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'Fairly Lazy Explanation’: Rivian's CEO Doesn’t Think Americans Are Anti-EV (insideevs.com)
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[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Hyundai and KIA are notably missing from your list. Besides the DC converter failures, they're very solid.

Toyota / Subaru make EVs, but in a "fiiiine, if you insist" way, their heart really wasn't into it and it shows.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Ioniq 5 and 6 also suffer from ICCU failures like crazy and other gremlins in their high voltage system. I was going to buy an Ioniq 5, but this steered me clear of the brand for now.

The Kia Soul EV seems fine, but isn't it super range limited like the Nissan Leaf used to be? I haven't looked at them in a while, but last I knew their Soul EV only got ~120-150 miles of range.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

KIA

after that whole kia boys / usb debacle I'd never trust the brand.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
  1. This is Hyundai USA and KIA USA, vehicles in other markets were not affected (it affected both equally btw, their turn key vehicles lacked interlock chips and the FMVSS doesn't require them, so they found a way to cheap out)
  2. This is limited to older turn key vehicles, pre-2021. All their EVs have smart keys.
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

yes. I don't think they still feature this vulnerability.

but it was so bad, and such a stupid thing to cheap out on - I'll never trust the brand.