[Robert Parry]

Is is possible to charge my EV6 upto a certain percentage like 80%

Thanks

 

[Cnsheets]

Yes, go into the ev settings and you can select the percentage based on both DC Fast charging and AC charging.

 

[dohsma]

Yes, go into the ev settings and you can select the percentage based on both DC Fast charging and AC charging.

Can also be done from the Kia Access app, at least in the US

 

[Cnsheets]

Can also be done from the Kia Access app, at least in the US

Correct.

 

[dpc166]

Anyone know the overall charging capacity of the car if you were to charge to 100%? I'm not sure what the actual usable capacity is and I'm trying to see what it would cost to charge so I can run comparisons between my plug-in hybrid for a break-even analysis. My cost is $0.13 per kWh and if the max is 77.4 kWh, then the cost to charge would be just over $10 to fully charge.

 

[lukez]

Anyone know the overall charging capacity of the car if you were to charge to 100%? I'm not sure what the actual usable capacity is and I'm trying to see what it would cost to charge so I can run comparisons between my plug-in hybrid for a break-even analysis. My cost is $0.13 per kWh and if the max is 77.4 kWh, then the cost to charge would be just over $10 to fully charge.

imo for this kind of analysis you are better off using your daily avg miles travelled divided by avg mi/kwh x your elect cost to get your daily cost. Seems like people are reporting high 3's mi/kwh in summer temps and low 3's in winter temps.
So 20 miles / 3.5 mi/kwh x 0.13 = $0.74/day
If you want to use 0-100% then using the 77kwh battery it would cost 77kwh x 0.13 = $10 for a full charge.

 

[dpc166]

imo for this kind of analysis you are better off using your daily avg miles travelled divided by avg mi/kwh x your elect cost to get your daily cost. Seems like people are reporting high 3's mi/kwh in summer temps and low 3's in winter temps.
So 20 miles / 3.5 mi/kwh x 0.13 = $0.74/day
If you want to use 0-100% then using the 77kwh battery it would cost 77kwh x 0.13 = $10 for a full charge.

Ultimately it's not going to be 0-100%, more like 20% to 80% or something to 80%. Cost per mile is probably the way to calculate things and right now my current plug-in hybrid is getting about $0.06/mi. If it costs $10 for say 275 miles of range, then that's $0.035/mi. I guess there's no real sense in trying to figure out a break-even. I also have a free 240V charger a mile up the road from me that's free for 2 hours so I can grab some free charging off of that if I want to save some more money.

I'm curious if I'd be able to get over 300mi of range because I normally drive my plug-in with the climate control off to save energy. Doing that, I can get an extra 8 miles of range (my car's rated to 17mi of EV).

 

[Burner]

Depends on your driving style. I average 3.1m/kw over 1500 miles. I drive mostly freeway miles at 70-80mph. I did yesterday a shorter (10 miles) city drive and I averaged 4.5m/kw, so very big variance. My mental math says that the 275 miles range is based on an estimated 3.6m/kw. If you can achieve better efficiency --> you get more miles from a full battery. If you average less, then you get lass miles.

 

[dpc166]

Yeah, most of my driving is local and 90% rural driving under 55mph. For highway trips, I aim for 62-63mph in 55 zones and 70 in 70 zones for best efficiency and most highway driving is for work anyway so no need to rush. I feel I can win that game if I had the EV6.