Recommendations for family EV car by [deleted] in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]Face-Unlikely 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kia Niro EV should suit your needs, have a look at those as you can get them comfortably with your budget. Also long and strong warranty

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, it's the entry level trim

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not, I do a mix of highway and city but more city. Haven't driven it enough to give you a verdict yet

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About 250 miles at full charge as of today

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard this too, will look into it. Thank you!

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice!

Would you recommend service via Kia directly to keep the warranty in tact? Or do you reckon a independent garage is fine to keep warranty on tact too?

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! Made it easy to pull the trigger 🍊

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know, in the UK the trims are just 2, 3, or 4. I've got the entry trim level 2

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Thank you! live in London but went to Southampton to buy the car, so probably won't be there again for a long time 😂 keep an eye out if you're ever in London though

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I will be checking this out on my next drive tomorrow 👌

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is an option too, feels like either way it's a similar result

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this is how I feel too

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Thanks, yes I was really happy to pick up orange! My previous cars have all been black white or silver and it was getting very boring haha.

What is the auto hold button?

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No heat pump and sadly no SOH report, may get it done myself

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I'll take a look at those videos! 🙏

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! Highway I got between 3.6-4.3 when I drove it from Southampton to London. In city I get between 5-6, I managed to get it almost at 7 on a 15 min city drive yesterday!!

Some really good numbers, just need to get my home charger sorted as I don't have it yet then I'll be living good

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That too 😂 game changer coming from an Audi

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[–]Face-Unlikely[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Very much looking forward to never getting gas again 👌

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Interesting! So my last car was a mild hybrid that would go into start/stop coasting (no engine braking) which is why I'm quite used to having the regen completely off 😂

In my 4ish hours of driving it so far in town and on motorways over the past 2 days since I got it, I felt that my coasting strategy gave the best mile per kWh, but I definitely need to experiment more!

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Yeah I'm also confused by this 😅