Recent content by Jeff42

A bunch of students in Europe got Kia to loan them a Soul ev so they could circumnavigate Europe and make a movie of their experience. The movie and accompany blog is high quality and fun. http://www.electricroadmovie.com/

Yesterday I received this text message, presumably from my UVO account. "Charging was stopped because the charging cable was unplugged. Please plug in your vehicle and try again." At the time I got the message my car was fully charged and not plugged in. I went to the car in my garage and...

I did some work recently studying how the blind navigate. The blind are able to hear even quiet engine noise and rely on that when crossing streets. The introduction of hybrids led to a potential problem that they couldn't always hear a car approaching at slow speeds. I don't know if any...

I leased two weeks ago from Kia Marin in Novato, CA. 36 month lease. They said normal wear and tear were ok. He said as long as the tires were usable and dings were smaller than a credit card I shouldn't have a problem. I don't recall them offering any additional coverage.

I was shopping for a soul ev this month (November) at the Novato, CA dealer. There was a gray and a white Soul next to each other in the parking lot. It was a sunny day but somewhat cool. I placed my hand on the roof of the gray car and could not leave it there as it was too hot. The white car...

We took ownership of our soul ev+ with mood lighting on Nov 21, 2015 It has three settings, off, music, and mood. At first I thought they didn't work. In the music setting the lights appear to be off. Only when the volume of the music is very loud and the car is in the dark can the lights be...

I assume eco mode vs. non-eco mode produce the same result if you don't accelerate faster than eco mode allows. I don't know that for certain, but it seems logical. The efficiency difference between B and D modes would depend partially on what happens when you press the brake pedal. We can be...