Kia EV6

I bought this
https://www.aawireless.io/en/products/aawireless-two - €60. We have them in two cars and you can pair multiple phones to them.

It's got a decent app that connects over BT to configure it. Also it seems to regularly get firmware updates. For me, when driving, Android Auto can 'reboot' in areas of rural bad reception. But it returns to where it was - map directions and music reloads/plays again. Google has recently updated Android Auto a number of times and things have got much better. The other AA dongle in a Nissan is rock solid - same firmware version but using a diff phone. So a combination of versions and my phone. Could well happen with any other dongle.

One benefit of this AA dongle is that it has a button on the side to turn it off. The reason it is so useful to have this, is the EV6 constantly 'wakes' up during charging and at other times to check into Kia online via the car's mobile SIM. Every time it does that the USB port is powered up, the dongle activates and your phone will connect to the car if close….Constantly switching, which is annoying as it drops to mobile data and notifies each time.
(There is an option to set the dongle to only allow a connection when the phone's Bluetooth is also connected to the car - but this seems to not work very well).

I might order this today. Amazon have a few devices but lots of the 1 star reviews are people coming back who were initially happy but then the device became problematic after a few weeks. Is this one is solid enough in the ev6?

Agreed a deal on a 2024 car today and with a bit of luck might have it for the weekend. :)

Yes sorry I thought I quoted one of the posts making reference to the AA wireless two device, but I didn't so my post wasn't very clear.

Cheers I'll go ahead and order.

haven’t seen you on herein a long time!

Did you go with the full fat GT model?

This is probably a "how long is a piece of string" question, but here goes.

I bought an EV6 last summer, just short of 25,000 Km on the clock (222 reg).

It now has 45,000 Km on it. Is there a mileage point at which it is optimum to trade?

The main thing on my mind is if the resale value will drop precipitously as i get closer to the end of the 100,000 Km guarantee. By this time next year, i could have 70,000 Km on it.

It’s still got pretty average mileage for a 3 year old car and 70K Km’s on a 4 year old car next year isn’t really out of the ordinary either. Annual depreciation eases off with each year as the car gets older. Essentially the point I’m trying to make is the cheapest model of ownership entails keeping your current EV6 as long as possible. You’re probably at a point where the likes of a KIA Main Dealer may not retail it anyway and it would be offloaded to a trader.

The spaceship arrived:

Hopefully hold onto this a while, really liking the interior so far. The wireless android adapter is working a treat too. So far so good!

First impressions are it's too much almost. Also the lack of normal speed indicators like an engine mean it almost confuses the senses. You could very easily have passengers feeling green very quickly. Eco mode is where I expect it'll spend most of its time.

Congrats. I love the contrast of the green calipers. Do you notice much of a reduction in acceleration as the battery discharges? Is acceleration fairly consistant down to 20-30%?

Whilst doing some more reading I found this article which shows how much the state of charge impacts the performance.

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-kia-ev6-wind-awd-yearlong-review-update-2-faster-than-ev6-gt/

Good to know I guess.

This guy also does some interesting stuff with the car including buying a device for the car that makes it almost self driving, interesting tech, not sure id be comfortable with it mind.

In this video he data logs the car. I didn't realise but there's an option to pre condition the battery for max power out put. From an odb reader he reckons the motors are pulling 645bhp, which is in line with the ionic 5N.

Doubt I'll ever try it.

https://youtu.be/kpeCzL-gaC4?si=75fBsYOtnY8s5wnx

Seems EV performance will improve on hot days l, which is the opposite of the turbo charged stuff I've come from.