Great feedback on the car. Thanks!

My sentiments as well concerning this car. The tech is a bit much, but it has the best looking drivers space and experience in any car I have driven or owned yet.

Like your channel. I’m situated in Canada, Southern Ontario, close to Toronto. Will be interested in your experience with the winter tires you are going to review. Do you have severe weather, snowy, cold temperatures in your neck of the woods?

10/4 on the too much tech.........I don't know how to operate half on My 24' Forester Touring......Owners manual is wrapped in plastic and will remain so when My new one comes in.........Paul

The nokian hakkapeliitta 9 tires have been great. I recorded 46mpg at highway use (80mph) with an uncharged batter (14% i.e. equal to the hybrid model) and they are just plane stickier on the road then the factory tires, I will leave them on the car year round given the ruff terrane at my work project sites. I have been turning off the traction control on the car in the snow as it seems much to tentative when excelerating. I have not noticed any additional road noise, though I should mention that I did not 'stud' these 'studable tires' and I believe they would have much better biting grip for hills. I have had more then one occasion at work where I had to climb a hill at slow speeds and it was very challenging. I have been very happy over all, but they are not magic tires in challenging conditions. I'd give them a solid 8/10.

I have Michelin CrossClimate 2 on my Sorento and they stay on all year round. I like them a lot and they ride smoothly and I am not hearing sounds coming from the tires. I will eventually get something like that for my Niro.

@@KiaNiroPluginHybridi would also go with Finnish Nokia tires for winter. They know that for good.

@@davidpaisley9949 ppl change winter tires and summer tires here in Finland by the law. The rubber composition and surface pattern are the biggest differences in frost resistance and tire friction. All-season tires are prohibited.

I do you wish you luck and am fascinated by the prospect of putting so many miles on the car so quickly. Keep an on your engine clutch actuator fluid. With the amount of cycles clutching the engine and motor together and apart, that DOT3-4 fluid will get a work out. Really nice car to spend time commuting in

@@KiaNiroPluginHybrid Thanks for the advice.i really appreciate your feedback on the comments

5 X 70......350k.???............Good luck..........Paul

What a cool car, thanks for checking the vids out. Wishing you well

Heck yeah, go KIA, really have enjoyed learning about this car...great commuter vehicle

Is the car play wireless or wired?

Hi, I have the EX and love it. I think less Sportage has 1" more ground clearance. I have two kids and work tools in it often and has been a great family car at this size.

Thanks for the input, very interesting idea / possibility with the 'evap system sensor'. How many miles do you have on your Ioniq? Just got a smart phone 2 weeks ago :) (after a 7 year break)

@@KiaNiroPluginHybrid congrats on the phone. The ioniq has 71k and has been solid except for the faulty sensor.

Yes, I was thinking of spraying the bottom of the door panels were the sheet metal is folded. There are a couple muffler mount brackets and a spot or two in the wheel wells, but not a whole lot to protect.

No I haven't. I'll try to report back to you on this. Good question...

I just tried it. Turns out, you can't even turn the car on while it is charging. The radio and displays as well as the cabin fans will all operate, but the heated seats won't heat up and the temperature sure controls don't appear to be working. Thanks for asking about this.

I'm happy with the 16" wheels, but I know there will be a snowy day or two where an extra inch of ground clearance would be great!

Ground clearance does not change with wheel size.....Only tire profile......Meaning lower tires to accomodating bigger wheels....IE/harsher ride/more expensive rubber...........Paul

Sounds great to me. Nice bass.

I have a 2021 SX with 16” wheels. Better ride, cheaper to replace. Bigger is not always better.

18" tires come with non-aerodynamic alloy wheels, meaning a significant drop in efficiency. Most Niro owners buy a Niro for the great fuel efficiency, so 16" tires make sense. On the HEV, you can get 18" tires on EX touring. Not sure if that option is available in Canada on the PHEV.

No, no issues at all. Others have asked in the past too and I followed a thread online about this. What is the prevailing belief on why this happens?

Non so far. I will post back if I detect any sounds. I would explore the root of that sound. Not sure what it could be.

Hmmm, good question, I haven't looked into this yet. I put a roof rack on so I could move a ping pong table and the occasional bit of lumber. It is a sporty hatchback, not much of an SUV

@@KiaNiroPluginHybrid Can you give more information about the roof rack? I've got Thule Wingbarz at the moment (clamp style), but I'm told that you can only use a screw-in system (with a Thule adapter)?

Just put a rack on my Nire Hybrid, not plug in. Curt from UHaul. No electricals. $370

Not really sure...I haven't pushed it hard enough to activate the engine. I have however been using the gas engine in hybrid mode to pass someone and the electric motor will kick on around 70mph to give the engine a speed boost

As I understand it, the electric motor is before the transmission, so basically you should be able to go any speed on electric only. It just depends on how much power you need (eg. if you're accelerating hard).

The short of it is, I don't truly know yet. As 'Winter is coming' here in Vermont, I'm curious about tracking the temperature of the 96 battery cells and how power will be handled at lower temps. Each sub pack of 24 cells has a Cell Monitoring Unit with temp sensor. The DL700 can produce 'time stamped' performance data from cell voltage and temp to motor wattage load and temp and many other sensors throughout the cooling system. I think layering some data from different modulars in the car from season to season over the first two years should result in some useful data...I hope.

@@KiaNiroPluginHybrid I don't know about the Niro PHEV but I know that for the Nissan Leaf, the customary way to measure battery health is based on the spread of battery voltages among all the cells. When a battery is brand new, the battery control module is able to keep the voltages almost identical between all the cells, but as the battery ages, the cells don't respond as well to the rebalancing so the variance between different cells in the battery starts to widen. So when buying a used Leaf one is told to check how spread apart the highest voltage and lowest voltage cells in the battery are. I'm not sure if the same principle can be applied to other types of batteries like the one in the Niro PHEV though.

Great comment, I will definitely learn more about this. Appreciate the insights :) @@flamingspinach

yeah, good point, I have no control over the peak charge for each cycle and cycle every single day. I also don't know what percentage of batteries don't pass the 70% test at 100K ...just don't know. So far this car has been wonderful and it can get remarkable efficiency out of its little 60,000 watt PM synchronous motor...this car weighs almost 4500lbs... I agree though, totally, I really need this car to go the distance... time tells

Not "on track" for 70% ... from what he said the warranty says it will be at least 70% ... so the average car will be well above 70% because they don't want to be replacing a bunch of batteries on the company's dime.