Kia Niro EV

Niro battery failing is known issue.

Don't pay dealer prices, get it for around 100 euro from local motor factors. If they are quiet they might fit it for you.

One thing to be aware of is there are "reasons" why the 12 volt can go low very quickly.

-If you leave boot or any door slightly open such as a coat caught in door for more than 5 or 10 minutes with "engine" off the car won't go to sleep and battery will run down very quickly.

-If you sit in car without "engine" on sat waiting outside a school or supermarket then car won't go asleep and run battery down.

- If you sit with radio on and "engine" not on, 12 volt will run down very quickly.

-If you unload shopping for a long time or hoover or wash car with car unlocked with "engine" off battery will run flat quickly.

This can happen even with brand new 12 volt.

The fix is to always keep a small jumper pack in the glove box. Don't keep it in the boot as boot needs power to unlock.

Something like this works great but cheaper ones will work too.

Note they need to be charged for 12+ hours before use and recharged at least once a year.

Learn how to pop bonnet and jump start 12 volt. Learn how to unlock car when zapper does not work. This will save you calling a tow truck and get you on the road in 5 minutes. It's a good investment and you can use it to jump start other cars and keep it for 10+ years. It's saved me one time when a coat stopped the boot from being fully shut.

If waiting in car, or cleaning car or unloading, leave car ready to drive started. Then the 12 volt is constantly topped up by main battery. When licking car be sure every door is closed including the boot.

If you are ordering a K3 you could ring around a few dealers. I'd say you would get a K3 pretty quick. The delays seem to be with the K4's.

Mother-in-law is getting about 420km at 100% in the new niro ev. She had the previous niro also and was getting 455km as standard and I even saw it display 480km+ on a few occasions.

As a comparison with the model 3 is it range you mean? Or spec?

what quote did you get for the 3rd service and assuming it's 3 years as there is a requirement to replace the non conductive coolant and last I heard some dealers are quoting +350 euro on top of the std service for this "special coolant"

I bought a 3 service package when I bought the car ,its only just over 2 years old

I'm not sure to be honest ,my milage is slightly high ,45k in 28 months ,I'm going to mention the coolant when I drop the car in but it won't be for a couple of weeks ,this is my 45k service ,other 2 were 15 and 30 k

My wife is 3 weeks into ownership of 231 K4 model in cityscape green. Having changed from a 40kwh leaf SVE, after 4 years, she loves everything about the Kia except for the lack of a 360 camera. It’s becoming a bit of a dealbreaker and she is seriously considering selling the car already.

Could this be retrofitted ? Might be cheaper than changing the car or the wife.

The aggressive front design (which I love) does make it very difficult to see side front angles. People give out about the leaf and yes it’s battery plus chademo charging is it’s big minus but in terms of tech, propilot, E-pedal, 360 camera, Bose speakers, spare tyre etc it has an awful lot going for it. Hoping she will just get used to it but there is a definite lack of visibility, if it had a 360 camera it would be perfect. The battery efficiency is on a whole other level to the leaf. We did Armagh and back without charging. 120 on M1 and still had 10% left. That was impossible with the leaf.

I was in a KIA dealership yesterday chatting with the dealer principal. They are not taking orders for any Niro EV models at the moment as they are unable to:

1. Get a lead time for delivery

2. Get any info on future price increases from KIA

3. SEAI approvals are taking up to 3 months and the grant is reducing soon.

Sounds like a right mess at the moment.

TBH, it's not something I really think or care about. What's the issue for you? Is it a safety thing, or just aesthetics?

Hi guys

Just checked my Electric Ireland usage insights and noticed that the car is charging from 01:00 to 03:00 but I want it to charge from 02:00 to 04:00 (the cheap tariff rate). The problem started when the clocks changed. I changed the time in the car so that it shows the right time (through ticking that 'daylight saving time' thingy) in Settings but it's not charging when I tell it to.

Any ideas?

Is this an EV car thing or just this EV car thing?

I'm exploring options ahead of buying new within the next year and was considering EV and in particular this EV but my missus is forever forgetting to lock our car, it can often be sat in our drive unlocked for 14 or more hours, so if this means it won't "sleep" she'll have a flat battery every morning! If the car hasn't been nicked that is. Nobody would rob our current one.

The app will alert you within a few mins if you haven’t locked the car.