My wife just got Pro S RWD version yesterday (2022 model). Pretty cool car so far. Did not need the AWD in Florida. Seeing 280 mile range right now the way she drives
@@kikita278 She loves it. I just ceramic coated it for her. She works from home so she does not have to commute but does about 700 miles of driving a month. It is giving her 250 to 280 miles range depending on temperature outside and how much AC etc. she runs. We installed an Emporia Level 2 charger at home and she lets it go down to 20% and charges it back up to 80 overnight. I think it only takes 4.5 hours to get to 80%. We have not used it for any out of town long cross country trips yet. I think it is a perfect vehicle for her situation because I have a Subaru Outback and my son has a Honda HRV.
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Nice car for the cities! I’ll keep my eyes on the ID4 for the future! Maybe when it gets more refined, reliable and the infrastructure catches up to electric cars, I will make the change! …one day!
Why do we need a family saloon with a five-odd second zero to sixty time? Obviously all about bragging rights rather than range and reducing energy usage. Simply insane.
I couldn’t agree more, I’ve been thinking the same about electric cars in general. Extreme acceleration even without speeding is also dangerous, many times over the years cars have had accidents with motor cycles because of their acceleration.
Good review but I would had preferred to see the USA made model. It's the one that will dominate bc it has the full federal and state rebates plus a different/better center armrest. The European made model will soon be obsolete.
The range is reported as 240 miles (EFP) = 216 in reality. The batteries may be NCM or LFP. If NCM, charging/discharging is recommended to 90/5% maximum, so range reduced to 184 miles. Now drive in really cold climates (-10C or more) and range will reduce to 166 miles. If the batteries are LFP , their energy density is less and thus their mass increases to get the power required about 200Lb. That is piss poor. My Mazda 2 skyactiv-D travels 600 miles on 11.6 US gals at 70 mph. $55,000 for the ID 4 and $20,000 for my Mazda. Would take me 60 years to break even.
I have a 2021 ID4 AWD and after update 3.1 the infotainment is far better ...only lag when starting but even that is minimal..everything works much better than it did. However, like the BMWi3 I owned (actually 2), it is a bit buggy/glitchy..for example, after getting the new update plus better 12 volt battery, I had a electrical system not working properly errror, which went away after letting the car sit for 15 mins and has not returned. I am assuming (for the moment until I get the proper dongle to put in the OBD port and appropriate software) that there will be no stored error codes, and that the parameters for producing a warning are much to sensitive. The car is so good that I can live with this occasional glitchy ness...once I am able to get into the meat of the software, then I will know.
