Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
The drive from the suburbs of Sydney to the picturesque South coast town of Kiama is a great way to test an electronic car over varying speeds from 40km in the inner west to 110km on motorways, including road stretches that are straight, winding, up... Read More
If you’re wondering how much boot storage space the Australian KIA EV6 Air 2022 (Long Range) has it’s listed as 490 litres standard or 1270 litres with the back seats down. The wide hatchback style opening is easy to access because the lid... Read More
I’ve just driven 224km in a Australian Hyundai Kona EV Highlander Standard Range 2021 electric car around Sydney, from short 5km trips to local shops to longer 20-40km drives across the city. These are my top 3 likes and dislikes. Highlander... Read More
If you’re wondering how much boot storage space the Hyundai Kona EV 2021 has it’s listed as 332 litres standard or 1114 litres with the back seats down. There is no additional space (front trunk) under the bonnet. Underneath the boot floor... Read More
In their marketing Hyundai Australia promises that the Kona EV 2021 electric car is capable of 7.2kW AC charging rate. I tested whether this was true at my local shopping centre AC charging station, using my 7m Type 2 to Type 2 EV Charging Cable (22kW,... Read More
Over 100 Automotive journalists from around the world chose the Hyundai Ioniq 6 to win: World Car of the Year, World Electric Vehicle and World Car Design of the Year. This follows on from the predecessor model Hyundai Ioniq 5 winning the same... Read More
In their marketing Kia Australia promises that the Kia Niro EV GT-Line electric car is capable of 11kW AC charging rate. I tested whether this was true at my local shopping centre AC charging station, using a 7m Type 2 to Type 2 EV Charging Cable... Read More
The Kia Niro EV GT-Line electric car which I tested recently has an interesting feature that you might not have heard of called V2L (which stands for Vehicle to Load). Unlike some other electric cars there’s an external V2L adaptor as well as an... Read More
If you’re wondering how much boot storage space the Kia Niro EV 2022 has (GT-Line, S) has it’s listed as 475 litres which I found to be excellent as it fits: 2 x medium sized suitcases 2 x carry on luggage on top 2 x small backpacks on the... Read More
I’ve just driven 340km in a Kia Niro EV GT-Line electric car around Sydney as well as on a day trip and these are my top 3 likes and dislikes. I drove most of the time in ECO mode with i-Pedal maximum regeneration (one pedal driving) turned on,... Read More