Kia EV6

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Does anyone here have experience of using the Tuam ESB chargers (N17 plaza): https://www.plugshare.com/location/351289

Noticed the sideways orientation of the charger, just wondering if there's any issues in getting the cable to reach from chargers 1 & 3?

2 & 4 will fine as our charge port is rear right, i.e. minimal distance for the cable to have to stretch

Anyone having issues with Kia connect this evening?

My brothers EV6 bought last year March is having heating issues where the heating just stops. Anyone else? It had the inverter replaced prior to purchase so bit ridiculous that he's having this problem now and dealers cannot seem to find fix.

PSA: Kia Charge have increased what they charge for both AC and DC charging via their app: it's now 49c connection + 93c per kWh.

Once my IONITY power sub expires I can't seem me using Kia Charge at all (which is a shame, it was an OK app as you could filter by charger power)

Wow that’s a serious price per kWh. Other than Tesla SC rates which have recently come down, all the other providers seem to be price gouging in a big way. Public charging is bad enough without being fleeced as well.

Any owners out there who have purchased a rubber/plastic boot floor cover/mat, but specifically for actual boot floor (that is with the removable false floor taken out)?

I took out the false floor in the first week, but every boot floor cover/mat I've found seems to sit on top of the false floor.

If it’s big money, maybe consider a battery degradation check especially if you think it’s had a lot of DC charging.

If you use an ODB2 dongle and Car Scanner you can read the SOH or state of health being reported by the car’s battery management system. The dealer might have something more sophisticated and might be able to give you some kind of diagnostic report. An independent check can be done with a kit from Aviloo but it’s not cheap. Tesla Bjorn has used it on of his YouTube videos and it looks impressive.

only the small battery p2 qualifies for the grant ? so less range than EV6

I’d agree that there’s very poor value to be had on used EV6’s if they’re €50K+. Is a Polestar not a much smaller car though ? Some 1st Edition ID.4’s available for €41K which looks better value compared to current used EV6 prices.

Are those cheaper id4's the short range 52kw though?New polestar would be the no-brainer imo,good luck👍

According to Kia Ireland's customer service the Battery Preconditioning update is ACTUALLY available now.

Not from customer service (found online), they have to search the "master technician system" using reference KGE22-17-E131-CV (upgrade of BMS and VCU to improve battery functionality).

Customer service also mentioned there might be a charge for this "product enhancement" - I won't be paying for it as the car was sold with the ability to charge from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes (peaking at 230kW+), this update is merely getting the car to how it should have been delivered (and therefore shouldn't incur a cost to update)

Edit: my dealer doesn't have it on their system yet, but there is some sort if i-Pedal update so I booked in for that (in 3 weeks) and hopefully the battery conditioning is available then. Hopefully this is useful for some (and we'll get it before next winter :D)

Jan 2022. I've been onto them numerous times to ask about the update, once they even found it on the system (Nov 2022) and brought me in for the update, they told me it was done but I told them straight away that it wasn't (the option for "Winter Mode" should immediately change to "Battery Preconditioning" mode).

Even today they couldn't find the exact reference number I quoted above. I might try another dealer soon (a Dublin based one) to see if they've better luck finding the update on their system.

Get onto Kia Ireland and they'll get in touch with the dealer.

I booked our Ioniq 5 in for its first service the end of this month and asked about the pre condition update but the service guy didn't seem sure what I was talking about but said he'd look into it.

I got onto Hyundai Ireland and they rang the dealer and walked them through the whole process.