R Kurtz, you may want to
R Kurtz, you may want to review my response to the other posts here too, but in winter it is difficult to get the same range you would get in the warm months. I am getting about 40-43 miles per charge in the summer in Seattle, typically, in mixed suburban and freeway driving conditions, and in winter I am getting between 33 and 36 miles of range. But I drive my Kia Sorento “easy” almost all the time (and save my sportier driving for my Tesla Model 3) as I am trying to extract as much efficiency as I can out of it. The “problem” with heating is that using batteries for heat is “wasteful”… yes heat pumps work (though I hear not as well in temps that are well below freezing), but one will use up to 30% of their range for heat if doing that (and add additional heat stress to the battery, potentially). If you don’t mind your Kia only getting about 20 miles of EV range in the winter, maybe that’s a trade off you’d prefer? I think what Kia is ultimately trying to do is deliver the stated range (or better) in a greater variety of conditions. My Tesla can get over 300 miles on a charge for example, but the only way I am going to get that is at an average speed of 45 MPH or less on a relatively warm day (say warmer than 65 degrees). I’ll see more like low 200’s in the winter if I am mostly driving on the freeway (and then only if I drive the speed limit and don’t push the car too hard).