EV and Clean Tech enthusiast. Juggling the act of reducing our family’s impact on the planet without breaking the bank-or hacking off the whole family in the process!
Hi there, I’m planning a trip to the south of France too, and have a similar battery to yours. I was wondering if you found it very inconvenient or how you felt overall over the amount of charges you had to make. Thanks.
I think it depends on what you are travelling for. We weren't in a rush as we were on holiday and we had expected our travel days to take up the full day. We didn't find the stops inconvenient as we felt ready to stop and stretch our legs by the time the car needed charging. The charging time takes slightly longer than the time we need to use the facilities. If I was to by another car I'd not feel the need to increase range but increase rapid charge speed. But honestly the family are fine with the pace of the trips. We are doing another trip to germay this summer. The Kona has a flat tyre right now and had to use the petrol this weekend for a 125mile motorway trip south and I hated every minute.
Just checked, yes and it looks like they have improved the mud guards too. www.adoebike.com/en-gb/products/ado-a20-20-inch-folding-electric-bike?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzIK1BhAuEiwAHQmU3jL-ewIFhsoLc4NK7O2W7rvvhPmpxXi6Y6H5Uu3k7A6eDMdIHmw9IRoC8SMQAvD_BwE
I am in the process of buying a Kona EV (i live in Southern France) but your video has shown me how confusing the charging network is. I occasionaly need to drive back to the UK and after seeing your vid I now don't feel very confident about doing it. I also thought that Tesla charging points were for Tesla's only? We have a Smart Fortwo EV which we use locally and I charge using a company called Chargemap. Can i use this anywhere?
Sorry to hear the video has given you doubts. The video was supposed to do the opposite. Chargemap is a roaming card, one card to use on many networks. Having such a card will make long trips easier if contactless is not available. Tesla have opened up many of their Superchargers to all EVs. I would recommend downloading the tesla app to see which chargers around you are available for everyone to use. They usually have more chargers and are also cheaper than most. The best app to make long road trips easy is 'a better road planner' you need this app
New subscriber, as I picked up a 2023 64kWh Kona Ultimate in the same colour as your car 3 weeks ago. I'm a Driving Instructor and I've swapped my 2020 38kWh Ionic for the Kona, so I'm 'used' to crazy efficiency, but it's reassuring to your long range efficency is still good. Was getting 6.2 m/kWh last month in the Ioniq on lessons and general driving, I'm getting 5.2 m/kWh in the Kona now. It's a mix of town centre/urban driving and a decent amount of urban 50mph dual carriageways, so I'm impressed with the Kona. Looking forward to seeing your content.
Thanks for the sub :) I also used to have the Ioniq 38kWh. I did love that car and wish they kept it going with a larger battery pack. It was an efficiency beast. I do see 6 miles to the kWh in the Kona but it was the norm in the Ioniq. I hope you enjoy the new car. I know a EV driving instructor in Notts. He say the type driving and the type roads used on lessons, work really well for range and efficiency. We will be driving to Germany this summer, maybe the longest Euro EV road trip yet. Video probably out late September :)
What is the most miles your gom has shown for a 100% charge at home,mine was 365 miles last summer once….and 335 miles this year so far. These cars are brilliant mile munchers,can’t wait to see the Kia ev3 in the flesh👍
That's really impressive, especially given how accurate Hyundai's GOM seems to be. I rarely charge to 100% but I think 315 miles was the most I've seen. I've not seen much about the EV3 but it looks nice. Let's see what the price is.
@rodden1953 you can change it so the dash stays with any theme you want and not change with driving mode. I like the sport theme but rarely use sport mode 🙂
Thank you for the review. It's a rarity on to find honest reviews with no affiliate links on here. P.S. You must get a pair of Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres. They're bomb-proof, 7 out of 7 puncture protection. You will never regret it. I have a family member who's had a pair for over 10 years and no flats, I've had mine, ridden 1100 miles on my e-bike and no flats either. Halfords sometimes have them on sale, or if you can find a discount code. I got mine for £24 each but they're typically around £35. And get a can of GT85 spray and spray over those rusty bolts. Just make sure you don't spray near your disk rotors.
Great to see ideas for how to deal with this issue. Some people already think the road in front of their house is their parking spot (I had a neighbour key my car for daring to park in their spot). Let's hope this doesn't make that sense of entitlement worse 🤞
Hello. Thank you for a good review after some time of use. Many other reviews seams to got the bike for free and start by unboxing it. I been looking at this bike for a while. Ado air is interesting, but too expensive for me. Also a big loss if it get stolen. I want have the possible to park it outside when I go shopping. Anyway, I have been close to order A20+, but now I have just put in an order on 5TH WHEEL Thunder 2 v1. It was 300 EUR less then Ado A20+. Anyway, I think you have a good bike. Will see if I get mine 😁
I forgot to mention the mudguards. Not sure if they are adding to the rusting issue, but this is my first ever bike to come with mudguards and they are a revelation. No more water flicking up in your face and no muddy streak up your back on wet commutes :)
I’m new to EV ownership and blown away with my 3 year old e-Niro. Our other car is Diesel and is what we will be using for our Europe trip this year as we do every year. Can’t make my mind up if we can live with one car next year as I estimate we would only need to fast charge away from home about 10 days a year, and that would include 4 days in Europe. I guess it’s a mind set change.
You don't know until you try. Hope the videos give you an idea of what to expect. The public network continues to grow and sales have slowed a bit. I'm not expecting issues this year. We also keep playing with the idea of selling the second car. But it's the rare occasion when we both need a car at the same time that is putting us off, not the road trips. The kona is a much nicer car to road trip in, even with the charge stops. I forget how noisy the petrol car is a 70pmh. I double check I'm in 5th because at first it sounds too loud! My petrol also doesn't have the auto steer for the motorway, which I really like.
@@MikeHarEV yes you have given me some confidence that we would be able to cope with the extra stops, the days when we did 1000 Miles in a day have gone, that was 18 hours! Thanks for the video
Thanks for your review Mike. We recently bought one for my wife who has been out of cycling for some time. The first few short rides have been fun and problem free. Glad to see you made no mention of battery problems (apart from the rattle - which I have heard about from other reviews) I will look forward to an update after another 1000 miles. Keep safe.
I'm not sure it was available on Octopus at the time. But now it is and would be 5% cheaper than using the Charge My Hyundai card. Just looked up Baie de Somme which was the first Ionity stop we did on this trip. It would be 48p per kWh on Octopus. It was 59p on Charge My Hyundai last Summer. I'll probably use Octopus for Ionity and Tesla this summer for our planned France and Germany summer road trip. Prices have narrowed but Tesla still have the edge on price and amount of chargers. But Ionity could be worth a few pence extra per kWh if they are located at the services.
you know I didn't see that mentioned in the manual. But I'd not run power tools from a coiled extension, so it makes sense to do the same with the charger. It's a 10 metre cable (just in case we get a car with a rear charge port) so there is more coiled than most too.
I have a drive and can easily charge at home, but that is a great solution to the issue for those who don't have a drive. Well done to Nottingham Council!
WOW 11 stops to charge for 2100 miles, I've been to the south of France many times in diesels and never needed to waste much time refuelling, maybe the 600 miles range on a tank makes a big difference. Seems expensive using these networks too
It works out about a stop every 200 miles and we were ready to stop and stretch our legs and use the facilities. Yes you HAVE to stop more because the range is less than a diesel, but we would have stopped anyway and actually wasted very time sitting waiting for the car. Yes prices last year on the public network could be comparable to diesel prices. I don't have a diesel though, my other petrol car is too old to be trusted on this trip and gets a crappy 31mpg. But for the other 50 weeks of the year it is much cheaper due to home charging. The car is currently topping up for free off homes solar.
NIce. Seems to me the main issue with Kerbo and similar is that councils that seem unable to learn from each other and pointlessly insist on each running their own "trials" because a pavement in Nottingham is different to one in Lancashire and obviously Devon is totally different to both. Do you know if Nottingham have now given the go ahead to everyone?
Totally agree. Our kerbo was installed by a company called Via on behalf of the council. They're going to be so many flavours of the same install done different ways across the UK. Via were still learning what best to stick the unit in the ground with. They are trying rapid drying concreate in Nottingham. It's not holding up too well close to the road IMO, because cars mount the pavement. I have not heard anything official but the pilot application page is still live and I would hope they'd come and asses how the gully is holding up after a year first.
Lets not concern ourselves with the electrical regulations, the lack of a common earth ,the health and safety regulations or who is liable when someone is injured by tripping. (Or worse electrocution) . Also Are you going to run the cable accross or down the road when someone parks in your regular spot? Unfortunately common sense and safety regulations are being constantly flouted/ignored to implement the ev mandate.
The charger was installed by a trained MCS registered electrician, and of course the charger is earthed. As part of the agreement with the councils pilot is that there is insurance covering a potential trip hazard. But the whole point of this is to avoid trips. I won't be running a cable further than the two potential spots the gully covers, the cable wouldn't reach past the rear of the car even if i wanted to.
@@MikeHarEVyes of course its earthed (to your property)but because the lead, plug and load is not on your property it requires a common earth. (Check electrical regulations) as I said the regs etc are being overridden by politics. In no other circumstance would this be acceptable. But of course they have to make their mandate workable. I can also assure you that when you don't notice a stone trapped in the cable cover ,and someone trips the local authority will claim its due to your negligence. Layman's terms, a pedestrian can touch both your car and the lamppost behind it. Your supply and the lampposts supply do not share a common earth. This does not comply with regulations. Your RCD/earth leakage protection will not function correctly if someone is in contact with the car and the lamppost. Public safety is being overlooked. Politically the green agenda and ev mandate are more important.
@@alexmckenna1171 true. Surely you would agree that the negatives should be overcome before production though? And that progress isn't attained by just ignoring safety regulations? If today I'm not allowed to run power tools from my light fitting, tomorrow I am allowed to , is that progress or stupidity?
Thanks for the tip. I didn't know semi hydraulic disc brakes were a thing. They sounds just the job, I'll look into that upgrade for sure. I've got Schwalbe Marathons on my manual bike and they are great. But I've been enjoying a bit more off road grip during the winter on the dirt path section of my commute. I may get something like these Big Bens for the summer.
Interesting solution. Two main questions popped up while watching. 1. This is a Nottingham Council trial. How much is this (when subsidized) and how much normally? 2. Is the cable track inclined so that, in wet conditions, water naturally runs off? Any buildup of debris?
1. No official prices yet but Kurbo are offering the full solution with charger included for £1000 in other council areas. 2. The cable track follows the gradient of the pavement. So if there is already a gradient, then the track will have one. No real gradient on ours but I've had no build up of debris or water so far.
I did put the cable in one handed, its easy and quick to set up with both hands free. When you don't have a drive, this thing is a great simple solution that gives you access to the cheap charging available to most. We just charge whenever we get parked up in 1 of the 2 spots either side of the gully. We don't let the car get low on energy. It's not our only charging option. So although it would be frustrating if we needed a charge, it's not the end of the world.
Oh and no rfid. Its able to be locked via the chargers app. I've also signed up to the Co charger app. So if someone wants to charge on our charger we can make a little money back.
Interesting solution. Funny how you are parked on the curb, that will get you a ticket in many parts of the US. Luckily you had a workplace that allowed you to charge, and now have the ability to charge at home. Most do not have either of these options, and would be totally reliant on public (ie expensive and unreliable (at least in the US)) chargers.
Yeah parking two wheels on the pavement is common in England. It's an old Victorian street. Everyone does it on both sides, so you can still get something wide down the middle. Although it's just been banned in Scotland, so it may be rolled out UK wide at some point. I'll be keeping an eye on how the kurbo holds up with tyres rolling over it. I held off buying an EV until several public chargers were installed within walking distance of home. Jobs can change and didn't want to be caught without any charing option. The public charging options in the UK have grown massively over the last few years.
Hello, thank you for the great video. I wanted to ask you if the units on the speedometer changed to km after entering France? Did you change them from miles to km?
Pleased you liked it 🙂 unfortunately the Kona doesn't automatically switch to kph when GPS recognises you're are in France. That would be great. It's in the general settings on the centre display. Pretty easy to find at least
@@MikeHarEV Hey Mike, thanks for sharing it. I have updated software with USB stick so it looks like yours. But I am unable to see Units option. I am not sure why is that. My Kona is from 2020, perhaps it has older system. Even the speedometer looks different than yours. Thanks for finding time and trying to help me.
It was worth a go. Last thing i can think of is I think the 2020 Kona had a very similar speedo to my old Ioniq. Maybe try this video. It is very well hidden. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CxLWu9Kvoiw.htmlsi=XHEtiuMluLct-S5G
100% the actuator is faulty on the 2016-2022 Ioniqs. Dealt with under warranty for my 28kWh Ioniq (here UK), but so many Ioniq owners had this fault that it should have triggered an unlimited recall by Hyundai, i.e. even beyond warranty.
My diesel would have been £300/350 that would be 3/4 stops for fuel so a total fueling time of 20 mins max exluding queues qhich can happen. Have done the south of France a few times but mostly been the south west of France due to the fact i bought a house there and spent all my spare time rebuilding it. So my piorty was to gat there as quick as possible work for.whatever time i spent there and get back quick to start.earning money to pay for it all. House is finished now soon to be retired. Your video has inspired me to think about an ev on a trip like that Reminded me of some great times on France thank you good luck
We did phone the helpline for these temperamental chargers. They rebooted them which helped. Ionity helpline where very good. Especially as it was a French support line and they switched to English for me with no hesitation.
12:27 nice Teddy! Mine daughter is 13 now, dont want any teddy anymore :( Enjoy while it last, man... Planing this year get Kona 64, excited about this car.
Both your road trip videos to France were enjoyable to watch. Not too much inconvenience (you're on holiday, so no need to get stressed on arbitrary deadlines, right?). Since you have both an EV and ICE car, perhaps future videos with comparisons will help others consider the pros and cons of transitioning to EVs? Subscribed.
I think the issue is having the smart mirror function on. The car is always looking for the key to open the mirrors and it just drains the battery. Turn it off and you’ll be golden.
It's Ironiq (ha ha, sorry for that dad joke) that a car with a 38 kWh battery can't keep the 12V battery properly charged up. I never had issues with any new fossil car I leased but my Ioniq has had two flat 12V battery occurrences is the last few months. Its a blasted nuisance!
Hi I had same problem and a quick fix is to pull the plug release cable situated in the boot which worked for me, but not sure it will be a permanent fix
Did you look at using the Tesla network? We’re planning a Belgium to Paris trip and back in the same car! Nervous at the thought of running out of electric 😅
At the time there wasn't many open tesla locations on the route I wanted to take. But there are many more open in France and the UK now. We are planning another trip from to the dordogne area in France this summer. I'll be checking the open tesla locations against ionity and make a decision on what the costs work out like before signing up to another 12 months ionity membership. Better route planner, set it to preferred network like tesla or ionity and you won't run out. May be queues this summer but that's another matter.
We recently did another French roadtrip prodomananlty using the open Tesla Superchargers including one close to Paris. Feel free to check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q3XF-Yncy_s.html
Hi yeah thanks it's about schedule charging and schedule climate control. I think with the climate control all what I need to do is set to departure time for 08:30 Monday to Friday then click what temperature I want it then because I'm on 62% do I need select on my AC charger (home charger) to 60% so it won't charge? I only want it to pre heat the cabin not charge. Then I know I need to remember to after the pre conditioning I know I need to turn the AC charger bk to 100%. And with my charging I'm not on a EV tarrif I pay to same rate day and night so I can plug it in on charge when ever no matter what time of day or night. But if my car was charging and I want to pre condition the car when I'm charging to 100% how would I do that? I don't have no off peak tariffs priority or off peak tarrif only. It be gd if you could cover a video on this for people who do and don't a EV tarrif in place. Many thanks
That's an interesting problem. I'll have a look at doing a video but I will struggle to recreate your exact scenario as I do not have home charging. I just send BlueLink remote commands to precondition a few minutes before leaving the house and just use a bit of battery. I assume you would like to have it plugged in, not charge but use mains power to run the preconditioning, so no energy is added to the battery or taken out of it. I think you would need set a lower state of charge limit in the car, not on your smart charger. If you set the lower limit on the smart charger, your preconditioning would run but your charger will not supply power at all unless the state of charge dropped lower than what is set. I'd be tempted to trial just scheduling your departure and precondition settings. And if you don't need to charge, leave the car unplugged. Yes it will use the battery but just see if you notice the battery % drop between uses because honestly I don't notice preconditioning uses much.
