Am I charging too often

[Funsize]

I have a 2017 Soul EV and it was bought used. I had it a day and charged it overnight but it yielded only 80 of the 93 miles expected. I plug it in every night after any driving. Every trip gets less and now it’s stoppd at 16 miles expected. I’m losing my wits. Can it recalibrate by running it down to empty before I plug it in again?

[IanL]

Are you sure you have the charging option set to 100%? If it happens to be set to the start time/stop time option, that may explain your experience.

If you don't have the Owners Manual,, here's a link.

[Funsize]

thanks I’ll have to look. I appreciate the link too.

[EVDee]

How low is your battery when you're recharging?
Do you need the a 100% charge everyday?

[Funsize]

It’s often just down by 15-25%. Once in a while I have a 60 my le trip planned and need it at 100%

[notfred]

It is saying 16 miles expected range but you are still doing a 60 mile trip? That's weird.

[Funsize]

not today obviously

[notfred]

If it's reporting 16 miles and you aren't doing much more than that, then I think you have a battery that has gone bad.

I suspect that when you bought the car it had just had a BMS update which clears what the BMS knows about the battery so it reports full range. Over the next little while it then learns just how bad the battery is and reports what is actually correct.

If you have an Android phone then pick up a Konnwei KW902 OBD-II bluetooth adaptor, install Soul Spy and check out your battery before taking the car to the dealer.

[Funsize]

Thank you. I will check that out.
I was told by a serviceman at The dealership that charging every night to top it off is not necessary and may mess with the charging capacity