Yes, I've done several, latest being my I-Pace and my wife's Zoe. The Zoe was dead easy, as the fuse box is easily accessible behind the glove box and a fuse tap plugs in easily, plus there's loads of space to run the cable behind the trim and into the space behind the fuse box, where the power supply can sit. The I-Pace was a lot more work, as the fuse box is under the rear seat. It's also more work running the cable behind the trim panels, as there is nowhere near as much room behind some of them.

The Zoe installation took me around 30 minutes, start to finish, the I-Pace took over 3 hours. Out of the two, finding a good location for the camera on the windscreen was easier on the I-Pace than the Zoe. I ended up fitting the Zoe camera to the left of the central housing that has the sensors, as anywhere else would have been a bit noticeable when driving. The I-Pace had enough room behind the mirror to hide the camera well, and is the neater installation of the two.

 

I've got a front camera on the i3. - It is no different than adding a wired dashcam to any other car.

 

I have twin Nextbase cameras in my ID4, took me around 45 minutes to install front and rear cameras and then add the hard wiring kit as the glove box is accessible.

 

Hmm.. Those look very nice, but also very expensive... (Two sets with kit would be close to £300 versus £100 for two full sets of the one I linked.) Is this an instance where "you get what you pay for"? I'd prefer to not drop £300 on this, but I also want something that will work well and keep working for a long time...

 

I've been a fan of budget dash cams for years now. The cheap "801" (made by lots of different companies) that was in my old Prius worked very well, well enough to twice get me out of hot water by proving other drivers were at fault, and I transferred that cam to the i3, where it gave good enough video when I was parked to allow another car owner to trace and claim against the owner of the car that drove into him whilst he was shopping. That was a 1080p camera, with a tiny footprint, and is the one I've just fitted to my wife's Zoe (I did fit a new lithium battery in it first, as the old one was a bit tired). I've fitted a identical looking camera, but with a higher resolution sensor and a supercapacitor instead of an internal battery, to the I-Pace. I can't fault either of them, TBH, and really like the small size and the ease of setting them up. Both have GPS so speed, location etc data is logged along with the video. The old one that's now in the Zoe is no longer available, but the slightly better one in the same case that I have in the I-Pace is this one: Mini0805P Full HD 1296P Car Dash Camera Video Recording GPS DVR +DashBoard Kits | eBay

 

i've had the mini 801 and the mini 806 which I loved. Took the 806 6 out of the old car and just have to fit it to the ID4, but havent had a free weekend to do it yet.
I too can recommend these ones. I got mine from aliexpress as it was cheaper than ebay.

 

This thread could have been called "Hardwiring Front/Rear Dashcams in a car" as there is literally nothing different about doing it in an EV than any other car. Just saying. (Possible exception - Tesla, as they don't use traditional mini fuse boxes, so you'd have to tap into 12v some other way)

I installed a front facing camera in my Leaf using the standard Halfords hardwired dashcam kit without any issues.

 

I wasn't sure if it was different for an EV, hence the question!

 

If you have an auto-darkening rear-view mirror, there's probably an ignition- switched 12V supply to it, which can be a very a convenient place to feed a dashcam

 

Hi - can anyone tell me how to break into that mirror/camera/sensor area to potentially pick up a 12 volt supply?
OverlandRod Melbourne.

 

One word of caution if running cable down an A pillar.
My driver's and front passenger side (curtain) airbags deploy from the A pillars, so I had to run the cable down nearest the windscreen so that it did not impede airbag deployment.

 

Exactly this.

Dash cam

Hi Toying with the idea of a dash cam for the id3 when it arrives. Has anyone installed one and any pictures or description on cable routing etc ... Thanks

www.speakev.com

 

I ran the cable inside the rubber lip of the door seal. Very easy to do and nicely hidden.

 

Its worth thinking about where the airbags are an making sure you don't cross them anywhere particularly on the A pillar. Its not likely to be a big problem but I wouldn't want a USB plug embedded in my face. On my I3 I couldn't get a decent cable run between front and back so went for separate front and rear cameras as the back is then much neater and its one less cable on the screen.

 

The “Kia EV6 forum” on this site has a great thread on front plus rear dash cam installs. Would be worth a read as this also has plenty of suggestions and tips. It complements this thread well.