Recent content by edatoakrun

HI, again. Well, no great credit is due for that prediction. If you look at the AVTA data up to termination of the testing program, ALL the BEVs being tested looked likely to be headed for early battery failure, when subject to the tortuous test conditions of high ambient temperatures and...

What further evidence do you need that relying on the BMS estimate of SOH/capacity is a waste of time? By comparing the kWh (as determined by an accurate external meter) your pack will accept at standard temperatures and charge rates between fixed SOC levels (generally full charge and full...

You clearly have a lot off off-topic issues to deal with, "mtndrew1". On-topic: Are either the Spark or Soul BEVs even offered for sale at Arizona dealerships? If not, maybe that's integral to Kia's and GM's plans for their BEVs to deal with high ambient temperatures... From the preliminary...

Only three of the Souls have reports covering summer degradation, all during the year 2015. The two LEAFs with one summer of degradation (2014) reports cover the periods of ~2/14 to ~4/15, both between 14 to 15 months, not "2 winters, 2 springs, 1 summer and 2 falls". This probably means a...

I didn't pick the two best cars, I picked those two which only had ONE Phoenix Summer of use, to most accurately compare them to the three Soul EVs test regime. That is incorrect. This LEAF has been tested over 20+ months, including two full summers, 2014 and 2015...

You might consider that that graph is misleading, in that it uses distance (and not also time) as the single indicator of battery ageing, and more significantly, it disregards the variable exposure of the different BEVs to extreme Phoenix Summer temperatures. It appears to compare results for...