Mahindra e2o [2014-2016] User Reviews

Exterior Poor exterior design. Door gaps are making us to vomit. Door is hard to open and not locking properly. rear door to roof gaps are high.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Good interiors especially Instrument panel is good. Sppedo meter is awesome. pedals are closely packed. Gear knob is bit sticky and skidding. Sound quality to be improved. navigation system is not user friendly. responce time is more.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Good pickup. smooth to ride.

Ride Quality & Handling Suspension are of bad quality. steering effort is very poor. not suitable for city drive.

Final Words Not worthy for money. battery life seems to be very less and replacement cost will be high. rear entry is still difficult. in case of collision rear passengers cant escape. you have to destroy the car and take out the rear passengers.

Areas of improvement All thee areas of the car to be improved.

Bought this car a month back, and feel cheated by Mahindra-Reva. They gave me 50,000 discount, But have been extending upto 1.5Lakh discounts in March! This devalues the car rapidly.

So, if any of you ever consider buying this car, do not accept less than 1Lakh discount from Mahindra-Reva, and insist on a clear letter than if they offer any more discount within couple of months of you buying it, they'll extend it to you too, to preserve the value of the car. They have an awful practice of short-changing the customer customer by charging what ever they can get away with, instead of having an honest to goodness pricing for all, which retains the value of the car.

I personally feel 'cheated' by this company, because in spite of giving me an assurance to pass on any reduction in value of car (other than taxes), they are playing around now.

Exterior: Looks OK. Quality of finish is pretty good, though it has an irregular shape. Some people may even like it, some may not. Not a universally likable design.

Bright headlights, the rear window could have been bigger.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort): Seats are not comfortable. They don't have the regular car seats that have springs/sponge, instead feels harder than even the lower end maruti cars.

Space is adequate, but you'll need to be flexible to get in to back seat. Driving position isn't very comfortable due to wrongly placed pedals. The accelerator is in the place wher enormally Break would be, and break is where clutch would be - thus you have to sit a bit cross legged!! This is done because the front wheel arch eats in to the pedal space.

You won't be able to do much to improve the interiors, as very few options are available.

Air Conditioning: is good, cools well. But, sucks battery!! It takes upto 1Kwh (or 15% of 10.5kwh battery) for every hour. So, if you have AC on and drive in a city for 2-3hours, then expect the battery range to be maximum of 60km (not 100+ you'd get without AC)!! I found this really strange because in my regular cars, AC only reduces mileage by 10%. Here it seems to be almost 40%!!

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

No gear box. No transmission at all. This is electric-motor, that provides max.torque at 1rpm!!

In 'Forward' mode the engine has adequate performance for most of driving. But, if you want to quickly overtake you'd need to go to 'Boost' mode, and it can be as fast as any performance car in reaching upto 60km!! And that's a lovely feeling. But, you'd mostly want to drive in "F" mode for conserving battery.

Battery will need replacement in perhaps 4-5years. And from an economy perspective, you might be better off buying a Alto/Estillo etc. 

YOU DON'T BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR ECONOMY YET!! YOU BUY IT BECAUSE IT IS GREEN AND IS EASY TO MAINTAIN & DRIVE.

Ride Quality & Handling

This is the best part of the car. It is very relaxing to drive this vehicle even in the most crowded city roads. It takes very little effort (being automatic) and it being small & flexible makes it easy to maneuver around. Parks in much smaller areas (perhaps even smaller area than Nano), has least turning radius of all the cars in India.

Shock absorbers are not as good as what you find in mid-segment cars.

It is a tall boy design and may feel a bit awkward in cornering, but is fairly stable at the speeds it goes (Max 85km). I have rarely crossed 80km and never need to in a city.

SO - AN IDEAL CITY CAR.

Final Words

I am extremely upset with Mahindra-Reva for spoiling the value of the car by indiscriminate, and unreliable discounts. I don't have a problem in paying for value, but when the manufacturer himself devalues the car - I feel cheated.

But, other than that - I am having fun with the car. It is extremely nice city run about. Amazing feeling not to worry about going to petrol pump, or having to worry about maintenance (once a year is all you need to do, that too for mechanicals like shocks and wearable items).

CLEARLY - OUR FUTURE IS ELECTRIC. If you want to sample the future, this is the only car you can buy in India. I had driven Nissan Leaf in USA, and that's a much much better car, but that'd be way to expensive in India. This doesn't even come close in terms of power & comforts, but provides the same hassel free driving experience.

Areas of improvement  

Honesty in their sales process is the major improvement needed. Their practice of shortchaing their customers by providing different pricing, undermines the car.

They also need to provide a minimum of 5year, 60,000km warranty on battery & Motor. Current 3yr/36,000waranty doesn't cut it.

They also need to improve their In Car entertainment system. It seems like some cheap chinese product! And the speakers are a joke (though they are from JBL or Blapunkt).  They should provide better cushining in seats. 

And finally - their pedal positioning can be like regular car. 

ADVICE TO BUYERS:

DON'T BE CHEATED BY MAHINDRA-REVA SALES GUYS. THEY WILL PUSH YOU TO BUY AT FULL PRICE. DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS THAN 1L DISCOUNT. ALSO DEMAND AN WRITTEN UNDERTAKING FOR BEST DISCOUNTED PRICE IN THAT QUARTER.

(i.e. if they reduce the final price for what ever reason other than tax/duty, i.e. subsidy or their own discount, they should compensate you for loss of value by refunds). Otherwise your car value will be down by over one lakh on the day of your delivery, as they will start advertising a huge discount the very next week!!

Not a great vehicle. My advice is never even go to the showroom to have a look at this car.

Today night I was driving this car from Vijaynagar at 1930 hours near the bus depot. That time the charge was 36%. From there I came to ISCKON temple at 2000 hours and left ISCKON at 2044 hours and the charge was 22%. After that I came to Rajajinagar E Block 4th Main (which is not even one and half kilometre from ISCKON) All of a sudden the vehicle showed 0% and ended at 2100 approx. I called a man called Madhuker (9845XXXXXX) at 2104 hours he gave me plant tollfree number (1800102XXXX) and i called at 2108 hours. Then they told me that road assistance people will call you soon, one man called kuldeep (8110XXXXXX) called me at 2130 and told that they will inform the road side assistance and ask them to call you, but the road side assistance(towers) called late at 2201 hours and he cut the call in the middle of the conversation and again he called me at 2218 hours.

So I was single woman who waited their one and half hour in the night time they have not provided any help for me. Making a female wait for hours together is not a good matter its a serious issue in itself.

SO PLEASE THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU BUY THIS VEHICLE. ITS CRAP.

Exterior

 The design speaks for itself. I get enquiries from people around not because it is electric but its due to the design. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Mahindra could have used better plastic quality. The infotainment system is adequate with usb and bluetooth. it also moitors the consumption of battery and the efficiency. 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 The electric motor is mounted on the axle so there is minimum energy loss. This car roughly does 100 km with a single charge with full blown AC. However the efficiency and the range is completely variable since it depends on the driver efficiency. Moreso it has regenerative braking therefore any deceleration would amount to generation of electicity!! The autoshift makes it stressfree to drive within the city and there is also no need to shift back to neutral while waiting for a signal. 

Ride Quality & Handling

 The suspension is not that great. However does enough to keep you comfortable. 

Final Words

 I think this is the most logical option for the city. Why would you burn fossil fuel for the same boring daily routes and chores. However there must me a petrol/diesel car as a backup in your garage. Moreover this is a smartcar and the future of mobility available today. 

Areas of improvement  

The plastics, the motor could have little more power with bigger wheels though the given specifications are enough for the city. 

Exterior Looks are quite good and the good part ends there! Compact from outside, but spaceous inside.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interiors are decent and good quality. map feature is good, but you have to pay for updates.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Battery driven car. Battery works well in the first year and the performance keeps going down after that. M&M convinently keep it secret that after 5 years you have to spend 3-4Lakhs to replace the batteries. Software quality is also bad and makes us stranded on the road. We have had quite a few instances like that the M&M is not able to fix it permanently. They only provide temporary fixes.

Ride Quality & Handling Drive experience is not that great and you can feel jerks. Clutch is not very comfortable. 

Final Words Not worth the price. I wouldn't suggest anyone to buy this. Although E2O is discontinued now, E2O Plus is no different except in size.

Areas of improvement Battery perforamance and software quality.