There are a few questions I would like to know before buying our new vehicle. I am planning a purchase within the next few months, and there are some things I have not been able to find out even after extensive research and a lots of YouTube review videos.
Some of my questions are stemming from the fact that I am Prius v owner, and I am basically I am trying to understand how the Niro functionality differs from what I used, specially because my Prius is an standard hybrid, not PHEV.
1. What are LED positioning headlights? As far as I can tell the Ioniq has the thing where the headlights will turn with the steering wheel. This isn’t clearly described in the Niro. Is that what LED positioning headlights are?
2. Based on reviews I watched , the only thing that will trigger the gas engine (as far as features) are the heating seats and the heater a/c itself. It is my understanding that cool a/c and seat cooling will not trigger the gas engine. Is this correct?
3. How does the car behave at a full stop? My Prius will turn off the gas engine EVERY TIME when coming to a full stop. This saves a lot of gas during traffic hours, and during times where I have to wait outside in my car with a/c on. Does the Niro behave in the same manner?
4. Does the Niro battery split its capacity between EV functionality and hybrid functionality? In other words, is there a section of the battery dedicated to EV and a section dedicated to hybrid functionality?
5. Does the voice assistance button in the steering wheel activate Google assistant and/or Siri when in Android auto/apple car play mode?
6. I saw someone make mention of “autonomous driving” features in this vehicle. I understand that the enhanced cruise control will keep its distance from the car in front, stop by itself when the car in front does, and go again when the car in front does. Besides that, is there any other autonomous driving features?
7. Does the parking assist turn the steering wheel for you, or is it just beeping sensors? Does it give you a graphic of the car as it parks on the screen?
8. Does the smart key unlock the doors with one touch on all doors or just driver seat?
9. Does using android auto/apple car play enhance the GPS system in the smartphone by utilizing the car’s built in GPS antenna?
That’s all I can think of for now.
Thank you very much for your time
Some of my questions are stemming from the fact that I am Prius v owner, and I am basically I am trying to understand how the Niro functionality differs from what I used, specially because my Prius is an standard hybrid, not PHEV.
1. What are LED positioning headlights? As far as I can tell the Ioniq has the thing where the headlights will turn with the steering wheel. This isn’t clearly described in the Niro. Is that what LED positioning headlights are?
2. Based on reviews I watched , the only thing that will trigger the gas engine (as far as features) are the heating seats and the heater a/c itself. It is my understanding that cool a/c and seat cooling will not trigger the gas engine. Is this correct?
3. How does the car behave at a full stop? My Prius will turn off the gas engine EVERY TIME when coming to a full stop. This saves a lot of gas during traffic hours, and during times where I have to wait outside in my car with a/c on. Does the Niro behave in the same manner?
4. Does the Niro battery split its capacity between EV functionality and hybrid functionality? In other words, is there a section of the battery dedicated to EV and a section dedicated to hybrid functionality?
5. Does the voice assistance button in the steering wheel activate Google assistant and/or Siri when in Android auto/apple car play mode?
6. I saw someone make mention of “autonomous driving” features in this vehicle. I understand that the enhanced cruise control will keep its distance from the car in front, stop by itself when the car in front does, and go again when the car in front does. Besides that, is there any other autonomous driving features?
7. Does the parking assist turn the steering wheel for you, or is it just beeping sensors? Does it give you a graphic of the car as it parks on the screen?
8. Does the smart key unlock the doors with one touch on all doors or just driver seat?
9. Does using android auto/apple car play enhance the GPS system in the smartphone by utilizing the car’s built in GPS antenna?
That’s all I can think of for now.
Thank you very much for your time