Kia EV3 revealed as sub-£30k electric SUV with 373-mile range | Autocar
Kia EV3 revealed as sub-£30k electric SUV with 373-mile range | Autocar
Bespoke electric car is slightly shorter than a Kia Niro but packs a wheelbase longer than the Sportage's
This piques my interest, however with absolutely horrid experiences with Hyundai/kia dealers in the past, I have my reservations. Especially as an ev is not as easily user serviceable compared to a traditional gasoline variant.
Will wait to see, but really excited for the rivian r3. I’m glad low cost commuter evs are becoming a thing… I’m just waiting for Toyota/honda to create a compelling offering.
24Rivians do look kind of nice but I'm not willing to support any company with an exclusive charging network because that's just such a stupid awful thing to make and I don't know why anyone accepts it. I don't think people would accept like a Honda exclusive gas station so I don't know why people do it with EVs.
(Actually it looks like rivian will open their network to other vehicles later this year which is good, I still think it's stupid they ever made it exclusive in the first place but if they actually open it that's reasonable)
12Are Rivian actually bringing a car with a realistic price to market?
Side note: Agreed with your experience on Hyundai/Kia dealers, but I ended up getting an Ioniq 5 SEL AWD that - honestly - I absolutely love.
5I had an XG350L, I think an '02, and it was good for a year or two before everything started failing on it. I've heard nothing but good things about their EVs from the past couple of years, but I'll forever be wary of Hyundai/Kia. How long have you had your Ioniq? I love my '16 RAV4 but I know I'll outlive it and it'll get replaced by an EV when the time finally comes. Any concessions to be ready for? I rarely drive more than like 2 hours, so the range isn't really a concern.
3They're looking to release two smaller SUVs in the next couple of years
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I get your point; I don’t really trust our closest Kia dealership and my wife’s Soul had the issue with the motor burning too much oil, which eventually killed the motor and took 7 weeks to replace. Kia paid for it all (including the Bolt EUV rental we wound up in which was my first long-term experience with an EV), but it was still a hassle. Still, I’m really interested in an EV9 when we’re looking at a new car.
3See if you can get it on the used market. Some people find charging doesn't fit in their lifestyle unfortunately.
2I’m in the same boat, specifically looking at Toyota. I love my current Prius and plan to have my next car be full electric. It’d be an easy choice if Toyota had an affordable offering.
Which, I havent kept up with current all electric vehicles but it looks like Toyota has something now? Don’t know much about this bZ4X though. I’ll have to do a bit more research.
2Don't hold your breath on Toyota. They're still huffing their hydrogen crack pipe. Until they commit to abandoning that silly dead end I'll wager all of their EV offerings are going to be perfunctory compliance vehicles with minimal effort behind them or rebadges of other cars.
9As a RAV4 owner, I know what you mean. Toyota and Honda both make good, affordable, reliable stuff. But I'm not sure either of them is gonna be big players in the EV market this decade. Counterintuitively, I'd expect better from Ford on that front than Toyota across the next five years. I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but Toyota seems afraid to get away from gas entirely unless it's through their hydrogen cells.
6From all accounts, the bZ4X is just a half assed compliance car and probably not worth the money. I'd wait to buy a Toyota EV until they begin rolling out their new solid state batteries which are supposed to come in '25 or '26.
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A good step forward in terms of price but can we please get something smaller than an SUV. I would do strange things for a sub $30k hatchback EV that doesn't look terrible
10Fingers crossed for the ultium Bolt fulfilling its potential.
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Looks pretty decent
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2What were the major upgrades from the NXT system? I've never used the EV3.
1Mindstorms is actually retired now :( https://support.apple.com/en-us/108963
EV3 had a microsd slot and usb ports. You can boot Debian on it and connect it to WiFi, which made it pretty wide open. https://www.ev3dev.org/
The kit that replaced EV3 is also really great. I have both and mostly use the newer one because even though it can't boot Linux or connect to WiFi, it can be programmed from an iPad using a scratch interface, and the programs can be saved to the device and run without having to use any other device. This makes it really easy to quickly make a robot to perform a simple task like pressing a series of physical buttons in a timed loop, like for farming Xbox game currency or whatever. EG https://youtu.be/otAQqtLifCU
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With how many people in it? Under which circumstances? Nah, the tech isn't matured enough. It could be, but they wanna make huge profit. Our diesel company bus makes 1k km + with a tank. With 3 people and tools. Sorry, it still doesn't cut the chuck. The time is too expensive for our little company.
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