u/ctiern

So this is just a random summary of our past two months with our new C-HR+ (EV). Some things we've absolutely loved about the car and some things we're not super happy about. I hope this could help someone who's thinking about purchasing one.

Firstly, we live in Copenhagen, DK and use this as a weekend car. We have the C-HR+ Active model (aka the C-HR SE in the USA).

https://imgur.com/a/VcSooCp

My fear when purchasing a full EV was probably the same as most people. Range anxiety, long wait times for charging, worrying about battery health. These things all turned out to be non issues and switching to an EV was so easy I was truly surprised. The difference between this and having an ICE was so minimal you hardly notice.

We took it for our first long distance trip from Copenhagen to Berlin recently and the whole experience was lovely. Because it's an EV the ride was quiet and super comfortable. The adaptive cruise control with lane keep assist was intuitive and gentle, if a car slowed down in front of us or someone pulled into our lane the car would gently slow down instead of hitting the breaks hard like past cars i've been in. We did one super charge, by the time we walked over to the gas station store, bought a bottle of water and drank a red bull I was notified that the car was charged and we could get going. It was so much faster than I expected. Also, the charge doesn't slow down 80-100% so if you want to charge fully you can.

On regular drives in the city I love the regenerative breaking, it doesn't have full one pedal drive but I don't mind. The ride is very smooth and I like the gauge cluster over the steering wheel, it is not a problem to see as most car reviewers have noted. I don't quite understand how someone couldn't see it. I like the black on black interior, it feels cozy and I don't worry about accidently scuffing the ceiling lining. The combination fabric and "leather" seating is nice and easy to keep clean. The car itself looks sleek and futuristic without being too loud about it. It's something I can see staying stylish for a long time. I also really like how my partner and I can have our own profiles in the car which is assigned to our keys allowing us to keep the settings we choose when each of us takes the car.

Now some things I don't quite like

1. The trunk cover (or parcel shelf) is an absolute joke, it comes off its mounts so easily, if you stack a piece of luggage slightly too high it'll come loose and falls off. This makes putting things in the trunk a bit of a headache.

2. The double floor in the trunk is also useless, it has no benefits and makes placing things below it cumbersome. Also, the trunk has small pockets on each side but once you remove the floor panel anything in these pockets will fall out. They could have placed some kind of mesh or solid panel to keep things in their place.

3. No glove box is annoying, I don't have anywhere to easily place papers and the like.

4. The arm rest storage has a false bottom in it where you can place extra items but in order to access it you need to take out everything on top of it first which is frustrating.

5. The lane keep assist steering sensor could be more sensitive, it hardly notices you're holding on to the steering wheel already so the alarm goes off often.

These are all really small issues and overall we are super happy with the car. We've gotten a lot of compliments and are excited every time we can take the car out for a small trip. I am really looking forward to more road trips in the future and really seeing how far we can take it.

Anyways, that's my take... what's yours? :D