EV Owners Thread

[geocycle]

I'm lucky to have the top level spec in my Niro so it has air-conditioned seats, which are much less power hungry and very comfortable in terms of cooling you down.

Never heard of air conditioned seats! Ours are heated but not cooling.

 

[geocycle]

This heat is absolutely eating into range on my EV.
Just go home, 40% battery with a range of just 50 miles because the AC is pulling all the power.
40% would usually give range of 120-140.

Wow that’s interesting. I didn’t think it would be that power hungry, one to watch.

 

[Gunk]

I keep reading about owners getting over 20,000 miles from a set of tyres on an EV so I’m a bit concerned about my tyre wear.

Just put a full set on my CUPRA Born at 26000 miles, only expense so far!

Still really impressed with it, the early niggles, mainly infotainment glitches seem to have been sorted and it’s now a good comfortable reliable car, in fact we’ve just extended the lease for another year

 

[Gunk]

The updated R5 is also coming with facial recognition and driver alertness cameras.

A decent range would be a more sensible upgrade

 

[fossyant]

This heat is absolutely eating into range on my EV.
Just go home, 40% battery with a range of just 50 miles because the AC is pulling all the power.
40% would usually give range of 120-140.

This probably explains why I see so many new EV's with the window's down at the minute. Hardly affects an ICE vehicle's fuel, but you've the inertia of the engine driving the compressor, not a motor.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Wow that’s interesting. I didn’t think it would be that power hungry, one to watch.

Battery Management System is also having to cool the battery - optimal temp's 20-22c or so. A double whammy.

 

[cougie uk]

A decent range would be a more sensible upgrade

I think the alertness monitor is required by EU law. It will also alert if drivers are distracted by phones (unless they turn it off).
Range for the 5 seems fine for me. If you want a bigger range - buy a car with a bigger battery.

 

[cougie uk]

This heat is absolutely eating into range on my EV.
Just go home, 40% battery with a range of just 50 miles because the AC is pulling all the power.
40% would usually give range of 120-140.

Can't say I've noticed it on mine - are you using recycled air or constantly cooling the hot air outside ? I'm still over 4 miles per kwh on motorway runs.

 

[Gunk]

We have a Buzz visiting for the weekend, what a great car, really good fun!

 

[Proto]

Tyre life: I bought my Ioniq 5, second hand, with 20000 mikes showing. Tyres were, to my uneducated eye; about half worm. I'm now on 33000 and tyres are still legal but it won;'t be long before I replace all 4. I'd heard horror stories of short tyre life (my mate's Fiat e500 eats tyres - 9000m?) so rather pleased.