Battery YUASA or OEM KIA

*\"Yuasa High Performance Maintenance Free AGM Battery with Acid pack\"* Last one lasted 4-years. I could have pushed this, but I like traveling 100's of miles away from home and like the peace of mind.

I stick with yuasa (equipped from the factory). Thankfully the yuasa lasts long, 5+ years.

The battery in my EV6 lasts longer than my wife’s bladder can hold on a road trip and the speed of charging means that by the time we’ve headed into the services, toilet, maybe grab a coffee and we’re back at >80% basically every time. In good conditions we get 300 miles to a full battery, worst I’ve had is 260 and that’s with AC, heated seats, not driving like a granny etc.

Papa hat den eNiro von 2020 mit 64kwh Akku. Der hat laut OBD noch 96%soh nach 100.000km.

I put the Yuasa in a few years ago and it’s never had an issue cranking since. HD OEM batteries are trash. Don’t replace it with another one.

Der SoH von Papas eNiro 64kwh (2020) ist laut OBD Dongle nach 100.000km noch bei ca 96%. Bisher keine merklichen Reichweitenverluste. Kommt soweit wie am ersten Tag.

I replaced mine at age of 5 and half year, just to be sure - I am leaving the car at airport for 5 days regularly and I did not want to have another trouble solving in my life.

Price was 54 Euro. I have used Yuasa 5000 battery.

Old battery was sitting in garage and has swollen within week and lost voltage.

the cars are decent, the customer service at the dealers, hit or miss.

the Vancouver (Coquitlam) dealership i bought my Kia from knew jack squat about my car - I basically just needed them to sell me a car, that I knew more about at the time of sale than they did.

went to a different one, and got a much better experience, they were willing to sit down and talk to you about what the problems were, what options were, etc. So in short, the early EVs (like the one I drive) were kinda iffy depending on your experience, could be great could be terrible, but the classic ioniq is one I would hands down trade in for. The extra cobalt inside the cells means the degradation happens less, it doesn't overheat as quickly, charges reasonably fast, and more efficient than tesla :p

I have a Kia Soul that goes through the OEM batteries every two-three years.

Mine died at about 44k. Good news is Kia is fully covering the replacement and the mileage warranty restarts with the new battery