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My dealership changed my 12V battery and I asked them to take a new readout of SOH. My SOH is no longer at 100%, but has been reduced to 99.4%. New numbers: Min det: 9.8% Max det: 11.3% SOH: 99.4% Odometer: 43.500km

New deterioration numbers. Odometer 40.500km I have gotten the dreaded 12 Volt battery depleation problem, so I have been driving without the OBDII-adapter plugged in, in case this was draining my 12V battery.

According to the norwegian Soul EV forum, a Kia Soul owner has been contacted by his Kia salesman informing him about Kia releasing Kia Soul EV this summer with higher battery capacity. The salesman did not know exactly how much larger the battery would be, but he also mentioned the new model of...

My car is imported from Germany and I don't have the Norwegian language. I am actually not even sure if the Norwegian cars have Norwegian as an option. Will check it out though. I use the English voice.

Hehe.. No problem, I would laugh too if it was you:) Sorry about late reply. Busy days these days. I finally got my version number on my new OBC: V12.2E Unfortuenately, my new OBC also charges slower for sure. Earlier it charged at 10A when using my 10A charger, so it is now about 15%...

I got new deterioration numbers. The odometer is about 36.500km. I have had the car for 20 months.

So this is what happened when I was going to take pictures of the OBC labels. My wife was going to a soccer game with the oldest one and I went out to start the Soul to get it warm, and popped the hood to take some quick pictures of the labels. I took the first picture of the label in the front...

1. The only sticker I can see is this one (what should I look for)?: 2 and 3. I suspect the charging is slower. I am not sure what version of codes I use on Torque Pro, but when I try to check the charge power in kW it shows 77 :shock: when I use my 10Ah charger. It usually shows 2,2kW. So...

So after about 33.000 km on my odometer, my OBC stopped working. No error messages in the display though. Just a steady clicking sound under the hood when I connected the charger, and after about 1 minute, it stopped charging. I drove to my dealership who confirmed problem with the OBC by...

While the car is charging, you can push the Start button twice and you will be able to heat the cabin. I do this regularly living in Norway with cold climate. This morning we had minus 5 degrees Celsius, and I put in the charger, hit the button twice and had a comfortable temperature of 22...

I know the chargers from a company called Arctic Roads in Norway (currently 12 chargers, will have 388 chargers in hopefully near future) have both CHAdeMO and CSS. The chargers offers 120kW, but if a car charges with more than 50kW, it is not possible for another EV to charge at the same time...

Thanks for those graphs! It looks by your graphs that the charge current drops when the SOC reaches about 72-76%. We pay by the minute when charging with Chademo as I guess You do too, so from an economic perspective, it seems like it is most cost effective to charge to between 72-76% right...

I just had my car in for my second service (30.000km service). My SOH was still at 100%, min det = 7.1% and max det = 9.0%. My odometer is at about 32.000km.

I would really appreciate your experiences and thoughts on the Ionic EV after driving one for 1 week, especially compared to the Soul EV. Maybe in a new thread? The electric car sale in Norway has dropped recently, maybe in anticipation of new models with longer range coming up. I am afraid the...

I have had my A/C fixed on my car. Many KIA Souls in Norway has had problem with their A/C, and according to my dealership, this is a known weakness on many Souls. It only took about 1 hour to get it fixed.