New 2019 Niro Plug In

You're in luck - the Niro EV comes with Heated steering wheel, heated/ventilated seats and just about every safety option currently available on any vehicle.It was the 2019 Motor Trend Car of the Year. In this thread you can view were an individual who owns a Niro EV goes over how well the vehicle tows loads. Yes tows. (Post 43 in this thread).

It is also now a contender for 2020 Car of the Year
https://www.motortrend.ca/en/cars/kia/niro/2019/2019-kia-niro-ev-pros-and-cons-review/

 

Niro BEV is still available with the full $7,500 federal rebate + your state rebate + Kia incentive + different promotions.

If you are a good negotiator and can actually use the tax credits given, the cost for a brand new BEV with every option imaginable could be under $33,000.

This does depend somewhat on your state and your negotiating skills as well as the dealer vehicle availability.

If you were lucky enough to find a new 2019 Niro EV on the lot you may get a whopper of a deal.

Sometime it pays to investigate the different promotions. When we bought our cars the Kia and Hyundai Dealers were both nice enough to offers me another $500 off the agreed upon price when I asked if they gave veterans a discount! They did ask for proof of service so you had to show them a copy of your DD214

 

I am not familiar at all with Telsa charging or charge times.

The Niro EV can charge from 20% to 80% in 54 minutes
Everything You Need to Know About Charging the Kia Niro EV and PHEV | ChargePoint

Maybe Tesla charging networks are exclusive and not available to other EV users making it more convenient for Telsa owners to travel nationwide?

It's wonderful that consumers have so many more choices in EV vehicles currently. Telsa is not the only kid on the block these days.

It will benefit all consumers as this competition for EV dollars heats up and competition demands more value for the dollars spent or you head down the street to the next automaker to get a better value on an EV. Telsa are great vehicles. Niro EV's are great vehicles as recognized by its many car of the year award. They both better watch their P's an Q's as other manufactures are making EV vehicles and want to make sure their vehicles attract consumers and give the buyer great value.

Does Telsa support EV development by building it's charging network to support all EV vehicles or is it only for Telsa vehicles.

At our local Walmart there are some fast DC chargers and you see both Telsa and other electric vehicles using them, it is nice to see a situation where everyone can use the chargers.

 

Kia Niro EV vs Nissan Leaf Plus vs Tesla Model 3 which is the best value in this reviewers test

 

Thought I would do a one year update on our Niro purchase. Last May we bought a 2019 Niro Phev EX model.

The Niro now has just about 18,000 miles on it in a year. It is the vehicle of choice for all the household drivers,that is how it is getting so much use. We have had no problems or issues with the vehicle. I do all the maintenance on it so other than when we bought it it – it hasn’t seen the inside of a Dealer.

Vehicle consistently averages between 45 to 50 mpg and 26 EV miles. Have been very pleased with this vehicle purchase. Other than the Plug in door you would never know this was a PHEV by looking at it.


If this vehicle is not being driven it is plugged in without exception and is only unplugged to drvie it.


Below are pictures of the car and the odometer reading

 

Thought I would talk about an interesting feature on the Niro I have never encountered on another vehicle.

On the Niro it is virtually impossible to run down the 12v battery.

On the HEV version (Hybrid) it's 12 volt battery is a lithium ion battery that sits next to the main hybrid battery. The HEV Niro has a battery reset switch which allows the main hybrid battery to send power to the 12v battery to power the car through start up and get it running again to charge up the battery as you continue on your way. So- if you come out and you car is dead no big deal press the battery reset switch and immediately start your car.

On the PHEV Niro (Plug in version) which is what I own, it has an Auxiliary Battery Saver function. The car monitors the 12v lead acid battery and if it detects a low voltage it has the hybrid battery charge the 12v battery back up. When you start the vehicle you receive a message that the Auxiliary Battery Saver function was used so you are aware of that. It will allow the Auxiliary Battery Saver system to be used up to 10 times for one incident. After the 10th time it locks the system out. When you then restart the vehicle the count for the Auxiliary Battery Saver system is reset.

Someone left a door partially opened on the Niro and it caused our Auxiliary Battery Saver System to activate. It worked great, it kept the 12v battery charged and it was a non event as far as causing a car problem. Notified me on start up it had been used.

Had never encountered this thoughtful feature on any other car I owned. It would have been invaluable on our 2008 Prius.