Do you think it will be easy to get in there? The base of the rear seats in the R2 don’t flip open like they do on the R1T, do they?
As what traditional ICE vehicle? There are scores of cars with awful battery placement including the front wheel well, under fixed carpeting in the trunk, that you couldn't open when the battery was dead, The Q7 and Cayenne which required partially removing the front seat. My Fiat 500 was under the (cramped) back seat that you had to fold and lift with nothing to hold it up while you tried to lift the carpet and then the cover... with nothing to ground to nearby.
Sheesh ok I stand corrected. I should have said traditional in my family's experience!As what traditional ICE vehicle? There are scores of cars with awful battery placement including the front wheel well, under fixed carpeting in the trunk, that you couldn't open when the battery was dead, The Q7 and Cayenne which required partially removing the front seat. My Fiat 500 was under the (cramped) back seat that you had to fold and lift with nothing to hold it up while you tried to lift the carpet and then the cover... with nothing to ground to nearby.
It is fair to say the vast majority of ICE vehicles on the road (like Civics, Camrys etc not exotics) is under the hood and easily accessible as it is for some EVs like the Subaru/Toyota twins.
Expected lifetime on our Ioniq5 12v is not much more than 2 years. Just changed it for the second time (admittedly a pre-emptive move as the clock on the first replacement had almost run out and I was itching to do an AGM upgrade), and certainly glad I didn't have to rip out the back seat to do it!
The influencers told us AGM still lol. Also that Ohmu thread on here is full of people with 12v issues still. Same as everyone who bought one from them for their Tesla when they were having 12v issues too. Hard pass
