{"id":5416,"date":"2025-09-01T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:15:38","slug":"a-night-drive-from-delhi-to-greater-noida-in-my-mahindra-xev-9e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/a-night-drive-from-delhi-to-greater-noida-in-my-mahindra-xev-9e\/","title":{"rendered":"A Night Drive from Delhi to Greater Noida in My Mahindra XEV 9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a wonderful experience with my <a href=\"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/mahindra-xev-9e-battery-range-and-charging-options-explained\/\">Mahindra XEV 9e<\/a>. I was traveling from Panchsheel Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/tools\/ev-chargingstationlocator\/delhi\/\">Delhi<\/a> to Greater <a href=\"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/tools\/ev-chargingstationlocator\/noida\/\">Noida<\/a> at night \u2014 a total distance of 49 km.<\/p>\n<p>I started my journey with 71% SOC and reached Greater Noida at 65%. So practically, I travelled the 49 km in just 6% battery drop, which comes to about 8.2 km per percent.<\/p>\n<p>This was not done with any focus on getting good range. The AC was on throughout at 25\u00b0C, I was driving alone, and the traffic was normal for around 10 pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For me, the biggest takeaway from this trip is simple: <strong>EVs can be more efficient than we think, even in everyday conditions.<\/strong> No special effort, no compromise on comfort, and still a very respectable efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>It gave me confidence that the XEV 9e can handle city commutes and longer trips with a <a href=\"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/tools\/ev-trip-planner\/\">trip planner<\/a>, without constantly worrying about range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trip Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Car<\/strong>: Mahindra XEV 9e<\/li>\n<li><strong>Route<\/strong>: Panchsheel Park (Delhi) \u2192 Greater Noida<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distance Travelled<\/strong>: 49 km<\/li>\n<li><strong>SOC at Start<\/strong>: 71%<\/li>\n<li><strong>SOC at End<\/strong>: 65%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Battery Used<\/strong>: 6%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efficiency<\/strong>: ~8.2 km per % SOC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conditions<\/strong>: Night drive, normal traffic, AC at 25\u00b0C, single occupant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you enjoyed this short trip diary, we also have stories of <strong>longer EV journeys<\/strong> where efficiency, charging, and planning come into play.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/drove-462-km-from-noida-to-my-kanpur-farm-on-a-single-charge-in-my-mahindra-xev-9e\/\">Drove 462 km from Noida to My Kanpur Farm on a Single Charge in My Mahindra XEV 9E<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Real stories like these<\/strong>\u00a0give confidence to EV owners who haven\u2019t yet taken their cars on long trips, and help fence-sitters see what\u2019s truly possible.\u00a0If you\u2019ve got an EV journey to share, we\u2019d love to hear it! Drop us a message at\u00a0admin@evjoints.com\u00a0and become part of our growing EV community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a wonderful experience with my Mahindra XEV 9e. I was traveling from Panchsheel Park in Delhi to Greater Noida at night \u2014 a total distance of 49 km. I started my journey with 71% SOC and reached Greater Noida at 65%. So practically, I travelled the 49 km in just 6% battery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[385],"tags":[374],"class_list":["post-5416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ev-trip-diaries","tag-electric-vehicle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Blog-Cover-Images.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5417,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions\/5417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}