Hello peeps. So, I talked my wife into getting an EV, and we eventually settled on the Niro. We got it, great. It's fun to drive, it works, love the safety features and all that. But.. Starting to run into some questionable things.
1. The UVO app it's self is annoying, as it requires a pw every time you log on. Ok no big deal. Apparently we get the first year free, but after that we're told it's going to cost us $300.
Now, I'm ok with skipping out on that personally. My wife just wants to be able to see the state of charge for it as she still has range anxiety. But then...
2. We got a lvl 2 charger. I already have an outlet in my garage for a NEMA 6-50 (welder) and thought, great! level 2 here we come! And it seems to work, except... it doesn't. I've tried setting the car's off peak hours for its first level 2 charging. Where we live it is substantially cheaper to charge from midnight to 6am ($.09/kwh vs $.29/kwh). So, I put in the off peak hours as 12am to 6am. I also set up departure time at 7:15 am as thats when my wife will usually leave the house on a normal work day. So, first day of level 2 charging and.... it didn't charge. At least, not until the next morning when my wife logged into the UVO app.
Now, this worries me. Are we going to "need" a UVO subscription in order to use basic functionality on the vehicle?
I also noticed in another post from earlier last year that software updates for the vehicle had to be purchased and were only pushed out with the purchase of navigation.
This starts sending up red flags for me left and right. Is KIA trying to ... I don't wanna call it nickle and diming when we're in the $150-$300 range. What the actual ****? Am I wrong to assume that this can only get worse with time? I have an innate distrust for corporations, and I'm getting zero warm fuzzy feelings about this. Even my wife is saying she's regretting this car (based on the $300 bit) and I haven't even talked to her about the additional charges for basic software updates.
So, thoughts? Feedback? Anybody else with concerns?
1. The UVO app it's self is annoying, as it requires a pw every time you log on. Ok no big deal. Apparently we get the first year free, but after that we're told it's going to cost us $300.
Now, I'm ok with skipping out on that personally. My wife just wants to be able to see the state of charge for it as she still has range anxiety. But then...
2. We got a lvl 2 charger. I already have an outlet in my garage for a NEMA 6-50 (welder) and thought, great! level 2 here we come! And it seems to work, except... it doesn't. I've tried setting the car's off peak hours for its first level 2 charging. Where we live it is substantially cheaper to charge from midnight to 6am ($.09/kwh vs $.29/kwh). So, I put in the off peak hours as 12am to 6am. I also set up departure time at 7:15 am as thats when my wife will usually leave the house on a normal work day. So, first day of level 2 charging and.... it didn't charge. At least, not until the next morning when my wife logged into the UVO app.
Now, this worries me. Are we going to "need" a UVO subscription in order to use basic functionality on the vehicle?
I also noticed in another post from earlier last year that software updates for the vehicle had to be purchased and were only pushed out with the purchase of navigation.
This starts sending up red flags for me left and right. Is KIA trying to ... I don't wanna call it nickle and diming when we're in the $150-$300 range. What the actual ****? Am I wrong to assume that this can only get worse with time? I have an innate distrust for corporations, and I'm getting zero warm fuzzy feelings about this. Even my wife is saying she's regretting this car (based on the $300 bit) and I haven't even talked to her about the additional charges for basic software updates.
So, thoughts? Feedback? Anybody else with concerns?