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PHEV and public Chargers

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 As a new PHEV user and having time to wait and think of the advantages of driving on pure electric power, it's easy to start planning your trips, both local and longer road trips around chargers. I know I did, downloading ChargePoint, Flo and other EV Charging apps to help me locate where I can charge my car. Now that I have driven my PHEV for about a month, I think about it a lot less.  For driving around day to day, often my range of 56 KMS seems to cover my needs.  More often than not I am finding myself coming back home not using any gas and running purely on EV.  Other times, the use is minimal.  What amazed me was how efficiently my 2024 Kia Niro PHEV runs.  I was happy to find that I was able to run my A/C on EV, and how efficiently the motor charges the battery along with the regenerative braking which helps slow down the vehicle in stop-and-go traffic and saves your brakes as well. In the end, I found how efficient it is to simply plug it in when getting home and let it c
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Welcome to my blog. An intro

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Hello and welcome to my Kia Niro blog.  I wanted to share my insights on this wonderful car as when I bought it I had a lot of questions and did a lot of research if this was the right car for us.  There are a lot of knowledgeable owners and reviewers that give answers to a lot of questions but there are always insights and questions that don't go unanswered and hoping to fill the gaps with this. Liz and I were married in November 2023 and had two vehicles.  I was driving a 2008 Ford F-150 and Liz was driving a Chevy Spark.  Polar opposite vehicles, each with their strengths and weaknesses. Liz also owned a small Boler camper which the truck pulled well, but there were a few repairs needed on the truck that seemed to be more than the benefits of driving a fuel-inefficient vehicle. Liz's 2020 Chevy Spark was a great small car.  Fuel efficient with the 5-speed manual, it has a lot of the basics that were needed for an around-town driver and a road trip as a couple.  Where we foun
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