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My car last charged (day before Kia visit) to only 57 miles when I dropped it off on Monday morning. Unfortunately the one tech at Kia of Irvine was backed up, and only today was my car diagnosed: battery management system along with the entire battery pack is being replaced. They've quoted a...

In another turn of events, the car has dropped from 66 miles to 62 miles after charging last night. And then another development - 1. Drove to store this morning (barely a mile), 2 miles (just less) roundtrip: 60 miles left; 2. Car sat for about 5 hours, then drove 4 1/2 miles (let's just...

Thanks - going to set an appointment for next week (not this coming week - too busy) and I will keep everyone posted.

New to the forum, owner of 2015 Soul EV (took delivery December 2014). I just discovered this forum after trying to find information on battery degradation, will look into the tools that were suggested here. I'm at 42,000 miles, I've had my OBC replaced twice (first at around 20k miles; 2nd at...