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Kia Niro EV reveal: 236 mi range, sales starting 2018 in Korea

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by IndyGopher, Jun 8, 2018.

  1. banned-66611

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    • What is "chauffeur stop"?

      As for the response delay, try it in Sport mode. In eco and normal modes the throttle and steering are a little less sharp.
     
  2. cwerdna

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    Niro was mentioned at Reliability Problems Plague Newer Electric Cars, Consumer Reports' Latest Survey Shows: "Kia Niro EV owners reported problems such as having to replace a bearing in the electric motor".

    Niro EV at https://web.archive.org/web/20201123161426/https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/who-makes-the-most-reliable-cars/ got a reliability score of 18 out of 100, which is very bad and pretty bad for an EV.

    Since I don't monitor HyunKia forums/groups, I came across Owners Say Hyundai And Kia Isn't Dealing Well With Electric Motor Issue w/some videos of the noise. Some of the electronic noise is just the pedestrian noisemaker but the gearbox/motor noise is pretty bad. Sounds like these problems aren't that isolated given how few of these vehicles have been sold at least in the US.
     
  3. banned-66611

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    This issue was fixed ages ago in the UK, not sure why they are still having problems. Kia send out a service bulletin that replaced the parts at issue. They need the car all day, it's not a quick job.
     

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