Recent content by tiburonh

I got this email from Kia this morning: "In case you've updated your vehicle's software and noticed limited UVO capabilities, an update that improves such capabilities has been made available on myuvo.com. This update is optional and does not affect your vehicle's support for Apple CarPlay™...

Wow Ever! What a huge improvement this is. Thanks for bringing this to life in a terrific video that both proves the point and also makes it clear how simple a change this is to do! As goofy as the white wheels look, I had -- thinking the white could not be easily changed -- persuaded...

Thank to NOTFRED. All good tips which I will explore.

I often get a noise that sounds more like snapping or cracking than creaking. It comes at random times, but it seems to me to be most associated with sudden movements of the body, as when entering or exiting a sharp corner or doing rapid acceleration or deceleration. I hear it as coming...

Sounds like you bought the base level Soul EV. Great car, and a great value -- but unfortunately you only get the cargo cover if you buy the higher trim level, the EV+. See this site for which things come standard or as options with each of the two different trim levels...

Apologies for my newbie mistakes. :) And I am a newbie: to this forum, to the Kia Soul EV, and to the Kia brand. If you had asked me even two months ago if I would ever consider owning a Kia I would have laughed at the very idea. Now, one month in to my ownership of a 2016 Kia Soul EV, I...

Thanks for sharing this report. Really interesting. The i3's slight efficiency advantage over the Soul EV pretty much matches what I have experienced. Over 2 years of driving my former i3 I averaged 4.2 miles per kWh, and so far after one month in my new Soul EV I am averaging 3.9 miles per...

Excellent. You will not regret it moving up to a Level 2. My one additional suggestion now is to make sure you check out what options your local utility offers in the way of rate plans for EV users. Up here in the SF Bay Area, PG&E has an option for EV owners that let's you move on to a...

I'm not an electrician, but this sounds sketchy to me. Yes this (now nearly antique) model Leviton 16 amp EVSE should work on your 20 amp circuit (though I can't vouch for whether or not the NEMO plug you are thinking about is correct), but it seems risky to assume that no one will ever...

IMHO the rear safety reflectors are a safety feature, not a design feature. Not sure why you would choose to remove them, but to each his own. :)

Very sorry this happened to you! I guess you must have the misfortune to live in one of the very, very few places in the country where there may be enough of a concentration of EV's that a thief might actually be able to "fence" a hot level one EVSE! As for your question of what to do to...

Quazmann- I had the exact same problem when I downloaded the new app (for my iPhone 6) last week. Ended up calling the UVO customer service number. They acknowledged there is a problem and said they have escalated it to the UVO tech team but that in the meantime they would need to deactivate...

Hi Jeju Soul- BMW is quite clever in how they market their "packages." All that is standard on the i3 is the rear bumper parking sensors. In order to get the rear view camera and the front sensors, they make you buy the package that includes the stupid self parking feature. :)

I had the automatic parking feature on my i3. I never once used it in the two years and 21000 miles I had the car. If you can't park a car the size of the i3 or the Soul EV by yourself, you probably should not be driving! :) Plus, many i3 owners who did use the self parking feature...