Well we are currently looking at a winter road trip in Hyundai group cars, however of what we’ve experienced if you do t hammer the heating solidly, they’re pretty good. This was supposed to be a chilly road trip, however the weather saw differently, thank you Ride Share
I thought for one moment ypu were both gonna give is a rendition of 'Robert De Niros waiting' ? & give Bananarama a run for their money 🤣 Ben i love those bi-lingual signs in Wales aa it makes you realise how simple our English language is 😉The Kia is a pretty good car,not something I would buy personally but each to their own I say! Some good shots you captured of Cardiff there too👌 very enjoyable vlog planet auto 🚘 😀
Long Covid has thrown a spanner in the works when it comes to singalongs (Dagnammit) but now I have this song stuck in my head!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I really love going home for a visit, and the Niro did a fab job getting us there. Glad you enjoyed the journey. *A
The Kia inbuilt sat nav is TomTom based, and with the battery pre-heat function would have given you 82kW changing instead of 42. There is really no advantage in using 3rd party sat-navs with this car.
It wasn’t cold and the vehicle had been driven using hard acceleration and regen, which on B roads and Motorways should easily preheat the batteries in the distance, we always use Waze primarily to keep an accurate measurement of speed. Most of the chargers were 50kW though.
@@PlanetautoUK Don’t dismiss the pre-heating until you’ve tried it. You cannot achieve these 80+ kW speeds with hard acceleration and regen. I fail to understand the need for your use of Waze for accurate speed measurement. Once you know that 73 on the car = actual 70, 63 = 60 etc, you know. After that, use the in built sav nav, - it works better with the car, you can easily get 80kW + charging from 20% right up to 50%, which makes a big difference over 43. Waze has good social media links, but it’s a generic solution, whereas the in-built sat nav is designed to integrate with the car.
We always understood from hearing from manufacturers that pre heating is effective in colder climes - also the majority of commenters achieve high speeds without pre heating due to there batteries being over 10c when charging, in over 5 years of driving EV’s we’ve never pre heated a battery and have achieved decent speeds from Rapids. The other thing is they’re are all 50kW chargers locally anyway - bar 1 350 at Porsche. As for sat nav primarily it’s not just navigation it’s features Spotify, Phone, Siri etc - also not everybody has it or wants to use it, therefore Apple and Android provides a solution for all, also ux is simple and one us and many others are used to and use on a daily basis.
Il test it on our next ev, the general consensus differs - useful for shorter journeys, depends on vehicle, efficient depending where you read from 10 upto 30 - as I’ve mentioned we’ve never preheated and have satisfactorily charged at decent rates, our local instavolt seem to charge no higher than 44 regardless of vehicle anyway. The other benefit is it shows a more accurate reading.
@@PlanetautoUK It goes to show that if you don't read up on your vehicle, and understand how it works, you will never get the best out of it. Car reviewers never get much time to get to know the vehicle, so generally they just use CarPlay and Android Auto, because they are used to it. But if you are going to keep a car for a number of years, you miss out if you don't read the manual.
Just watch both parts of the road trip Great video .Got the Niro EV 3 coming in 14days
Thank you, @user-nm3ig6oh3n - hope you enjoy it!
Enjoyed your review. Does the sunroof open?
Good question, we can’t actually remember, we’ll double check, ps thank you 😊
I'd like to see this done in the winter with cold weather and heater on. What sort of range will you get in those conditions?
Well we are currently looking at a winter road trip in Hyundai group cars, however of what we’ve experienced if you do t hammer the heating solidly, they’re pretty good. This was supposed to be a chilly road trip, however the weather saw differently, thank you Ride Share
Very interesting, with lots of useful info other reviewers tend to miss. Thanks!
Thank you Avid, part 2 soon then the review follows in a couple of weeks.
Another comprehensive review. In the 4 spec does it not get an upgraded sound system? Sorry if I missed that!
Thank you Car B, part 2 will reveal all then there’s a review to follow 😀
not according to the specs. sadly the same basic 6 speakers for all models. very odd.
Great video, if you can give stats would be great.
Have you checked out Part 2 John, there’s some stats in there and thank you for the kind words.
I thought for one moment ypu were both gonna give is a rendition of 'Robert De Niros waiting' ? & give Bananarama a run for their money 🤣 Ben i love those bi-lingual signs in Wales aa it makes you realise how simple our English language is 😉The Kia is a pretty good car,not something I would buy personally but each to their own I say! Some good shots you captured of Cardiff there too👌 very enjoyable vlog planet auto 🚘 😀
Long Covid has thrown a spanner in the works when it comes to singalongs (Dagnammit) but now I have this song stuck in my head!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I really love going home for a visit, and the Niro did a fab job getting us there. Glad you enjoyed the journey. *A
@@PlanetautoUK I look forward to you singing along in an upcoming vlog, don't be shy 😂🤣
We never are 😆
@@PlanetautoUK ha ha 😂
The Kia inbuilt sat nav is TomTom based, and with the battery pre-heat function would have given you 82kW changing instead of 42. There is really no advantage in using 3rd party sat-navs with this car.
It wasn’t cold and the vehicle had been driven using hard acceleration and regen, which on B roads and Motorways should easily preheat the batteries in the distance, we always use Waze primarily to keep an accurate measurement of speed. Most of the chargers were 50kW though.
@@PlanetautoUK Don’t dismiss the pre-heating until you’ve tried it. You cannot achieve these 80+ kW speeds with hard acceleration and regen. I fail to understand the need for your use of Waze for accurate speed measurement. Once you know that 73 on the car = actual 70, 63 = 60 etc, you know. After that, use the in built sav nav, - it works better with the car, you can easily get 80kW + charging from 20% right up to 50%, which makes a big difference over 43. Waze has good social media links, but it’s a generic solution, whereas the in-built sat nav is designed to integrate with the car.
We always understood from hearing from manufacturers that pre heating is effective in colder climes - also the majority of commenters achieve high speeds without pre heating due to there batteries being over 10c when charging, in over 5 years of driving EV’s we’ve never pre heated a battery and have achieved decent speeds from Rapids. The other thing is they’re are all 50kW chargers locally anyway - bar 1 350 at Porsche. As for sat nav primarily it’s not just navigation it’s features Spotify, Phone, Siri etc - also not everybody has it or wants to use it, therefore Apple and Android provides a solution for all, also ux is simple and one us and many others are used to and use on a daily basis.
Il test it on our next ev, the general consensus differs - useful for shorter journeys, depends on vehicle, efficient depending where you read from 10 upto 30 - as I’ve mentioned we’ve never preheated and have satisfactorily charged at decent rates, our local instavolt seem to charge no higher than 44 regardless of vehicle anyway. The other benefit is it shows a more accurate reading.
@@PlanetautoUK It goes to show that if you don't read up on your vehicle, and understand how it works, you will never get the best out of it. Car reviewers never get much time to get to know the vehicle, so generally they just use CarPlay and Android Auto, because they are used to it. But if you are going to keep a car for a number of years, you miss out if you don't read the manual.
Hi Ben , Annabelle . Let’s be kind and say not my type of car 😀 .
Will you be at The Motorist on 30th April ?
We thought as much Richard, bet the uturn on e fuels has piqued your interest mind. What’s the script? Ta muchly
Welcome all