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Hi Oliver - You might share this invitation on the Kia Soul EV Facebook group as well: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SoulEV/

Due to all of the brand new technology and systems in these cars and they tiny EV volume Kia sells, dealer technicians are really inexperienced in diagnosing and repairing these cars. Their only option is to refer to the handful of procedures that Kia Corp has provided to them. Any issues that...

I've had a similar issue when using my father's Juicebox level 2 EVSE -- sometimes my Soul will charge for a few hours, sometimes just for a few minutes, but rarely will it charge to 100%. However, my car charges to 100% on the level 1 EVSE that came with the car and the level 2 EVSE at the Kia...

Thanks for the feedback. It's too bad that you had some runaround with Ed Voyles in Chamblee. My wife and I have had two great, no haggle experiences with Ed Voyles in Marietta in purchasing her Sorento and leasing my Soul EV--I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. If you're paying $325/mo...

I see that the high today in Phoenix is 112 F (44 C). This year has been a scorcher! Do you guys have an update on how your cars are coping?

Here in the US we've had mass-market electrified vehicles since the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius first went on sale a decade and a half ago. In the time since many more hybrid models have been introduced, from practically every automaker--even Porsche and Ferrari! Something like 3.5 million...

Industry precedent so far has not proven that to be the case. Individual cells are carefully matched during initial battery pack assembly. A similar skill-intensive and laborious process would be needed to carefully match used replacement cells to the 'healthy' but partially-consumed used...

It's worth noting that we've had very hot weather for the past few weeks (it will peak at 95 F / 35 C today) and I've been using the air conditioning every day. I've just started driving in Eco mode and it has made a noticeable bump in my mi/Kwh efficiency--enough to overcome the drop I'd...

Thanks! I've gone back and done some testing and you're right. As you lift off the throttle to decelerate in B Mode, the brake lights come on at the very top of the pedal travel--that last half cm/quarter inch of movement before your foot lifts completely off the throttle pedal activates the...

Photos need to be posted somewhere else (Photobucket, Tumblr, Instagram, etc.) then linked to this bulletin board. Did a failure like this happen to you?!

If I interpret what you're saying correctly, the Soul EV's transmission can be shifted from D or B into Park while driving, which activates the transmission locking feature and destroys the gearbox. You're disappointed that the 2016 Soul EV has not been updated to block shifts into P while...

I think what you might be hearing is the fan that helps cool the battery pack. It turns on or off as needed, according to battery temperature.

Not the Soul EV, though it does on cars with even more aggressive regen like the BMW i3. I'd not heard of 'gliding' until reading your post. I usually drive my Soul EV in B Mode, so I tried this a little on the way in to work today. I'm not used to modulating the throttle to find a sweet...

It's slow. Using the Level 1 cable that comes with your car on a US-spec household outlet you might average one mile of range every 25 minutes of charging. If your daily commuting needs are 50 miles (80 km) or less you could get away with a 12-hour overnight charge to get you back to 100% each...

What other EVs are are available in your area? Do they all have waiting lists for delivery? Here in Atlanta (USA) there are many, many Nissan Leafs, some Teslas and growing number of BMW i3s on the roads. Ford Focus Electric and Kia Soul EVs are rare. 'California compliance cars' are not...

Eco mode limits the motor's torque output and thus the energy spent while accelerating -- extending range slightly by making the car slower. The unintended consequence for some drivers may be that, in Eco mode, they spend more time on the throttle or deeper on the throttle to compensate for the...

I would really like to collect some back to back acceleration measurements of our Soul EV against my parents' Leaf. Perhaps even a drag race ;) Neither the Soul EV nor the Leaf feel like they have much torque compared to my other cars. I'm used to driving fast cars, not economy-minded...

Numb and boring to drive... compared to what, exactly? In my area, the only comparable EVs on the market are the Nissan Leaf and Ford Focus Electric. In my opinion, the Focus is very slightly more engaging to drive than the Soul, which is more engaging to drive than the Leaf... but none of...

All battery types lose charge over time, but the natural discharge rates are very low for the lithium ion and lithium polymer cells used in late-model EV battery packs. I found this article about the Nissan Leaf's loss of range while parked...

That's a good question. In the past two months the longest I've gone without driving my car is a day and a half, but in that time the discharge experience is nothing like you're describing--my Soul lost little or no range in that time. In fact, the car uses only a minuscule amount of...