KIA e NIRO ARRIVED

[Cheshirecat57]

Finally my Kia e Niro, fully electric car has arrived after almost 10 months wait
So far so good, lovely and smooth AND very fast when pressed

First full charge and the car is predicting 291 miles to my 64kw battery charge

I will have to Wait and see

 

[RandallC]

Hi,

Could you keep us posted on life with an E-car. Thinking we should offset the carbon from the MH with something a little more eco friendly (or so were told)
Cheers

 

[Steve and Denise]

Don’t phone me Chris if your battery goes flat my jump leads are not that long

 

[Neckender]

Enjoy your new car Chris, hope you like it the same as us, as we bought a Hyundai Tucson Nline mild hybrid diesel 2 weeks ago and it’s very good on fuel consumption and great to drive.

John.

 

[Wh05apk]

We went electric a year ago, and there is no going back, so smooth, performance is unreal and running costs are peanuts. Rarely need to charge away from home, and so nice always having a "full tank" in the morning, with the car warmed up or cooled down ready to go.

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[poppycamper]

Is this your car for use when at home or is it also towed behind your moho?? Are you sure you will always be able to charge it when away from home.
Sorry I still have my doubts about leccy cars.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

Is this your car for use when at home or is it also towed behind your moho?? Are you sure you will always be able to charge it when away from home.
Sorry I still have my doubts about leccy cars.

It is my company car with private usage.
It will not be towed at all,
A feature of (all) Electric Cars is that they are usually heavy( this is thick end of 2 tonnes

 

[Cheshirecat57]

We went electric a year ago, and there is no going back, so smooth, performance is unreal and running costs are peanuts. Rarely need to charge away from home, and so nice always having a "full tank" in the morning, with the car warmed up or cooled down ready to go.

What do you have?

 

[Wh05apk]

Jaguar ipace, wanted the niro, but it was a 12 month wait, so managed to get the Jag as an ex demo for a good price.

 

[RetiredPope]

A feature of (all) Electric Cars is that they are usually heavy( this is thick end of 2 tonnes

This is another myth, the eNiro is 2 tonnes, Tesla S 2.2 tonnes
Petrol cars, Volvo S60 1.8 tonnes, BMW 3 series 1.8 tonnes, Kia Niro 1.8 tonnes (Excl fuel)

Heavier? yes, but only 200kg less the weight of petrol.

Enjoy the eNiro, it's currently my EV of choice when I can afford to change. As your finding out, most range concerns are baseless. I had a Tesla S for 2 years as part of a trial, 27k per year, never had a charging issue. Enjoy the new car.

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[Wh05apk]

As your finding out, most range concerns are baseless. I had a Tesla S for 2 years as part of a trial, 27k per year, never had a charging issue. Enjoy the new car.

Agree with this, everyone claims they need a car which can do 500 miles on a charge, yet very few people drive more than 100 miles a day, I have regularly used mine for 300 miles days, and have just needed a 30 minute top up, if i'm driving 300 miles I would need a break anyway, so can charge whilst having a break, 300 miles would cost be £10 max for electric, or about £35-40 for diesel, for the saving, i'll spend a bit of time topping up if i need to.

 

[Camdoon]

Agree with this, everyone claims they need a car which can do 500 miles on a charge, yet very few people drive more than 100 miles a day, I have regularly used mine for 300 miles days, and have just needed a 30 minute top up, if i'm driving 300 miles I would need a break anyway, so can charge whilst having a break, 300 miles would cost be £10 max for electric, or about £35-40 for diesel, for the saving, i'll spend a bit of time topping up if i need to.

How long have you left it unused? It would be interesting to know how it got on if left untouched for 3 months if you went on holiday (either plugged in or not).

 

[urban_biker]

I ordered my eniro on 1st March. Hoping to get it around September/October time in the last batch of MY20. Hope you enjoy it!

 

[Ninjabob]

How do you get and how much for three phase to be installed for the 4+ 11kw charger?

 

[Cheshirecat57]

I ordered my eniro on 1st March. Hoping to get it around September/October time in the last batch of MY20. Hope you enjoy it!

I ordered mine in 19 so the Upgrades to the 20 model Were a nice surprise

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[John Barrett]

How do you get and how much for three phase to be installed for the 4+ 11kw charger?

A very good question...

 

[Cheshirecat57]

How do you get and how much for three phase to be installed for the 4+ 11kw charger?

For a domestic site? If so would it be worth it fitting 3 phase for the gain.?

Supposeit depends on circumstance and what you are trying to achieve

 

[John Barrett]

For a domestic site? If so would it be worth it fitting 3 phase for the gain.?

Supposeit depends on circumstance and what you are trying to achieve

One could certainly run a bigger lathe...

 

[Wh05apk]

How long have you left it unused? It would be interesting to know how it got on if left untouched for 3 months if you went on holiday (either plugged in or not).

The longest has been about 3 weeks and had neglible loss.

 

[Wh05apk]

How do you get and how much for three phase to be installed for the 4+ 11kw charger?

Mine won't take 11kw, but never found the need, we have off peak for 8 hours which will give the car about 2/3rds charge, never found the need to do back to back long trips. If I did we could just charge the extra on peak.

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[RetiredPope]

How long have you left it unused? It would be interesting to know how it got on if left untouched for 3 months if you went on holiday (either plugged in or not).

The Tesla S will lose around 1% charge per day if left unplugged, so always advised to leave plugged in. This is caused by the monitoring systems, including the 3G connection back to Tesla HQ to check for updates and feed back systems info. There is a facility to switch this off completely if for example you are parking at an airport for a couple of weeks.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

Update on performance/range- not a comment on rights or wrongs of Electric cars, just hope some will find informative

This is as scientific as I have managed so far
Started with car fully charged

Driving was “sensible” and all mixed Urban/A road/Motorway

Drove until dash indicated 50% charge left, and stopped and charged to full
32kw ( so the 64kw battery on the car appears fully usable-as claimed)
I had covered 134 miles

I repeated this procedure twice over the next few days, “filling” the battery with 32kw and 33kw respectively
and covered 135 and 137 miles respectively
A total usage of 97kw and 406 miles or 4.185 miles per kw
( refreshingly/surprisingly the Dash display shows my average consumption as 4.2 miles per kw)

So my real, single charge range appears to be 268 miles
At 14p per kw ( workplace charger) thats just shy of 30 miles for £1

I believe that as I learn the nuances of the driver adjustable KERS system I could get more range
(conversely if I take advantage of the available performance I will get less)

Hooe this is of interest

 

[Wh05apk]

That's pretty good, my ipace only gets about 3 miles per kW.

Can you charge at home? If so you need to get an ev tariff, we are with EDF and only pay 8p per kW for 10 hours each night.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

That's pretty good, my ipace only gets about 3 miles per kW.

Can you charge at home? If so you need to get an ev tariff, we are with EDF and only pay 8p per kW for 10 hours each night.

Hi Thanks for info
I am ”resisting” charging at home
I am fortunate that we have multiple depots in NWest but I live just 6 miles from my base, where I can charge at work’s expense
Working just Tues/Wed/Thurs if I get my charging regime sorted for a Thursday, i can have it full for my long weekends

The upshot of the results above is that my range anxiety has not taken long to evaporate

 

[WillH]

Please keep us informed as to how you get on, interesting so far. We have considered but rejected an EV given our fairly remote rural location. Also, one of our sons lives in France and it's an 800 mile trip. He is certainly going EV with his next car as he lives in a city but just laughed when I said I was thinking of one. He's a Physicist so understands everything about them and he's usually right, smart bugger is that one!

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[Ejaydee]

I believe that as I learn the nuances of the driver adjustable KERS system I could get more range
(conversely if I take advantage of the available performance I will get less)

I have had a Renault Zoe for 5 years (and love it), yes you will definitely modify the way you drive, coasting up to junctions and roundabouts etc, and finding the best places on regularly used roads to top up the battery a bit with KERS. The best one I have is when travelling to Falmouth, if I leave the main road onto a B road, there is a brilliant long hill which can be coasted down at 50 to 60 mph, recovering over 2 miles for free . Simple things please me including free miles!!

Enjoy the car, I am sure you will. I have never regretted getting rid of my diesel hatchback (still have the MH though) because as noted in the thread above, most drivers do very few miles each day.

 

[MyrtleGuru]

Finally my Kia e Niro, fully electric car has arrived after almost 10 months wait
So far so good, lovely and smooth AND very fast when pressed

First full charge and the car is predicting 291 miles to my 64kw battery charge

I will have to Wait and see

You talking to me?

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

 

[DJL220]

I've just taken the plunge and ordered a full EV company car, I'm looking forward to the tax saving and the smiles per mile. Yours is an interesting thread. I think more and more people will head down the PHEV or EV over the next few years.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

You talking to me?

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

And mine is the ‘all new version’ of deNiro

 

[Cheshirecat57]

I have had a Renault Zoe for 5 years (and love it), yes you will definitely modify the way you drive, coasting up to junctions and roundabouts etc, and finding the best places on regularly used roads to top up the battery a bit with KERS. The best one I have is when travelling to Falmouth, if I leave the main road onto a B road, there is a brilliant long hill which can be coasted down at 50 to 60 mph, recovering over 2 miles for free . Simple things please me including free miles!!

Enjoy the car, I am sure you will. I have never regretted getting rid of my diesel hatchback (still have the MH though) because as noted in the thread above, most drivers do very few miles each day.

Have you tested the new Zoe.?
I was super impressed

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