Advertising of EVs

cee_jay

I'm changing my car shortly, and was seriously considering the Kia Niro PHEV. However, I then saw the range on some Kia Niro EVs so have started looking for them online. However, most of the car adverts I have come across don't mention the range!
Some examples:
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-niro-ev-5dr-auto/27288207
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-niro-ev-mid-range-5dr-auto/27416086 (I'm guessing mid range is not the 64kWh model?)

I would have thought the range of an electric vehicle is an important selling point. It would be nice to see the advertising sites update their information and include this with the filters for example. As electric cars become more popular, things like charging type/speeds, range, etc will become more of a consideration to a buyer than some of the current search filters. If you can filter on colour and number of doors, this would be a nice change to search options.

I think it's more important to advertise battery capacity, for instance, 40 or 64 Kwh.

The only way to know is to call them up and then you have to check this in the car's manual before you buy, usually there's a sticker stating engine, power output in Kw and in electrics should show Kwh of the battery, the long range in the Kia cars is the 64 Kwh. But check the VIN on this sticker matches that on the car. I wouldn't just take a dealers word for it and I'd get this information written on the recepit from the dealer.

Indeed this is importat information to include when advertising an Electric car.

cee_jay

The other annoyance I have is selecting the "fuel type" - PHEV appearing in search results for Electric, and vice versa. It doesn't instill much confidence in dealers if they don't even know the details of what they are advertising.

spakman

Deleted User wrote: »

I think it's more important to advertise battery capacity, for instance, 40 or 64 Kwh.

The only way to know is to call them up and then you have to check this in the car's manual before you buy, usually there's a sticker stating engine, power output in Kw and in electrics should show Kwh of the battery, the long range in the Kia cars is the 64 Kwh. But check the VIN on this sticker matches that on the car. I wouldn't just take a dealers word for it and I'd get this information written on the recepit from the dealer.

Indeed this is importat information to include when advertising an Electric car.

40 Kwh or 64 Kwh means nothing to the standard car buyer. They want to know how far they can get without having to stop to charge - in kilometres or miles.
Then they want to know how long it takes to charge the car from a) a home charger, and b) a "fast" charger - in minutes.

I just checked again and this one says "mid range" in the title under the picture of the car so it's the smaller battery version and you don't really want this lower range and it charges really slow at fast chargers.


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-niro-ev-mid-range-5dr-auto/27416086

spakman

spakman wrote: »

40 Kwh or 64 Kwh means nothing to the standard car buyer. They want to know how far they can get without having to stop to charge - in kilometres or miles.
Then they want to know how long it takes to charge the car from a) a home charger, and b) a "fast" charger - in minutes.

They advertise the Kias as Mid range or Long range.

There's plenty of People who do understand Kwh and this is the only real way to know if it has the larget battery or not.

I understand that giving a range in kms helps but most People can't achieve this in real life either in most normal driving.

cee_jay

Deleted User wrote: »

I just checked again and this one says "mid range" in the title under the picture of the car so it's the smaller battery version and you don't really want this lower range and it charges really slow at fast chargers.


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-niro-ev-mid-range-5dr-auto/27416086

Yes but "mid range" means nothing to a standard buyer. EVs are new for the general population, and a lot of people have no interest in cars. They just want a car that gets them from A to B with little problems.

cee_jay

cee_jay wrote: »

Yes but "mid range" means nothing to a standard buyer. EVs are new for the general population, and a lot of people have no interest in cars. They just want a car that gets them from A to B with little problems.

I hear you, but not just range, recharge times too are also important but I think most people do their research before buying an ev but dealers should give more important information, something like 30 mins from 10-80% @50 KW and 20 mins 10-80% @100 kw etc but most People don't know what this means either but to be honest it's also up to People to learn about new technologies rather than be spoon fed all the time, in my opinion.

cee_jay

Deleted User wrote: »

I hear you, but not just range, recharge times too are also important but I think most people do their research before buying an ev but dealers should give more important information, something like 30 mins from 10-80% @50 KW and 20 mins 10-80% @100 kw etc but most People don't know what this means either but to be honest it's also up to People to learn about new technologies rather than be spoon fed all the time, in my opinion.

I don't disagree, my point is these are all items which should be available for people to filter on car sale sites to refine their results to what they are looking for.

cee_jay

cee_jay wrote: »

I don't disagree, my point is these are all items which should be available for people to filter on car sale sites to refine their results to what they are looking for.

I think it will be a long time if ever where you're able to select charging speed/time/kw on the likes of donedeal.

Busman Paddy Lasty

cee_jay wrote: »

I don't disagree, my point is these are all items which should be available for people to filter on car sale sites to refine their results to what they are looking for.

Indeed they should be, wouldn't have an ICE car without engine size listed in the ad. Even though that's not capacity it still wouldn't be left blank.

You may have to call the dealers. The Duffy one states Mid Range then has a picture of the dash with 209km remaining at about 55% charge i.e image from a Long Range model/not actual pic of the car for sale. Other ad seems to have 171km at a guess 65% charge so a Mid Range model if the pic is of the car itself.

Black_Knight

spakman wrote: »

40 Kwh or 64 Kwh means nothing to the standard car buyer. They want to know how far they can get without having to stop to charge - in kilometres or miles.
Then they want to know how long it takes to charge the car from a) a home charger, and b) a "fast" charger - in minutes.

That's like saying 1.2ltr or 2.0ltr means nothing to the standard buyer. People just need to educate themselves, and if donedeal etc aren't providing that information (the kWh of the car, not the education) then people won't get exposed to it and thus informed.

Gumbo

cee_jay wrote: »

Yes but "mid range" means nothing to a standard buyer. EVs are new for the general population, and a lot of people have no interest in cars. They just want a car that gets them from A to B with little problems.

It’s the same way people do t advertise the range of a 520d over a Audi A6. It completely depends on the engine, person and how they drive.

It’s up to the buyer to make sure they are buying the right battery size for them.

Buddy Bubs

Can't really advertise range in fairness. Or charging times. There's going to be so many variations in how people use them and where they charge them. Would be actually misleading selling. I could advertise my audi a6 as 60 mpg and 1200km to a tank or whatever fanciful official figures there are. In reality it's a 40mpg car and 900kms range.

Black_Knight

With the likes of the enyaq on offer with a range of max DC charging speeds I'd really like to see that as a filter on donedeal. Makes a hell of a difference to some