{"id":5705,"date":"2026-01-14T20:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/?p=5705"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:51:26","slug":"hyderabad-to-gangtok-in-a-tata-nexon-ev-a-5960-km-real-world-ev-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evjoints.com\/ev-guide\/hyderabad-to-gangtok-in-a-tata-nexon-ev-a-5960-km-real-world-ev-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyderabad to Gangtok in a Tata Nexon EV: A 5,960 km Real-World EV Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through our\u00a0EVTripDiaries<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0series, we\u2019re sharing real stories from EV owners who\u2019ve gone the distance \u2014 not with massive batteries or premium EVs, but with smart planning. Because in EV travel, planning your route right is often the real secret behind a successful long trip.<\/p>\n

Car:<\/strong> Tata Nexon EV LR (40.5 kWh)
Driver:<\/strong> Sudhakar Nalluri, Hyderabad
Trip:<\/strong> Hyderabad \u2192 Gangtok \u2192 Kolkata \u2192 Varanasi \u2192 Hyderabad
Total Distance:<\/strong> ~5,960 km
Duration:<\/strong> 13 days<\/p>\n

When people ask, \u201cCan you really do long road trips in an EV in India?\u201d<\/em> \u2014 this trip is the answer.<\/p>\n

In December 2025, Sudhakar set out from Hyderabad<\/a> in his Tata Nexon EV and drove all the way to Gangtok in Sikkim, then across eastern India, and finally back home. This wasn\u2019t a short highway run. This was a multi-state, multi-terrain, real India road trip<\/strong> \u2014 including long highway stretches, city traffic, and hilly mountain roads.<\/p>\n

And he did it entirely on public charging infrastructure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Big Picture<\/h2>\n