Sharing key takeaways from my first major road trip (Indore Circuit) in the Tata Punch EV EMP+ Long Range.
🚗 Car Performance & Range
Vehicle: Tata Punch EV EMP+ Long Range (LR).
Trip Distance: Approx. 1150 KMs (Indore -> Bhopal -> Jabalpur -> Sagar -> Indore).
Driving Experience: Overall, surreal and excellent. The car performed beautifully throughout the entire journey.
Real-World Range: Consistently achieved 200-230 KMs per charge on the highway with AC use.
🔌 The Charging Nightmare: "Charger Anxiety"
The biggest stress was "Charger Anxiety," not Range Anxiety, the worry that an 'Available' station wouldn't initiate charging.
Major Failures (JioBP & Adani): Multiple stations were listed as available but got "stuck at initiating charging" (loading circle spinning endlessly).
Customer support confirmed the stations were non-operational despite the app status.
This issue was not car-specific; a HarrierEV also failed at the same station.
JioBP and Adani likely use a similar app framework, resulting in similar poor functionality.
Family Disappointment: The constant waiting, troubleshooting, and having to move to the next station caused significant disappointment and stress for the family.
✅ Reliable Networks
HPCL (HP) is Good. Took time to start the session, but worked 100% of the time. Reliable connection once established.
Tata Power EZ Charge. Mostly worked, but one station failed initiation.
Many stations were 30kW, a downgrade in speed that prolonged the trip.
❌ Headache
JioBP & Adani Very Bad. Frequent failures to initiate charge despite being listed as available.
Overall Charging companies should provide reliable statuses of the charging stations rather than being experimental.
AdiT
Road Trip
Tata Punch EV 1150 KM Road Trip: Charger Anxiety is Real!
Comments (8)
Ferrari Rules
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Another thing - Please always keep a backup charger in mind, if charging doesn't work just move on. Customer care won't be able to do much
Ferrari Rules
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I can believe Adani has a problem. For Jio, can you point out the charger, we can escalate
AdiT
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Reviewer in this video explained exactly what I wanted to convince about chargers not initiating charging.
https://youtu.be/LjVpqjL9lvY
Suhail Gulati
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@AdiT
I know how it feels like. Have faced it myself in the very beginning of my EV journey.
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