Just got 2024 Sportage PHEV Prestige

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Just got my first Kia. Glad there’s a user forum. Lots of manuals to read!

One big surprise is how long it says it will take to charge from the standard electrical outlet. Initially car said 25 hours (vs 10.5 hrs as it says on the website). I switched the charger from 6 to 12 kw. Now it says 17 hours. Hope there’s some other adjustment to get the time down!
 
Sallyh said:
Hi,
Just got my first Kia. Glad there’s a user forum. Lots of manuals to read!
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The manual is about my only disappointment in my Sportage. It doesn't seem to have been written by someone for whom English was their first language. Then all the references to the features of all the different models in one place is confusing.

I went for the HEV, so I don't know about charging times. Do you have a 220-volt charger at home? I hear they are much faster,
 
We are starting with a standard outlet to see if that is sufficient. The level 2 charger is supposed to be way faster. But if we can avoid installing one, we will.
 
Hi folks, I just bought a 24 Sportage PHEV X-line Prestige, and was having trouble locating where to limit the max charge %. From what I can see there are only 3 settings.. 100, 90 and 60. Was hoping to set it to 80.
 
I don’t have an answer, but I’m curious if you found any guidelines about best charging practices. For example, if I go on a short trip and use a few miles of my range, is it ok to charge it up when I get home? Or is it better to use up the range before charging?
 
Sallyh said:
I don’t have an answer, but I’m curious if you found any guidelines about best charging practices. For example, if I go on a short trip and use a few miles of my range, is it ok to charge it up when I get home? Or is it better to use up the range before charging?
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Yeah I'm new to the technology too, but from all I've heard and read the battery will last longer if you avoid charging to 100% all the time. Generally 80% was the recommended target. I was looking for the settings so I could toggle between 80 most of the time and 100 for long trips.
 
I was mistakenly steered toward the AC Charging by the dealership rep.. that is only the charging power level settings, not max charge settings.
 
I don’t think you need to worry about the 100% charging for PHEVs. I think that’s only a concern for EVs w/much bigger batteries. And I also don’t think you need to worry about small/short charges.
 
steveo said:
I don’t think you need to worry about the 100% charging for PHEVs. I think that’s only a concern for EVs w/much bigger batteries. And I also don’t think you need to worry about small/short charges.
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Stevo I appreciate your answer and I would love for this to be the case. Do you have any references or resources that document this?
I would like to plug it in each night when I'm home regardless of the level used during the day and have a fresh start for the next day.
 
I charge both my EV6 and Sportage PHEV to 100 every day. The 80% rule came about when EV's were new and you could harm the battery. With today's BMS's and the buffers built in (100% is not 100%, 0% is not 0%) you won't hurt it. Even my EV6 manual says nothing about what percent to charge except to say to charge it to 100% at LEAST once a month. If anything above 80 would hurt the battery, Kia would have it written everywhere in the owners manual because it would cost them a ton to replace everybody's batteries with the 10 year warranty on it.
 
ucinn35 said:
I charge both my EV6 and Sportage PHEV to 100 every day. The 80% rule came about when EV's were new and you could harm the battery. With today's BMS's and the buffers built in (100% is not 100%, 0% is not 0%) you won't hurt it. Even my EV6 manual says nothing about what percent to charge except to say to charge it to 100% at LEAST once a month. If anything above 80 would hurt the battery, Kia would have it written everywhere in the owners manual because it would cost them a ton to replace everybody's batteries with the 10 year warranty on it.
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Thanks for that info. I agree with what you are thinking with the ability to charge back up to 100% ( and that there is built in buffer). I wish Kia would explicitly say, "you can charge to 100% nightly". But I guess that is inferred if they do not warn against it and they guarantee the batteries for 10 years.
 
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