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Jumped a cascadia '21 with my 2014 Kia Sorento
Vehicle:
Kia Sorento
The battery in my EV6 lasts longer than my wife’s bladder can hold on a road trip and the speed of charging means that by the time we’ve headed into the services, toilet, maybe grab a coffee and we’re back at >80% basically every time. In good conditions we get 300 miles to a full battery, worst I’ve had is 260 and that’s with AC, heated seats, not driving like a granny etc.
Pros: long range, fast charging
Vehicle:
Kia
Still going strong on OEM battery after 3yrs
Pros: still going strong
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
Papa hat den eNiro von 2020 mit 64kwh Akku. Der hat laut OBD noch 96%soh nach 100.000km.
Pros: gute Batterielebensdauer
Vehicle:
Kia
Mileage: 100000 km
the cars are decent, the customer service at the dealers, hit or miss.
the Vancouver (Coquitlam) dealership i bought my Kia from knew jack squat about my car - I basically just needed them to sell me a car, that I knew more about at the time of sale than they did.
went to a different one, and got a much better experience, they were willing to sit down and talk to you about what the problems were, what options were, etc. So in short, the early EVs (like the one I drive) were kinda iffy depending on your experience, could be great could be terrible, but the classic ioniq is one I would hands down trade in for. The extra cobalt inside the cells means the degradation happens less, it doesn't overheat as quickly, charges reasonably fast, and more efficient than tesla :p
Pros: charges reasonably fast, more efficient
Cons: customer service hit or miss
Vehicle:
Kia Soul
Our ‘17 Outback went through 4 batteries in the 7 years we owned it.
Cons: 4 batteries in 7 years
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I bought a brand new '24 Outback Wilderness in August of 2023 and had to replace the battery within 18 months.
Cons: replaced within 18 months
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I’m on my third battery in my 2018
Cons: third battery in 2018 car
Vehicle:
Subaru
My battery died on my ‘15 Outback within a year of my buying the car brand new off the lot. I noticed some issues with the lift gate and the car was having problems starting at times. It was a bad cell in the battery so it needed to be replaced.
Cons: died within a year, bad cell
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I had this issue as well, one day the car wouldn’t turn over. Then it would. Then there was no power. Then it would start. Over several days and weeks this would happen. It was explained to me that the Subaru batteries that come from the factory are made to hold just barely enough power to start the car. If that power is diminished in even the slightest degree, like with normal usage in the first 50k miles, then the battery does not have enough charge to do its basic task anymore, rendering it useless. As I understood it, the batteries in the new cars are not up to snuff.
Cons: wouldn't turn over, no power, not up to snuff
Vehicle:
Subaru
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