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I remember a report from a couple of years ago or so that had some unexpected results. Nissan Leaf's maybe? Though it wasn't what was being looked for the data showed that the batteries charged slowly in high temperatures degraded more than those that were quick charged at the same temperatures...

Remember that the motor turns with a variable AC wave and the electronics have to produce this from DC. That is likely the source of at least one of the sounds you hear. The other one could be from other PWM sources powering other parts of the car. These might be the culprits of the lower...

It isn't quite that way on my 2016 Soul EV+. I have a steep off ramp near me and I tried using both D and B when slowing down from 70mph going down the hill. While regen did increase the harder the brake pedal was pushed, the regen was higher in B mode for the same deceleration rate as evidenced...

Are you wanting to get an idea of how much energy is pulled from the wall plug to charge a Soul EV from empty to full to get an idea of how much is really wasted or what? A good estimate on the L1 EVSE that came with the car is 70-80% efficient. At 70% efficiency it would mean that to charge...

I recently built a wide-voltage 50A OpenEVSE and programmed it to allow 30A on 120V to test the Soul EV OBC at higher currents than just 16A or the 20A I was able to test with another EVSE. For those wondering I used a 50A circuit for this test through a 50A receptacle. With the EVSE set to 30A...

Hopefully most DCFC stations will be installed with both connectors. I would, however, be willing to spend up to $1000 for a modification of the J-1772 inlet to be converted to SAE combo so that it wouldn't matter what type of station is available, either one would do.

I just finished building an OpenEVSE L1/L2 50A wide voltage deluxe kit. This gave me a chance to test out how the car behaves with varying pilot signals. On 240V the EVSE changes the pilot signal in 2A increments. Any setting 28A and the car charged at 27.5A which came out to 6.6kW. When the...

As a benchmark, I bought a lease return Blue 2016 Soul EV+ with 7450 miles on it for $21k in Portland, OR. My thinking was that after my residual on my first White 2016 Soul EV+ is a little over $13k after 4 years. Also, by my calculations of the rate we were putting miles on the leased Soul we...

Maybe they will update it so that you don't have to call them to de-register the car from UVO when it is sold. It was sure a hassle to get my used Soul EV+ registered to me.

Is that what the main cluster displays after you plug it in and start charging? The display estimates shown in the EV screen when not charging are on the optimistic side.

I do get 6.6kW on my 2016 EV at ChargePoint and other stations. It appears that the derating change is, as notfred surmises, based on the EVSE current signal. Another reason I have seen less than 6.6kW is on stations running at 208V because they are on commercial power and using only two legs of...

A salesman at the Kia of Portland, OR told me that the Kia EV training rep told them that Kia had designed the Soul EV to take an upgraded battery. I didn't ask about it he just volunteered it during our conversation. He new I had one Soul EV and was contemplating a second one. Whether they...

I just had the blinking issue show up on my Blue 2016 Soul EV+ this morning. It had been sitting a couple of days and was fully charged this morning with the L1 EVSE. Outside temp read 31F so close to -1C. This blinking seemed a little different than what I had on my White Soul EV+, only the...

Use a volt meter to measure the voltage of the 12V battery. With some "smart" trickle chargers they won't work if the voltage is too low. You may need a "dumb" charger instead. You could also jumpstart from another vehicle. It doesn't take much to engage the contactors and when the car is...

I didn't change anything in Torque Pro, still using the 2016 files. There must be change outside the charger between the 2015MY and 2016MY vehicles that necessitates the different TP files.

Akovia, I don't know which dealer you got your car from but Adrian, the tech at Kia of Portland on Broadway, is quite sharp.

I forgot to mention that the repair ticket said that the error code was P1CF5 OBC Grid Check. This might explain why the error the car gave was something about an external charger error. Also, I saw the cost of the repair on one of the pages I had to sign. The OBC was just over $2400 and the...

I finally have this resolved! :D It turns out that the Kia person I called didn't actually understand that UVO on the EV is different than on the other Kia vehicles. The customer service rep I talked with today had a UVO specialist specialist reset the UVO on the vehicle. She said that this...

How do I check the version of the Torque Pro codes? I'm using what SoulEV2016 posted. IIRC, I've only made modifications to the energy use rate so it displays mi/kWh. It charged at 18.4A as measured by a clamp meter on the line going to the EVSE. IIRC, that is what Torque Pro displayed as well...

For those of us where the charge stations have a cord attached rather than a J1772 plug this is a great well made extension cord: http://shop.quickchargepower.com/JLONG-40-Amp-J1772-extension-cable-JL40A.htm. I purchased one and highly recommend it. I got it for those times that the station is...