[Bobdniro]

I've been checking out features of my e-Niro today, and I have to say that I am somewhat disappointed.

I have discovered that the "find a charging station" feature, pretty much a necessity in an EV I would have thought, is in fact useless.

The nearest station is shown as being several miles away in the next town.... none of the nearby chargers, there are around 6 within 2 miles, are listed or shown on the map.

Two of these chargers have been installed for over 2 years....so how old is the Data? Is this likely to be the case with the speed safety camera database also?

This is totally unacceptable on a new (now £40k since grant demise) car.

Is there any way of finding out the release date of the mapping software? it is clearly well out of date.

I would be interested to hear from other e-Niro owners on this topic and whether anyone has a more recent version.

Yes, I know there are apps for charger location, but not everyone has a smartphone or wants to use apps....why would you, when the functionality is supposed to be built into the car.

My initial enthusiasm for this car is waning somewhat after only 3 weeks of ownership due to many reasons.

 

[Bobdniro]

Do you have the pink/purple head unit software with user profiles? If not, you can update it to get newer maps and I believe better "find a charger" functionality.

Check this thread.

Yes, I have the purple screen, I updated the software last week.

 

[Bobdniro]

You have to click on the Live data thingy. I can’t remember exactly what it’s called but have a look you should find it. Then it works a lot better regarding finding charge stations (though I never would use it anyway Zap Map is better) Peter

Thanks for that info, I'll give it a try tomorrow to see if it makes any difference.

 

[Bobdniro]

You have to click on the Live data thingy. I can’t remember exactly what it’s called but have a look you should find it. Then it works a lot better regarding finding charge stations (though I never would use it anyway Zap Map is better) Peter

Thanks for the heads-up.

As @prawlin says. But first you have to wait for the car to connect (there should be a pop-up message telling you "live services are connected"), and then click again "Search for charging stations". It will load the fixed (outdated list) first, so in the top-left corner there should now be a new button "Live". That should take you to the latest list available in TomTom map data.

Yes, I've sorted it now thanks to both of you for your assistance, many more chargers are listed now. Faith with the car restored a little now!