AD Christmas day was EV day for me. A day I took my first road trip in an electric car to put the worry of range anxiety to the test. There were no worries when I set off from Mumbai at 5.30am in the plush Mercedes EQC for the 280km drive to Mahabaleshwar. After an overnight charge topped up the 80kWh battery to 100 percent, the range showed 350km – enough of a margin. That took away the stress of driving as did the super silent and comfy EQC, which is the epitome of low pulse rate travel. I felt nice and smug about not having to queue up for fuel, but halfway through the drive, I wished I could have fueled up somewhere.