Kia Niro EV

The main thing is not to overpay. Very few used EVs are selling. Compare to done deal prices and watch done deal ads as none are selling at asking prices. Deprecation will be your biggest expense.

Charging an eNro on public 50+kW can be a bit slower than you expect as in.it can take 1+ hours (with 64kWh battery) and on say 150kW public charger it will probably peak around 66kW meaning also a 1+ hour stop. Naturally if you don't need a full charge to make it home your stops can be far less. Real world worst case probably 220km, typical 300+, best 450 but it depends on freezing conditions, head winds and high speed. You should be fine to drive as fast as you want on your commute but just check range during freezing storms.

You can buy an odb dongle and check battery health yourself before buying but typically it's a non issue. Make 100% sure you are buying a 64kWh battery as sometimes dealers don't know and adverts can be wrong.

As with any used car check for dents, scrapes, wheel damage, tyre thread depth and when test driving check for noises during hard acceleration and high speed from motor and gearbox/reduction box.

As a front wheel drive car they can spin the front wheels a lot and you get understeer when accelerating hard and turning. Good tyres can help and leaving it in eco mode can help reduce wheel spin especially on wet roads.

Can only answer 2 and 3.

2 - range is accurate, I just about get 320km round trip without charging. On a cold day it's cutting it fine though, a few times had the less than 20km warning!

3 - boot space is so-so, I had Qashqai prior to that and it's comparable. Lots of videos on YouTube showing it

I went to see car in question and it was in great condition and a nice drive. But I decided to pass on it. From what I could tell, the second scheduled service was three weeks overdue. It would be over four by the time I got it organised after purchase. Warrenty might still be ok, but can't imagine Kia Ireland being too motivated in repairing a Kia UK car down the line. Could be an easy out for them. It wasn't worth the risk for me.

I'm in no rush so will keep an eye out for eniros and other options over next few months.

I don't know any way to check battery size easily. Along with looking at GOM you need to look at trip efficiency. A dodgy seller could reset usage/consumption in the screen menu and then deliberately drive like a granny to get an unusually high range on the GOM. Indeed when I was selling I deliberately reset and drove slowly as I normally drive like I stole it and GOM estimate refects driving style a lot.

I have a 2018 Kia phev top spec etc , 74km on the clock. Looking to change to Kia ev 2020 ev, garages looking for €8.5k_€10.5k to change, to say I was shook was an understatement. One car has 43k the other 63k on the clock, the one with more miles wants more to change up

i installed solar panels after I bought the phev, plus I was afraid to go full ev at the beginning.

i was thinking between 5_6k to change

12V car battery died at weekend ironically after a 100km drive - thinking maybe the car was left on or something because when I returned to the car a few hrs later and pressed the start button it gave an error on the ABS system and then died

Had to jump it to start the car again (which always surprises me when there is a 64kw battery with plenty of charge that cannot be called upon)

car is 4 years old

is there a test to check if 12v is dead and needs to be replaced - do I need to go to dealer or can I just get a battery from another supplier?

do I need a particular type for fully electric e-niro?

appreciate it if anyone could give advice

see pic of error in app this morning advising 12V needs to be checked

THX

I think you are right about forgetting to lock the car and possibly the boot was left open also as the car was "abandoned" 😀 after the long drive home

the fact that the warning message reappered on the app even after I jumped it and drove it around for 40 mins suggests the battery needs replacing

used batteryworld.ie in the past and never had any issues with the batteries they sold me so will swing by them in the morning

Has anyone had any issues with the Scheduled Charging? Again last night my car (Kia Niro RV 2021) did not charge as per the schedule. This is the 3rd time it has happened. Now if I really need the car to be charged for a long trip I have to start it before I go to bed and pay for it at full rate. Any ideas?

Also, anyone know when the 12v Battery needs to be changed?

Thanks J

Unfortunately I am not able to connect to the charger to do this ( I have being onto the manufacturer & cannot get the Electrician to come back to look at it).

I have to try and use the app to charge during the cheap rates.

Im thinking of getting a 2019 kona.

I see reports of motor traction problems being something that will affect all konas at some stage and being out of warranty scares me!

And we're hardly going to tell you it's crisp, and don't buy one !!!

Just got the new Kia Niro delivered this week and I am experiencing what people are refering to Zombie Mode.

Is there an update that fixes this?

A new car delivered this week should have latest software.

So I hope this isn't a case of Kia delivering a software update that claims to fix the issue but doesn't or at least not fully.

To me it's always seemed like something not powering up or down correctly.

Issue was linked originally by new model Niro drivers to using the climate control remotely via the app - ie to defrost car on cold morning.

But a few owners had it happen even without using remote climate.

In the type of scenario where you'd park up the car and go away for a few mins* and when the owner comes back they'd have zombie mode.

*ie going into a chipper to pick up food you'd ordered.

I did my service on Friday on my MY20, and I asked for a battery SOH Report. This is what they gave me, in case anyone ever tried to get something previously and failed to get anything.