I would recommend reviewing the owners manual. For short vacation periods it should not be necessary to disconnect the 12V.
As with the Leaf, the Soul should not be left at a high state of charge and should NOT be left plugged in. (consult manual)
Leaving it plugged in will drain the 12Volt to...
As far as I know it is part of the navigation system like my Leaf and other EVs.
Most EV owners that I know just use the Plugshare smartphone App. Great location, status of chargers and location pics
Kia Soul EV production capacity is perhaps 500 vehicles per month (1/3) of the shared line
121 Sold in South Korea
60 sold in US
10 sold in Canada
say another 60 in Europe
Total say 250 out of 500
Kia is expanding EV Soul into in 5 other States in the US market
There is an inventory of unsold...
Has anyone who was waiting actually got their Soul EVs?
We have been waiting for over 4 months (ordered in November 2014)
Only 180 Soul EVs sold in US in 1Q 2015. Where are the Canadian Soul EVs?
What would Carlos Ghosn do?
Should we just give up?
Carrying Bikes with the Kia Soul EV
The Kia Soul EV has large plastic underbody panels that rule out the installation of a regular accessory hitch unless the rear under panel is modified. It would be handy if the Kia Sould EV in the future had a removable small cut out for a standard Hidden...
We own a 2nd generation Leaf with B mode and have test driven the Kia.
The Kia B mode in our opinion is just a little more aggressive (and better) and we are going to purchase a Kia as a second car