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My 2020 e-Niro (39 kwh) could only draw about 15-20 kw on a charge from 40 to 80% right after driving about 75 km. I was using a CCS charger with 300 kw capacity. The outside temp was about 2 degrees and pretty windy. I think I remember it routinely getting above 40 kw on these types of charges...

I just finished a trip from Toulouse, Frans to Utrecht, The Netherlands. 1200 km and 17 hour drive. Temperatures ranging between -4 and 5 degrees. kia e-Niro 64 kWh, MY2021, no heat pump. The rithm was 2 hours blazing on the highway, 30-50 minutes charging from 5-75 percent. Here are my take...

So I use a 40 Leaf to run round my city all day delivering lunch orders to homes and businesses. Today the temperature was hovering between -1 and 1’c all day. I now know from experience that my car will not run out of electrons on a busy day, it just about manages to do the full days driving...

The Chevy Volt is called the Ampera elsewhere and there was no 2017 Ampera but, here in the USA there has been a 2017 and a 2018 model Volt. At the time that I was looking for a good EV, The pure electric version had arrived called the Chevy Bolt. I have experience driving a car that I...

Hi I have a 2019 standard eGolf. I was enjoying a range of between 120 and 140 miles on my 55 mile A road commute to work. Better in the summer. After a cold snap in late November 19 the full charge range in eco mode (car warmed whilst still plugged in) dropped to the mid 80s. It has not really...

As there are many REX owner reviews I thought I would post my BEV 22Kw owner review for readers. I bought the Car last year after my work installed EV charge points (they now charge for their use which I did not expect but that is another story) I commute between 34 - 45 miles per day depending...