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I'm waiting for my Kona EV. It's to replace a VW Tiguan of "dieselgate" fame. The Tiguan, like the Kona EV has an Autohold function that basically stops the brake fluid from leaving the wheel cylinders once the wheels stop turning, until you touch the throttle. It's a helpful thing in traffic and o...

Just a note that the BMU is not field firmware upgradable for the degradation issues. Mitsubishi in Japan may well have a new BMU developed that fixes the issue by now though..

Awesome old girl.... "Has anyone been able to successfully integrate a Type 2 or Chademo charger into a conversion? Is public fast charging feasible?" Type 2 AC charging is a snap. ChaDeMo DC fast charging is now doable if you use Orion BMS......BUT.....Your battery voltage will need to be in the 36...

Kona electric ground clearance is 158mm. Standard ICE variants are 170mmm.

Bluelink uses an embedded modem inside the AVN unit for comms. For Australia we have an add on 4G/GPS/OBD module that is plugged into the OBD port permanently. We don't have any controls available on the MyHyundai webpage either.

Ahh. We don't have Bluelink in Australia. We have a bastardised version of Autolink from ICE variants..

I also built an OpenEVSE last July, so 17 months ago. It is a three phase unit in a bigger box (I still have the single phase box that came with the advanced kit if anyone wants one) I might grab the box Dave if it's no longer required. PM the details... :-) Are you using OpenEVSE firmware or EMONE...

For emergency power, I wanted to put a 1000w inverter directly of the model3 battery. I was thinking about putting a 120amp x 40cm (with 100amp fuse) wire to a surface mounted 100amp anderson plug located in the frunk. I could then put the car in neutral and run the inverter. Can anyone see any fla...

Apparently the Leaf can do house power backup so is that something to look forward to with Tesla?. We have have serious power disruptions approximately twice a year and never get so much as an offer of compensation for lost food resulting. Not happy. As a rule no. CCS protocol doesn't include VTH o...

Peter C in Canberra wrote: ↑

Sun, 17 Nov 2019, 07:28

Are these or similar available in Au? At a price that is not prohibitive? https://www.designwerk.com/en/fast-chargers

Ah...yeah....prohibitive...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1W9vfX ... YF1g9OpVci

Thanks for your replies, Those OpenEVSE photos are great. Is that 3 phase unit squeezed into a smaller local box, I can't judge the dimensions of box and those thicker cables? Chris, I will also require a single phase unit for my EV, so the convenience of lighter weight and more flexible cables sho...

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OpenEVSE has been brilliant so far. I have assembled a single phase version with 32A 3 phase plug for my Kona and also a 3 phase 32A version with long leads for a spare. They don't out of the box have DC offset protection but that can be mitigated with a correctly chosen RCBO in the supply. I use th...

I'm eagerly awaiting a 3rd party battery upgrade available in Australia at a sensible cost (am I dreaming?). Nissan Australia have a $9990 battery swap program but the vehicle needs to meet certain criteria for approval. On the aftermarket front solutions are available to enable 30 and 40Kwh batter...

Kona is 98S not 96

brunohill wrote: ↑

Thu, 26 Sep 2019, 18:53

Perhaps the space saver spare wheel that comes with the petrol Kona will then fit in the rear.

They don't. Some new Kona ICE models now have pump and goo as well.

antiscab wrote: ↑

Mon, 30 Sep 2019, 09:58

Get a 10A or even an 8A portable evse for travelling. Then you can plug into any 10A powerpoint safely.

The EVSE supplied with the Kona and Ioniq are 6/8/10A adjustable via press button on the back...

Do you have a phone that supports Android Auto or Apple Carplay?

That would be the better way to go. $200 won't go far though. they start around the $400 mark..

Any EVSE set to a lower limit will be fine. I built my 3.6kW portable EVSE specifically for caravan park 15A outlets. Worked perfectly on the EV Long Weekend tour with my Kona. 😊 BTW, from memory the Kona itself can be set for lower charge rates if you want it to. Cheers Bryce Thanks. I realise the...

How about some light reading while you are waiting for the car to arrive...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TVoPjJ ... sp=sharing

And yes you can set the ACcharging current lower via the onboard menu. minimum is around 50% of max if I recall...

Oh ... I thought I had read 100kW ... is that AC at 100kW and DC at 70kW and onboard at 7.2kw? AC charging is always through the on board charger (OBC). That's limited to 7.2 kW, so AC charging is limited to 7.2 kW. To get a higher AC charging rate, the on board charger would have to be upgraded. S...

Soon as I see a mention any of a referral code I switch off....

So the original grid tie inverter would have to be removed to be able to fit the Powerwall? Here in South Australia, as soon as you touch anything to do with a grid tie system, the whole thing has to be renegotiated and generally results in a much smaller feed in tariff. The 6kW solar and 15.5kWh b...

antiscab wrote: ↑

Thu, 29 Aug 2019, 08:27

I've been tempted
I need to clear a spot to work on it and sell some stuff.

Hehehe..