Welcome to Tech in the car! this is the Kia e-Niro in this video i'm going to show you
around it tell you about the cool and interesting things it has going on and then take it for test
drive and then i'm going to give it a take in the car rating so you know what i think of this car
Thid is the Kia e-Niro which is Kia's electric car which has been out for a couple of years and this
is a 2022 model year and there's been some changes to it to the specs which i'm going to go over
with the trims i really like this car spoiler it's got lots of great technology in it it's not
the most expensive car it's also not the most affordable car it's somewhere in the middle and
i think it really fits well into that the one thing it does have is amazing battery life this
model actually has a 64 kilowatt hour battery which is good for 282 miles wltp range that is
one of the highest ranges you can get on a car and one of the biggest batteries for an electric car
the kia e nero is available in different sizes and different specs this is the top of the range
four plus 64 kilowatt one speed automatic which costs 39 395 pounds on the road there are two
models are able to take advantage of the 2 500 pound plug-in government electric car grant which
are available in the two trim level which you've got the 39 kilowatt hour and the 64 kilowatt hour
batteries this one is not included because it's too expensive compared to the amount the grant
requires you to be under let's talk about this front design so first of all on top trim level
you have led headlights and led dslr running lights that's really cool for great vision the
front here has your traditional kia grill however obviously it doesn't have any vents because it's
an electric car so it doesn't need it so it's covered over but it still looks like kia and then
down here we have the adapter cruise control sensor this has a ton of assistance features
which make driving it really really easy i like the front of this car i like the contrast green
one of the things i really like about this car is this i love electric cars that have front
charging ports this car is no different it's got a front port with its ac and dc charging connectors
and this car is able to charge from zero to 80 percent in 59 minutes or just under one hour
now that might seem like more than other electric cars and it is but that's because this car has got
twice the size battery from the side the kia inero looks very purposeful very much like a traditional
crossover suv style car you've got 17-inch alloy wheels as an option you've got keyless entry as
well folding mirrors as well which come with a top trim model and then you've got this really nice
finish down here interestingly enough i haven't seen many cars that have a black bottom trim and
then a top silver trim that's very very unusual they've got roof rails we've got a nice little
curve here in the door with some protectors down the side here for when you open the car so
it's really really keeping in mind it's practical use as well as having a stylish look
i actually think that the rear of the keen era might be the best if you have all of them we've
got this sporty spoiler on the top here we've got these little fins sticking out the bottom we've
got this trim here and of course let's not forget the space in the back here we've got 451 litres
of space more if you put the back seats down i had my bike in here and there's tons of space
we've got this parcel shelf kind of cover which goes up here and protects your view of what's
in the back of the car that also is removable there are tie-down points and clips so you can
attach stuff to so you're not compromising here in actual fact the e-mirror has more space than the
internal combustion version of the car because the batteries are lower down
and so there's no drivetrain going through the back here at the front of the car i love that
there's these little bulges or cutouts here which make it look very sporty makes you imagine there's
a massive engine under here which obviously there isn't and then of course the other thing i really
really like about this car is that the front here where it charges is actually a little light
so you can see where you're plugging in at night and then behind the windscreen this lights up
here to let you know how much charge there is in the car and if it's charging there's three
green lights and they flash and go solid as the car charges and when it's fully charged
all through them are very solid that's really cool and helpful so what is under the bonnet of the kia
nero well opening up and looking you can see that there is all the electric stuff that you need
and you have what looks like an engine cover but actually it's a cover for the electric motor
but they've designed it so it kind of looks like an engine cover which is really interesting to see
pretty cool let's see how much space there is in the back of the kia e nero and immediately
it should be obvious to see there is a lot of space here i've got tons of headroom i've got tons
of knee room these seats are nice and comfortable they're soft there's little pockets at the back
here we've got climate control there's no usb back here but even the doors still have the contrast
stitching on them on the inside and they are also heated the rear seats welcome to the inside of the
kia mirror this is a top trim model of this car and as such you can see by looking inside that
it's got pretty much everything you could want to start with above me right here is a sunroof
which you can obviously get lots of nice light into the cabin which makes it much more airy
and more spacious inside at least it feels that way this is actually a very spacious
cabin that has no problem with space in this car and then we have this massive 10.25 inch
display which can do android auto and apple carplay and it's a really easy to use system
which is easy to understand and very responsive as you swipe through it you can connect your
phone to the car so you can check on the status of your car whether it's locked or unlocked
using the uvo app kia live shows you things around you like petrol stations and you know ev charging
points you can connect your usb to it it's just a very easy to understand system one thing which
is a really interesting quirk definitely of this car however is the driver assistance
features are only accessible through the driver's cockpit i didn't expect that it took me a while
actually to find them so if you want to look at driver assistance features they're all in here
also this car has ambient lighting and you can choose between several different colors
including white gray blue eco green bronze and red and that will light up underneath here
and around the center console talking about the center console of this car we have a rotary dial
gear changer very similar to actually the one in the mgzs i recently did a video about works the
same way you turn it one way to go into reverse one way to get neutral one way to go into drive
we have also hold and park buttons there and then the seats here have both heating and ventilation
in them so you can cool your seats at the front and also heat them again a really nice feature
that you don't get on a lot of cars and then you've also got a heated steering wheel in here
in the middle here of the center console there's actually a nice gap with a little tray that you
can put stuff in which is very cool so there's an extra storage space and that also makes it feel
a lot more spacious and in this middle here we have a usb charging port type a
sci-fi usb for the data so you can create azure also carplay and a 12 volt socket and above that
is a wireless charging port as well which has a little light which lights up to let you know when
it's being charged inside the car there's also a lighting system which lets you know the status
of the charging there are three green lights and they change from solid to flashing depending on
if they're charging or fully charged which is nice to know what's going on there's other cool things
in here as well these seats are also electric and actually on the driver's side here they have
memory functions as well which is again a sign of a high quality luxury car a couple of other
cool things at the back here we've got this center console which i can pull this back and we've got
secret cup holders yes that is right there are secret cup holders here you press a button and
they pop out out of thin air and in this little compartment here there's also a usb as well so
you've actually got three usbs in this car so you can charge stuff plus your 12 volt charger and
your key wireless charging so you really shouldn't run out of anything needing charging spaces in
this car and just the whole interior of this car is really really nice we have a digital driver's
cockpit it's split into three sections so each of the diors has a digital screen and the middle has
one too and as i said you control all the driver assistance settings from the middle of the cockpit
which is a bit unusual but hey that's how it works on here the steering wheel is nice and
not too thick not too thin it's just right and you've got some interesting controls on
here you can obviously turn up your volume skip tracks they were a tiny bit confusing for me when
i first got in the car watch my infotainment review video so you can learn more about what
all of the buttons do inside this car but inside the car really comfortable i like it
a lot let's go for a test drive now and see how it drives welcome to the top range model of the kia e
nero this has got the 64 kilowatt hour battery and this is fully specked out we've got a 10.25
inch display in the middle for the infotainment we've got reversing camera this has got all of the
gadgets and stuff you could one which you've probably seen if you watch the rest of this video
we've also got data cruise control lane assist the infotainment system has got a lot of stuff
going on as well so check out my video on that this car rides really comfortably it feels
firm but supple and what i mean by that is some cars especially when they're raised up in height
like an suv they bounce around a bit when you go over the bumps in the road and that kind of
moves you around a bit and you accept it but it isn't necessarily the most comfortable thing it
isn't something which will stop you from enjoying the car but you definitely notice it especially
if it's a big bump in the road with this car it's firm enough that when it goes over those bumps it
isn't moving around you so you feel very confident about where it is on the road in its position
which is really really good and then with all the driver assistance features if you do a long drive
you can have that support to know that it will help just keep you in the lane and it
will keep you a safe distance from the car in front and then in a city like i am now
you don't have to worry about somebody breaking suddenly because the car will break for you
if it happens with the emergency braking we've got a really good viewing position the car it's
just this is just a really lovely car to be in and i haven't driven any other kias before
like this at electric and i'm really impressed for my first q electric car this car has really really
impressed me obviously you'll see in my taking the car score what i think about this car but spoiler
is a good car and spoiler alert on my range video this car pretty much does what it says on the tin
and it lives up to expectations which means that if you buy one of these cars you're going
to feel like you have a really good car that you are going to enjoy and not for one second
wonder if you made the right choice now in the actual driving there
are different drive modes there's eco and eco feels like you would expect eco to feel
everything is a bit slower it's designed to save you energy and obviously maintain your range
if you go into normal mode then what will happen is you'll get a more responsive
throttle so when you push the pedal you'll definitely feel it's more responsive but you still
kind of feel like the car is lounging around it's like it's basically eco mode just with a bit more
structural response i would probably describe it as it's a bit accelerates faster when you press
the throttle but if you go into sport immediately the car feels like it's about to pounce it really
does you put your foot on the accelerator and the whole car kind of feels like it's moving
straight away so there is a noticeable difference between sport and the other two modes i would say
the difference between normal and eco isn't that much i did my range video on eco mode and i had no
problems i could accelerate fine i could drive fine no problem and it was really comfortable
and i got a really good range on it in sport you're going to get that acceleration and
you're going to get extra performance that you might want it will obviously eat into the range
but still it will get that extra performance and it does go red on the digital dashboard
when you put it into sport mode as well but you do also see a difference in range so right now
if i put it into sport it tells me 86 miles of range so if i put it into eco it says 88 miles of
range if i put it into normal this is 87 if i put in sport it says 86 i imagine that the differences
might be more if i was driving outside the city obviously any sport mode will reduce the economy
of the car now obviously here do make versions of this car that have smaller batteries and
slightly less trim which also end up costing less overall but you'll get i'm imagining comparable
performance in terms of range depending on the battery size and as i found out with this car
the range is pretty much what it says so whatever kia quotes on the lower capacity battery models i
would take pretty much to be what you're going to get and that is a really really good thing
you get what it says when you order a car and you're not being surprised by the range being
different than you would expect so that's a good thing so let's go and check out my
taking the car score and see what i think so one of the cool things about this car is it's got app
which lets you do stuff like turn the charging on and off and control the air conditioning and
it's got an app called the uvo app which looks like this so i'm going to swap over
to a screen shot now so you can see it clearer the car is open let's lock it so i'm locking it
and the car is now locked it's pretty cool right let's say i want to unlock it
i can see the unlock button and now the car is unlocked
now i can see the status here i can see that the battery's currently at 45 percent
i can tell the locking status is unlocked so let's say i want to turn on using the remote
the air conditioning and you can hear how the air conditioning is turned on and you can hear the
work from the motor and now in the app it shows that the air conditioning is on in the status and
on the home screen so this app lets you see other stuff like where the cars parked i really like the
kia ian hero it's very comfortable it's really highly spec'd it's got all the latest technology
and it's got a massive battery which goes a long way there's lots of love about this car at 39 395
for this model it's pretty decent value that's not cheap by any means it's also not super expensive
but for what you get it's a really good package so what's my taking the car score well for comfort
this gets four out of five it's really comfortable don't feel the bumps in the road nice and easy to
drive no issues at all with connectivity five out of five it's got an app you can turn the charging
on and off you can unlock it from the app you can do all these cool things plus it's connected
to live traffic plus it has android auto plus it has apple carplay plus it has wireless charging so
it's got everything you could want the only thing that's missing is wireless android auto apple
carplay so maybe i should knock it down a tiny bit but i think it's a package five out of five
for driver assistance five out of five it's got everything you could want adaptive cruise control
lane assist emergency braking it has it all and it'll keep you really safe when driving
for parking four hour five it's got a reversing camera it's got parking sensors it shows you where
you're going the only thing's missing is a 360 camera perhaps the value i give this car 4 5 it's
got a huge battery it's got all the technology and features at just under 40 000 pounds this doesn't
get the plug-in electric car grant so i mark it down a bit there if you went for one of the lower
spec trim models then probably the value would go up so this is a really good value car overall
i give this car 27 out of 30. it's reasonably good value it's got great performance in terms of
battery life and range it's got all the technology it's got all the parking technology it helps you
drive so it keeps you nice and safe and it's an electric car this is a really good car check
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