tinsley207
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Hello All,
It's been a while since I've posted but I have a question about best cold weather practices. I have a 2016 Kia Soul EV has that lived most of it's life in my garage but now needs to spend more time outside in my driveway. I live in Maine and the temps can get pretty cold here. This morning it was 2 degrees F when I got up. Here's my question. On a cold night like this, does it make sense to charge the vehicle with a level 1 charger over a longer period or with a level 2 charger closer to the morning hours? I was thinking the level 1 would sort of "trickle" charge the car and activate the battery heater. Is that right? Or does it make more sense to just use the level 2 charger which theoretically add's more voltage and therefore more "heat" to the battery just through charging. I guess what I'm driving at is, is it ok for the battery to get very cold overnight before it charges with level2? I can also confirm that my SOH is 90.5% according to EV SPY and I just hit 80k miles in the car. Thanks in advance for your input.
It's been a while since I've posted but I have a question about best cold weather practices. I have a 2016 Kia Soul EV has that lived most of it's life in my garage but now needs to spend more time outside in my driveway. I live in Maine and the temps can get pretty cold here. This morning it was 2 degrees F when I got up. Here's my question. On a cold night like this, does it make sense to charge the vehicle with a level 1 charger over a longer period or with a level 2 charger closer to the morning hours? I was thinking the level 1 would sort of "trickle" charge the car and activate the battery heater. Is that right? Or does it make more sense to just use the level 2 charger which theoretically add's more voltage and therefore more "heat" to the battery just through charging. I guess what I'm driving at is, is it ok for the battery to get very cold overnight before it charges with level2? I can also confirm that my SOH is 90.5% according to EV SPY and I just hit 80k miles in the car. Thanks in advance for your input.
