The Hyundai INSTER sub-compact EV with 355km range will be officially released later this month. It was teased today and based on the CASPER ICE model available in some markets. Thoughts?
The Inster will be my first car. I was originally planning on buying myself a 3/4 year old Peugeot 208 for around €17k which didn’t even have a reverse camera. So it really didn’t make sense to me to continue down that road (no pun intended) when the Inster came along. A couple grand more and it’s getting me into the ev market with a 2025 car and a bunch of modern features. Seems like a no brainer to me… and I actually love the design!
Left hand drive demo in Dundrum.
First ever car or do you mean main car?
I always wondered how insurance would be on EVs for inexperienced drivers, they are definitely easier to pick up speed than ICE cars.
Good luck with it, I watched nobbys YouTube review yesterday and I've seen a few others, hard to remember a car that had absolute universal acclaim and very few negatives. Car of the year levels of praise
Why would it not work for people with one or two kids?
so we are replacing our 2015 24kWh leaf with the INSTER. We also have a model 3. It’s technically a second car but in reality it’s capable of being your only car it has lots of space for 4 people and we have 2 teenagers. The range is in around 3 times the leaf and very good technology levels especially for the price. It’s a great package.
Because they all think they need SUVs. That's a big part in the explosion of sales.
Talk to parents of young children, they want them in a big car. Safety, space etc
I've a two year old. The wife and I would have no bones about owning an Inster for lugging them around day to day. I currently drive an Ateca.
I used one for a few months before getting my charger installed. Used a dedicated outside socket (installed myself) piggy backed onto a little used circuit (bedroom) and it was completely faultless. The socket I got was IP66 rated with its own built in RCD, so was very safe.
Charged at 2.3kw which gave me about 28% of the battery (78kWh) in the 9 hour window from 11pm to 8am, so probably about 50% of the smaller Inster battery.
Losses likely double that, Bjorn tested AC charging on a Model 3 and it was 6.X% on 32amp and jumped to 18% on a granny cable, lower charge rate = higher losses
Is it fine to be putting 2.3kw through a regular domestic socket for hours on end or should you lower the charge rate via the car to take some of the load off?
Many thanks digitaldr - I was with the motor dealer and made some notes at the time, the salesman was fairly adamant that the Inster did not come with a 'granny cable' only a AC charge cable, and I could purchase a Hyundai Granny Cable from them at €1,100 😯 - To make sure I was not mistaken, I found notes I made on the visit to the dealer on the 20th November 2024 and I wrote down €1,100 for 13Ah cable at the time.
It's hard to believe a dealer is not giving the granny cable with the car and then charging €1,100 for it as an extra.
I know most people don't use these slow charge cables, but in my case it's the only option.
And as for the car it is an brilliant small car with amazing features.
I went back to my Motor Dealer today and when I raised the issue, he confirmed that Hyundai are now shipping Free Granny Cables with the Inster.
Yes I checked my notes - at the time I thought it was a battery charger and not just a cable as the charger is actually in the car.
I was informed today that the Inster now comes with a Free Granny Cable
Madness, the best granny charge out there is Tesla (as it's 32a capable) and only €200, they can FO with their €1.1k
Mobile Connector
It should be fine on a low usage circuit with a 16A breaker during a low usage period (at night). Good granny chargers have heat sensing plugs and if you use the type of socket I linked above, you've additional protection there. I certainly had no problems of any sort over a number of months.
The obvious caveats apply. The circuit should be checked to make sure there are no loose connections in sockets etc. and that it's properly protected.
Same here. Parent with two kids. Have been interested for a while to find a EV for all the local runs (sports, lessons, day trips, etc.) that make up the bulk of our driving. We would still have our Kadjar for the longer motorway trips or for times where we need the bigger boot. Price point is a huge deal and this car looks to be well priced and yet not cheaply built.
But if nearly all driving is house, shop, school local traffic it's hard ignore the ease of parking and general visibility this car gives.
Even parents recognize that SUVs are a hazard for children in urban areas.
If you've got two kids, you will normally also be transporting friends / relatives from time to time, that's just life - makes access to a seven seater almost a requirement.
ppl. buy the i10, i20, Kia Picanto, etc… The Inster should replace those as it's a lot better car for similar price. It doesn't need to/won't replace SUVs.
Yeah good to hear, it sounds like it's going to do well
But what precentage of overall driving are those occasions?
I bet in a two car house of a inster and Tuscan the vast majority of the local driving will be the inster, and the Tuscan then for long distance to Grannys.
There's a local dealer near that never has a problem selling those 7seater kei cars because they're far easier to park than an SUV and some of them are super lux with cleanable all leather interiors.
We're looking at one; couple mid-50s. I drive a Tesla M3 Highland (company car) and my wife a petrol Seat Ateca. She drives about 10kms per day round trip to work each day.
We have solar and can "fill" the Inster on a night rate for about €5. With our 20 year son also driving it, we should get about 2 weeks driving for about a fiver (depending on usage and time of year).
She will also keep the car for at least five years so I'm factoring that in also.
..and my car is available for collection already. Going to try the bank draft sorted in the next hour or so and see if I can collect it afterwards.
Btw, they didn't charge me extra for the Black colour. Website still says 20.450 for Signature in Black but I am being charged 19,945.
Insurance with Aviva came up to 366eur.
I have 3 kids, maybe once or twice in the last decade i would have liked a 7 seater, rather than both me and my wife having to drive the kids and friends somewhere rather than take one car.
Our second local run around is a 4 seater citroen czero - tiny range and terrible heater that decimates the already small range - but it does everything we need locally. Shops, school runs, sports clubs etc, all pretty much covered by the smallest car in the parish, with almost zero cost! I would defo replace it with the inster for the extra range when they come down in price in the second hand market.
The proliferation of giant cars on the road is a curse and i'll do what I can to not exasperate that problem…… I say as i look out the window at my renault trafic crew cab ;-)
There's lots of ways to have access to a seven seater for occasional use that don't involve driving round with five empty seats for 99% of the time.
Collected the car 2 hours ago, done 40km in it - no regrets. Very comfortable driving position and loads of space inside. I was told mine was the first one in Limerick but few more to be collected over the coming days.
40km of mixed country, city and a bit of motorway - 15% of the battery used (smaller Signature battery)
Car came with two charging cables.
So it came with the granny charger?
Well yes. That's what you'd get with two cables. Others have confirmed this further back the thread.
Yes, granny cable is included
Pensioners…
Well, we've an Inster Signature on order as a 2nd car. (I'm not a pensioner)
…and I'm considering replacing our Ioniq 5 with an Inster Elegance as our main car next year. Haven't decided on this yet, but I'm seriously leaning towards it. We just don't go on those extra long journeys often. …and with two Insters we could move around the extended family too…
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