A decade ago, when Sushil Reddy embarked on his first trip by EV (electric vehicle), his mind was a maze of questions. Today, he recalls that trip as one that set the precedent for his travel choices.

We catch up with the Mumbai-based 36-year-old, who is currently recovering from the exhilaration of having been featured in the India Book of Records for the ‘maximum distance covered in an electric car by an individual’.

The record celebrates his feat of having completed a round-trip journey starting from Mumbai on 10 February 2025, traversing 28 cities across eight states in his Tata Curvv.ev and returning to Mumbai on 14 April 2025. The journey lasted 10,027 km. Sushil also used the time dutifully to channel passion into purpose. Over the course of the two months, he made a stop at 25 universities where he conducted awareness sessions around electric mobility.

Aside from spinning a route of sustainability across 25 Indian cities — including Surat, Dwarka, Udaipur, Delhi, Bhopal, Indore — on that trip, he credits the trip for layering his understanding of EVs.

Recalling his first EV expedition, Sushil says, “There are still so many question marks around how an electric vehicle performs; even I had them.” But time-tested drives replaced the scepticism with knowledge. Today, Sushil is a seasoned expert. But he shies away from being called that, reasoning that his success with EV trips owes a great deal to the performance metrics of these electric fleets.

He explains, “A vehicle with a petrol or diesel engine has a lot of moving parts, allowing for more wear and tear. In EVs, the moving parts are fewer, and so the maintenance is lower.”

With regards to efficiency, too, Sushil says, EVs are a win. “ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles have an efficiency of 20-30 percent — for every 100 units of........

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