Kona Electric Pre-Conditioning. Defrosting in the winter on a timer 

You're welcome, shame how little the manufacturer actually tells us so hopefully these videos help

It's great finding all these new bits of tech.

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Yep it seems by design too so not an oversight just not possible with current design. They've missed a trick for sure. At least my charger will have app support soon

There is an app called Autolink. It works in Korea and is available for Kona (ice versions) in NZ but the EV variant is "pending"

I'm very interested in buying a Kona or Niro. But this puts me off a bit. I have an i3 and it's so useful to precondition the car on the fly. As it stands I won't be able to precondition the Kona before my commute home from work. Hopefully this is fixed next year when my car is due to go back.

Grrrrr 😉

@@EVPuzzle you mean Brrrrrr surely? 😉

Being an ex. Programmer I'm more dissappointed there's all that data and access available yet not provided.

Just to stop it charging and mess up my test. I wanted to focus on just the climate control turning on. Strangely I have found times already I don't want to charge as I know I'm charging for free later when out. It's nice not being under pressure to charge to high levels all the time.

Ah that makes sense! Tnx

Yes plugged in

@@EVPuzzle Just getting a KIA Soul which seems very similar in layout and that seems to need to be plugged in to. A bit annoying. My BMW i3 didn't need to be plugged in to precondition.

Not sure about indefinitely . I turned car on so not 100% sure

No Trevor not seen that yet. Are you driving it daily? I drive be mine every 2 or 3 days . Must confess , not sure what my battery management settings are at the moment, whether set to top up or not

Carl Steinar Andersen Thanks very much for working that out, it was puzzling me.

As per the Hyundai blue link App, that feature / app isn't available in the UK

I didn't want it to charge during the test. I vary the limit to whatever I need on the day

Andrew, totally agree it's a flaw in the software design, too many things need the car on to work or access data.

And strange, since it´s the same hardware as in the Korean model. I own a Niro, and the reason that don´t have app support is a difference in hardware. So this is really strange and sad :(

In Korea they have app for Kia and Hyundai, but not in Europe.. Living with the Leaf for 3 years, the app is a great feature, but for sure no dealbreaker. It was (one of) the reasons why I chose Leaf over Soul that time, but realy I don't use the app that often.. Even in -15C, the car heats up so quickly you kind of don't need it anyway.

It'd be nice just to check the range on the car and set charging times without going outside

Yes

@@EVPuzzle great, I'm sure I'll be happy stepping into my defrosted car in the mornings!

I discuss this in the video

Sorry Im not sure about heat pump. I guess whatever is most efficient as that seems to be Hyundai's theme. Yes MUST be plugged in Why is the big question. I suspect it's the same reason we can't see or set the EV settings/ data without the car being turned on.

I didn't know about the heatpump not being used on the Leaf until I "incidentally" read it myself about a year ago (not in the manual of course..), so I don't blame you for not knowing ;) Just for a future test of yours. I too thought it would use the most efficient as it does when driving. It can run heatpump while standing still and turned on, so why shouldn't it while preheating? But that's how it is on the old Leaf.. I don't see that the car must be turned on to set timer to be any reason for the need of power to preheat. That's only the matter of starting up the correct screen so you can change the settings. I've never set a timer on my Leaf, but I believe you have to "start the car" there as well, if not using app of course. Plugged in or not, the heater should, and could draw the energy from the battery either plugged in or not.. If it couldn't, it wouldn't be able to heat while driving either. And when Nissan and VW makes it possible, so should Kia/Hyundai. But then again, Nissan says it's not possible to make steeringwheel adjustable lenghtways in the Leaf because of something, while "all other" EV's can.

I3 doesn't have to be plug in, even has a precondition button on the keyfob, so don't even have to open the car or use the app.

@@abandonedtube that's the best way. I think the E-NV200 has a button on the keyfob as well, but the Leaf funnily does not, even though they have the same fob..

Chris, preconditioning only warms the interior , not the battery.

Think you need to watch the video again

ateeqn1985 there is its blue link

There is

@@ladayblues6759 does it work for the 2019 kona?

@@ragn3852 yes I have the 2019 Kona you can lock, unlock, turn on whatever :)

@@ladayblues6759 What about turning on aircondition?