ONE WEEK, ONE CHARGE

Can the Tata Harrier EV handle my hectic weekly grind?

- Words By: Sohil Nikam

I've always been sceptical about range anxiety.

You know, that lingering doubt about whether your EV will make it through the week. It's something every electric car owner thinks about. So, when Tata handed me the keys to the Harrier EV, I decided to do something a little different: live with it for a full week on a single charge. No top-ups. No “just in case” plugs. The version I drove was the 75 kWh variant, with a claimed range of 627 kilometres. Though in the real world, it sits comfortably between 480 and 505 kilometres. Would that be enough to survive a typical Mumbai week? Here's how it went.

MONDAY:

THE COMMUTE BEGINS

The week kicked off as usual. Office runs, phone calls, and endless traffic lights. My daily commute is about 12 kilometres each way, which doesn’t sound like much until you multiply it by stop-and-go congestion. Later in the evening, I had a meeting in Bandra, adding another 25 kilometres to the day. The Harrier EV's cabin calmness turned that chaotic drive into something almost meditative. By the time I parked at home, the range had only dipped slightly, which is reassuringly slow consumption.

TUESDAY:

THE RHYTHM OF ROUTINE