cwerdna
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I did get into and check out the '23 Niro EV at Electrify Expo in Alameda about a month ago. Exterior and interior are quite different than my now previous gen '22.
As for gauges and tick marks or whatever, at first, I thought whatever as on the '22, it's a digital speedo and it just has a number in the middle and two on the outside (for mph, 0 and 130) along w/some unmarked blocks around the ring.
But for the '23, the whole gauge cluster is an LCD that lets it display info in an arbitrary format. I found a bunch of reviews but only one (from quick digging) that was in mph and showed all the modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMKPYnulwKg. 0:51 shows a complete digital one. You can also get the digital speedometer in the center or have it display something else there (from other videos).
'22 Niro EV only has a much smaller LCD that can display info in an arbitrary format. The gauges on the left and right side are mostly just LCDs w/fixed segments. For '22, the trim levels were EX and EX Premium. There was no Wind nor Wave.
The gauge, tick marks and all that are very unlikely to be a deciding factor for me in ANY car. Having a small frunk is nice as the '22 doesn't have it but there's extra room under the hood. There are apparently a bunch of aftermarket frunk kits for pre-'23 Niro EV and Kona EV.
I will agree that it's disappointing that Kia didn't go with an 800 volt system to allow for faster DC FCing. HyunKia has left that to newer vehicles like the Ioniq 5 and EV6.
Back to pre-'23 Niro EV frunk kits, I found https://www.ebay.com/itm/265412491118, for example. It points people to https://youtu.be/UenJ7YVHRb0 at the 59 minute mark, but they put it in a Kona EV. I also found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinLa1ID_54 which I've only watched bits of. This one has no cover. If you skip to ~5:06, you can how to install it. His Niro EV has hood struts. Mine doesn't. It just has a single rod. Seems like the company he got his frunk from has some other versions at https://www.frunk.at/produkt-kategorie/kia-e-niro/.
As for gauges and tick marks or whatever, at first, I thought whatever as on the '22, it's a digital speedo and it just has a number in the middle and two on the outside (for mph, 0 and 130) along w/some unmarked blocks around the ring.
But for the '23, the whole gauge cluster is an LCD that lets it display info in an arbitrary format. I found a bunch of reviews but only one (from quick digging) that was in mph and showed all the modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMKPYnulwKg. 0:51 shows a complete digital one. You can also get the digital speedometer in the center or have it display something else there (from other videos).
'22 Niro EV only has a much smaller LCD that can display info in an arbitrary format. The gauges on the left and right side are mostly just LCDs w/fixed segments. For '22, the trim levels were EX and EX Premium. There was no Wind nor Wave.
The gauge, tick marks and all that are very unlikely to be a deciding factor for me in ANY car. Having a small frunk is nice as the '22 doesn't have it but there's extra room under the hood. There are apparently a bunch of aftermarket frunk kits for pre-'23 Niro EV and Kona EV.
I will agree that it's disappointing that Kia didn't go with an 800 volt system to allow for faster DC FCing. HyunKia has left that to newer vehicles like the Ioniq 5 and EV6.
Back to pre-'23 Niro EV frunk kits, I found https://www.ebay.com/itm/265412491118, for example. It points people to https://youtu.be/UenJ7YVHRb0 at the 59 minute mark, but they put it in a Kona EV. I also found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinLa1ID_54 which I've only watched bits of. This one has no cover. If you skip to ~5:06, you can how to install it. His Niro EV has hood struts. Mine doesn't. It just has a single rod. Seems like the company he got his frunk from has some other versions at https://www.frunk.at/produkt-kategorie/kia-e-niro/.