Wow that's a tedious process.

It sounds like you should be on your way now with regards to getting the warranty replacement. Be warned that this can often take weeks to accomplish. Hopefully KIA will provide a loaner car for you to use in the meantime if required.

I have one that I used last year in my 2016 soul. Honestly I don't think it does much, if anything. I wouldn't spend any real $ on it. I had meant to run some small tests using my car with it installed and uninstalled to compare some of their claims like increased coast mode and increased regen but ...

I don't think you need to worry about "wear and tear" of the battery heating system. I'd prefer the batteries be kept at safer temps by it than not, when necessary. Having said that, in your climate, I doubt the winter mode feature would ever actually kick in even when enabled due to the m...

- No. I live in Jeju, South Korea. It is hot here in summer, but nothing like the daytime Phoenix temperatures. For your battery to last you need to keep the battery temperatures below 45C. In summer the black asphalt road surface can easily heat up above this on a hot summer day. For this reason I...

I guess I meant to say ODB2 adaptor. "ODBC" is a database connectivity standard.

I don't have actual numbers to prove or disprove what I'm experience, but in my experience since having my BMS updated: ...snipped... Lastly, and I would have never noticed this had I not been using Torque at the time, if your battery is ~30-35C the power is limited without notice. I've had the pow...

Thanks for posting that.

It "sounds like" the BMS should be able to trigger the climate A/C automatically if needed to help bring colder air into the battery pack via the battery fan, which as we know pulls air from under the rear seat inside the cabin.

Here's a relevant post with more details: viewtopic.php?p=11208#p11208

Well, in fact they are not widely available in Canada either. They are sold in Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia only as far as I am aware. Same reasons, these provinces enacted initiatives to compel the sale of EVs in their jurisdictions.

Certainly well on its way I think... https://news.yahoo.com/honda-withdraw-formula-one-end-083354945.html https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/vw-to-stop-development-of-petrol-engines-in-2026-120283 https://electrek.co/2019/09/19/daimler-stops-developing-internal-combustion-engines-to-focus-on-electr...