3. I do over 25,000 miles a year: they cannot prohibit you from driving above their annual limit of 20,000, but yes you will pay the extra. Which are peanuts in comparison to other options.
For now. Depending on when his new contract starts, he may have vastly different terms since that’s one of the things MB looks into changing to keep the lights on (mileage to 10k, 28p per mile over etc).
Since that’s one of the more sensible changes (the majority of people in scheme cars barely drives 5000 miles per annum).. I’d keep an eye on that.
@Rene I did some in depth looking on Kia forums when mitch started looking at the EV4, haven’t come across issues with the iccu on EV4 on the forums or later EV3’s for that matter after software updates were released, however they sit on 400v.
Worth keeping in mind that EV3 and EV4 are brand new. Given the fact that there are very much already reports of ICCU failures in the EV3 my statement/suggestion is correct. EV3 and 4both on the same modified E-GMP platform, the ICCU in EV3 and EV4 is the same.
The ICCU does have a different hardware identifier in EV3/4 than in Ioniq 5/6, but quite clearly that issue isn’t resolved yet.
Though i’m not quite sure what you mean by “later” EV3, there hasn’t been a recall or change in hardware as far as i can tell. There have been software fixes, but there have been software fixes/recalls for Ioniqs too and none of them worked. The ICCU update for EV3 was in June, i have seen threads just now from July and August (though i can’t tell whether or not they had the OTA).
No one even knows why they fail, really – one of the suspected culprits is heat, wouldn’t 400v as opposed to 800v make that problem worse, since you (correct me if i’m wrong, i know you know more than me in that regard) you need to carry more current?
In the end, i said my piece, if it’s resolved – all good. I doubt it is, and if i was more invested i’d check deeper through reddit and forums as well to maybe get a clearer picture whether or not the ICCU update was the fix. The underlying hardware issue is still not sorted though, considering there certainly are plenty of EV3 ICCU failures prior to June.
Ultimately though, the Enyaq simply is a lot more car for not that much more money. If the choice is between an HMG car with “potentially software-fixed ICCU” and an Enyaq which doesn’t have that issue in the first place, that’s a simple one. Albeit, MickCs suggestion does make more sense, both financially and for potential future options.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.