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Traveling USA coast to coast a Kia spent about 7 hours of travel time charging whereas a Tesla in an earlier trip spent about 12 hours. Whether this means chargers have gotten faster or cars are charging faster or something else is hard to tell.
I wonder why they call KIA a newcomer to the EV market, given that Kia Soul EV has been around since 2014.
Previous were ICE cars retrofitted to support hybrid and electric-only versions. The electric-only versions still have the transmission tunnel and other leftovers from their heritage.
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Kia's EV reliability > Teslas is maybe the biggest win.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129993_fire-concern-pr... I don’t remember Tesla recalling all their EVs for fire concerns.
1. https://insideevs.com/news/548679/kia-ev6-charging-record-us...
This article talks about their new electric sedan and future SUV. And here I am still waiting on electric minivan. I regularly have to carry six people around, two of which are children and two of which are elderly, so I can't use anything that requires climbing to get into the seats (like every six seat SUV). Am I really that small of a market that no one wants to make an electric minivan, or is it a technologically…
What about the Nissan e-nv200? It can come in different configurations, including a 7 seat one. A friend has it to log his family around. It does not have the greatest range, but decent enough.
This article talks about their new electric sedan and future SUV. And here I am still waiting on electric minivan. I regularly have to carry six people around, two of which are children and two of which are elderly, so I can't use anything that requires climbing to get into the seats (like every six seat SUV). Am I really that small of a market that no one wants to make an electric minivan, or is it a technologically…
The Canoo seven seat electric vehicle is supposed to be released soon. https://www.canoo.com/ edit: It was originally supposed to go on sale "late 2021" now I see it's "late 2022".
I was very interested to buy a Ioniq 5 / Kia EV6 until I saw the software. It felt like something from another time, that was accepted on cheap Android tablets but for sure not on brand new cars.
And this yesterday/today: Tesla ranks almost dead-last on Consumer Reports reliability list https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Tesla-ranks-almost-dead-... "issues with “heat pumps, air conditioning” and notoriously, misaligned panels. It’s also worth noting that Tesla’s Model X ranked dead-last among all cars for reliability, scoring a 5 out of 100." I'm wondering if Elon will lash out on twitter or be mean to elder…
It's also worth noting that Tesla is the first American car manufacturer to bring a vehicle to mass production in almost a century. The only other American company to come close would be DeLorean, who failed after two or three model years and less than 10,000 chassis I think. The previous one was Chrysler.
Honestly, under-warranty misaligned panels and air conditioning complaints are not signs that the company is bad. They are signs that those with an interest in keeping us burning their oil are stooping to any low to kick up dirt on the company responsible for bringing electric cars to mass market appeal. My children smile and point in delight at every Tesla the see, like I used to do in the 1980 at Porches.
This article talks about their new electric sedan and future SUV. And here I am still waiting on electric minivan. I regularly have to carry six people around, two of which are children and two of which are elderly, so I can't use anything that requires climbing to get into the seats (like every six seat SUV). Am I really that small of a market that no one wants to make an electric minivan, or is it a technologically…