Kia Niro EV

It’s €200 exit fee for the free charger contract. But my understanding is (I asked and also checked T&c’s) that you can get charger and cancel after a month.

Yeah, my understanding is it's €200.

If it's the one in the wheel well it's for pumping the can of goo into a punctured tyre :(

More than likely they're all the same then, will look it up later. I just spend one euro at Circle K, get air and hoover the footwells.

Hi folks

Just wondering has anyone changed the number plate bulbs to new LED BULBS and if so which type did you go for .

E-Niro is MY22 ...th

Thanks Champion

I'll have a look for them

Here is a look of the outside of the Niro EV SG2. Exterior only.

https://youtu.be/mDxDpVWv7U4

Got this email from Kia yday.

Hi Michael,

                  Yes unfortunately we don’t have a lot of info just at the minute but here’s a snip of the most recent Kia Bulletin that was just released to us on Monday past explaining time frames.

^^this bulletin provides additional details of the run-out for the current generation Niro family. As announced at our National Dealer Conference, production of the all new Niro will commence during Quarter 2, with the first units being available for registration and handover from early Quarter 3. An update on the line-up and launch plans for this exciting new model will be provided during April, ahead of the start of the Electric Experience roadshow^^^^^

Quarter 3 Meaning July-Aug-Sept time

@irishgrover did similar for the E-Soul last year after Brink recommended http://www.towingequipment.ie/. Cost them €900 including the bike carrier. Contemplating this myself, do you mind me asking where you got it done and roughly how much?@irishgrover

I couldn’t get an answer out of Kia on warranty when I wanted to fit a hitch for my dog step (which I had used on my hybrid)... dealer said if there was ever an issue with the drive train they’d blame the bar .. even though I had stressed it was for a step that slotted in and out of the hitch for 60 seconds while the dogs got in and out of the car and provided photos so he could go back to Kia on my behalf etc etc… Insurance wanted documentation from the mechanic too so make sure you have that sorted too. I ended up not using it anyways as it didn’t fit the same as it did on the hybrid with the difference in the 2 bars..

Maybe things are different now a couple of years later with warranty

I contacted Kia Ireland via the Kia.ie website asking if they knew when the all new Niro EV would be available to purchase in Ireland. This is their response!

How can they not have any idea on when they might be available!

Still no sign of our new eniro. Call the dealer again today.. absolutely no answer for me, nothing he can do.. apparenrtly Kia Ireland dont even know when of if its even in the country. BUT, he said i have a chassis no assigned to me.... go figure

How on earth in this day and age, i cannot be told where my car is.. is on a production line in Korea, or in a ship, or at the port....

I was in two different dealers.

1 said next year and other said Summer.

Next year had some in stock while other hadn't any.

Got my new e-Niro a few weeks back and am loving it so far.

I know this question has been asked a million times and there are a million answers but.......what is the average kWh/100km owners are getting?

I watched all the YT vids (including the 130km/h test in very cold temps) but I would like an Irish perspective.

The average I'm getting with no heating on is about 18kwh/100km. That is for journeys of between 50 -100km at speeds of up to 110km/h with gentle acceleration. It goes up to early 20s with the heating on and as low as 15 for slower local journeys.

The 18 figure would indicate a range of only 350kms in this not particularly cold weather. Will the range really increase into the mid 400s in warmer weather?

In the Summer was getting around 14.9, now it's up to 15.9 for the last 3 months. Mostly rural journeys and 1 weekly drive of around 150km on mostly motorway.