Selvakumar D drove 1,380 km in 24 hours in his Tata Nexon EV 45, beating the current India Book of Records EV benchmark.
Pushing an electric car to its absolute limit in a single day isn’t something most of us would attempt, but Selvakumar D from Avinashi did exactly that. In his Tata Nexon EV 45, he covered a jaw-dropping 1,380 km in just under 24 hours (23 hours and 58 minutes to be exact), smashing the existing India Book of Records benchmark of 1,326.5 km for the longest EV distance in 24 hours. The run, completed on 14-15 March 2026, was fully self-funded and is now officially submitted for India Book of Records (IBR) verification.
Selvakumar wasn’t alone on this marathon. His brother Dinesh Sharma shared the driving duties (1,015 km by Selvakumar, 365 km by Dinesh), while friend Selvam joined in midway. The brothers rotated shifts on a mix of smooth highways and narrow rural stretches, keeping speeds mostly between 100-120 km/h through Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. Temperatures swung from cool 21-23°C nights to scorching 34-38°C days, yet the Nexon EV 45 stayed composed the entire time.
Charging proved to be the real drama. Nine stops added 166.9 kWh in 4 hours 34 minutes, using a combination of BPCL, Statiq, and JioBP fast chargers. Total charging cost came to ₹5,241, roughly ₹3.8 per km for the car. Split among three people, that works out to just about ₹1.27 per passenger per km which is cheaper than many petrol runs on the same highways.
The scariest moment came near Bagepalli when the battery dropped to 9%. Selvakumar’s trusted Zeon charger failed and the Statiq app glitched at the next station. “That clutch stop saved the run” he mentions. Luckily, a JioBP charger was right there and delivered the juice they needed to keep moving. Reliability of public fast chargers, not range anxiety, turned out to be the biggest challenge.
By the end, the odometer showed 50,033 km – up 1,380 km from the start. Efficiency clocked in at 156 Wh/km. Even the GPS tracker showed slightly less due to signal gaps, but the car’s own trip meter told the real story.
Selvakumar sums it up perfectly “Even we did not expect it to go this far.” This run isn’t just a personal milestone; it proves that India’s everyday EVs like the Tata Nexon EV 45 can deliver record-breaking performance with smart planning and a bit of driver endurance.
Suhail Gulati
Suhail Gulati is the founder of ElecTree and an economist by training. A former banker with experience in credit, retail banking, and financial stress testing at large institutions, he founded ElecTree in 2023 — building it into India's dedicated platform for 4-wheeler EV data, sales analysis, and original reporting. Over three years, Suhail has established ElecTree as a trusted resource for accurate, verified, and fact-first electric vehicle journalism in India. He is a recognized voice in the Indian EV community, engaging regularly with owners, enthusiasts, and industry observers through ElecTree's editorial work and its owner community platform, Electree Surge. His work sits at the intersection of economic analysis and electric mobility — bringing a banker's rigour to a sector that deserves it.