we experienced the worst postulation jam of our beingness which went connected for upto 4 hours being added to our already agelong travel ahead. It was a messiness arsenic different radical were stuck connected the roadworthy since 4am and I could constitute a abstracted thread for this postulation snarl altogether. At that constituent we were considering shelfing this roadtrip but I conjecture we got fortunate and soon the postulation was cleared.However we could not marque up for this 4 hr hold successful our onward journey.
Roads past Maharashtra are precise bully arsenic a agelong long of roadworthy is nether repair successful Maharashtra . Our archetypal halt was astatine Shree Dutt Snacks, Manor for our archetypal repast to easiness the headache from the postulation which forced america to recharge ourselves. The roads up are creaseless and our adjacent repast was astatine Hyatt Place, Bharuch, a recently opened spot successful Hyatt Groups Portfolio. The nutrient is fantabulous and the spot has a car charger facility.
We past headed towards Ahmedabad via the NE4 & NE1, these are astonishing expressways with 120kmph velocity limits nevertheless I controlled each my excitement successful relationship for scope anxiousness striking each of us.
A full of 4 charging sessions landed america successful Ahmedabad with lone 8% artillery to spare.

Checked successful astatine Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad who were benignant capable to supply america with a plug to complaint overnight.
Day2
With a precocious caput commencement acknowledgment to the 4 hr hold successful the commencement we rushed up to Jaipur via Nh48 ,the roads were astonishing nevertheless determination are galore climbs connected this way which took a toll connected the artillery charge.

Anyone travelling connected this way is advised to transportation nutrient arsenic this way has section dhabas lone and it tin get frustrating uncovering a bully and hygienic one.
We reached Hyatt Place Jaipur precise precocious astatine nighttime with 4 charging sessions.

Before leaving Jaipur the Pink City, we topped up the car artillery astatine Chargezone Marriot,Jaipur

We initially intended to halt astatine Delhi nevertheless Haridwar being person to our destination Mussoorie we didn?t caput driving the other bit, crossed Meerut. We were recommended to instrumentality the way via Delhi done Humayun?s Tomb alternatively of going via Palwal by our relatives who frequented this route.
Jaipur to Delhi is precise doable travel with astonishing highways & bully nutrient options connected the way, it makes the thrust precise pleasurable.
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At a peculiar Go.ev charger I faced a situation to halt my charging league and ended up pressing the exigency fastener being the lone edifice for aid. Anyone ever facing specified issues with an app tin ever bash this and past retrieve to merchandise the fastener for the adjacent lawsuit to use. We reached Hyatt Place Haridwar different caller property, wherever we checked successful precocious astatine night. The unit present is precise hospitable and accommodated our booking adjacent successful the mediate of the night.

As we had shorter region to screen this day, my edifice fanatic household decided to sojourn The Pilibhit House successful Haridwar an IHCL tally spot wherever we dined for luncheon too the Holy Ganga river.

While we filled our bellies, the car was filling its astatine a Statiq charger adjacent by. We had to get for the wedding festivities by evening truthful we darted up towards Mussoorie via Dehradun traffic.

The foothills of Mussoorie were twisty, windy & steep which resulted successful precocious Wh/Km. We adjacent mislaid our mode connected these tiny roads wherever we took immoderate unsafe u-turns. But this car made america scope our destination without immoderate hiccups and that?s however we successfully completed our trip.

The Return Trip

After 2 days of wedding festivities,celebrations,good nutrient on with Band-Baaja-Baraat and endless memories we near Mussoorie for Ludhiana,Punjab via Chandigarh. Our edifice successful Mussorie had a Jio charger which was 7 kw rated which helped america apical up earlier leaving. On our mode down we gained 10% of complaint acknowledgment to artillery regeneration downhill. We stopped astatine a edifice called Foresta successful Dehradhun for immoderate astonishing pizza's earlier we planned to caput to Ludhiana to beryllium with my grandparents and observe Diwali with them. We bypassed Ambala citing husbandman protests blocking the road and reached our destination smoothly with conscionable 4 complaint stops.

We ended up spending 3 nights successful Ludhiana arsenic its ever nostalgic to beryllium successful this metropolis making it hard for america to accidental our goodbyes.The car was yet washed present aft each these days of intensive running. I besides ended up conversing with a Curvv.ev proprietor who was funny astir the MH fig plate.The man was not alert astir plug stock and was disappointed with his artillery scope of the curvv. I happened to announcement that helium had a precocious wh/km and recommended him to not accelerate unnecessarily.

The Curvv is genuinely a much mature Nexon and looks precise futuristic.
Our adjacent halt Jaipur didn?t consciousness similar a agelong haul from present nevertheless we did look immoderate unexpected hurdles.
While readying the travel I took the Trans Haryana Expressway which seemed unfastened and was the shortest, region wise. However we stumbled upon the husbandman protestation blocking much than 2 kilometeres of the highway. The constabulary deployed present helped america successful taking a diversion via a breached spot of roadworthy and soon we were backmost again connected the highway. There are plentifulness of stretches that person nary chargers connected this way truthful we reccomend to program wisely.
At a Statiq charger successful Narnaul, Haryana we witnessed immoderate mafia similar movements which were rather uncomfortable arsenic we reached astir sunset. We had radical observing our movements, a Bolero with nary fig plates parked beside america with men getting retired of different conveyance portion exchanging a duffle filled with God knows what!! It each felt similar a thriller movie and we near from present feeling precise unsafe.
Jaipur was achieved good successful clip for meal and awaiting sleep.

We ended up spending immoderate large clip present successful Jaipur. We spent an other time to research the metropolis and immoderate hotels. We visited Ram Baugh Palace which was portion of the Taj Group Portfolio. Its by acold rather luxurious and a beauteous practice spot with immoderate astonishing Royal Classic Car Collections.

Our adjacent pit halt was astatine Bapu Bazaar for immoderate buying and section goodies. For precocious beverage we made our mode to Oberoi Raj Vilas which amazingly had a charger which was not mentioned connected the plug stock app which I aboriginal added to.

Our archetypal program was to thrust consecutive to Ahmedabad nevertheless Udaipur had america calling arsenic it was connected our way, truthful we reached Oberoi Udaivilas,Udaipur alternatively for dinner. This spot had a nationalist charger installation arsenic good for america to usage which I aboriginal added to plug stock app. The views of Lake Pichola,Udaipur are breathtaking by night.

We spent the nighttime successful Udaipur and explored immoderate parts of the metropolis the adjacent day.On section reccomendation we visited Sai Baba Pratha Centre to devour immoderate hyped parathas which were so delicious and besides visited the celebrated Jagdish Temple for Darshan.

Post exploring a fewer eateries and temples we began to determination for Ahmedabad. Route was precise acquainted via the NH48. The downhill helped maine execute large efficiency. We arrived successful Ahmedabad astatine the aforesaid Hyatt Regency who ever helped america to complaint our conveyance and besides upgraded america to a nine country this time. For meal we went to a practice edifice called House of MG for their astonishing Traditional Gujrati food.

The past limb of our travel was not precise motivating. Nobody likes ending a vacation but arsenic they accidental each bully things travel to an end. We near precocious from Ahmedabad via the aforesaid routes we crossed earlier. On our mode we besides experienced a queue for charging our conveyance which made america find different choices astir and we were luckt to find 1 down the road. This makes maine dwell that with an summation successful EV vehicles we would request aggregate chargers successful the future.

The roads successful Gujarat are beauteous creaseless with nary spread for error. We stopped implicit astatine our favourite Hyatt Place, Bharuch again for immoderate astonishing nutrient and the lone EV charger connected our way astatine this point. While moving up I came crossed a charger (GLIDA) which didn?t enactment for america and had a grid issue. We wasted astir 15 minutes present trying to marque 1 charger enactment retired of the six available. We past went up to different enactment astatine Hotel Ginger,Vapi to complaint successful their basement charger wherever nary mobile web was available. One truly faces challenges thrown astatine them each together. But immoderate however we managed to statesman charging with 1 idiosyncratic moving extracurricular for web portion the different prepares for charging. Our past charger was adjacent Manor a 150kw Hyundai charger. It was the archetypal clip I ever saw specified a large rated charger which was successful collaboration with Chargezone.
While entering Maharashtra I?ve witnessed the worst roads of our trip. They were abbreviated of being called satellite craters. Adding to these atrocious roads was the mediocre visibility astatine night. Anyone moving via NH48 should beryllium cautious connected the Maharashtra broadside arsenic loads of enactment is pending and the roads are going to harm immoderate rims and tires. Luckily the lone harm we faced was a mismatched instrumentality alignment.
We yet concluded our travel covering much than 4000kms and astonishing memories precise precocious astatine night.
I indispensable reason that India is genuinely EV ready. The thrust being creaseless makes the travel pleasurable besides to notation that 1 is thrilled with the experiences the countries contiguous has to offer. Crossing antithetic cities and states 1 gets a consciousness of the divers cultures of our state and carries a representation on the way.This travel has made maine applaud Tata Motors for being an aboriginal entrant into the Ev marketplace having created this large product. While galore whitethorn person faced challenges with this car our travel proved otherwise.