Chaconzies
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I'm taking summer classes at Cal State Fullerton and drive a Chevy Spark EV.
I was leaving my class at 8:30pm and went to unplug my car from the charging stations we have there and happened upon a Kia Soul EV who was using the Chademo fast charger we have in our lot. Since I knew that the car wasn't publicly available yet I decided to strike up a conversation with the man in the vehicle, waiting for his car to charge.
He told me that he worked for a automotive testing/research company and that they have been testing out the Soul EV for the last few weeks but that he couldn't get into specifics.
This particular car had a white roof but still had the cool looking hubcabs. I asked him what kind of range he was getting and he told me that they were told 120miles is max range but he gets less because he usually drives it on freeways at 65+mph. He said his buddy drives slower and has gotten up to 105 miles with a few left on the battery before. I'm guessing that he doesn't have a charging station installed at his house or maybe just doesn't like to wait because I've seen pictures of the same car on Plugshare before. He told me that it's his daily driver for couple months, I guess until it goes public, and that he likes the car so far.
Anyways, just figured I'd let everyone here know that there's a Soul EV that frequents CSUF's Chademo chargers, if I see him again I'll take some pictures and try to get more information out of him! :lol:
I was leaving my class at 8:30pm and went to unplug my car from the charging stations we have there and happened upon a Kia Soul EV who was using the Chademo fast charger we have in our lot. Since I knew that the car wasn't publicly available yet I decided to strike up a conversation with the man in the vehicle, waiting for his car to charge.
He told me that he worked for a automotive testing/research company and that they have been testing out the Soul EV for the last few weeks but that he couldn't get into specifics.
This particular car had a white roof but still had the cool looking hubcabs. I asked him what kind of range he was getting and he told me that they were told 120miles is max range but he gets less because he usually drives it on freeways at 65+mph. He said his buddy drives slower and has gotten up to 105 miles with a few left on the battery before. I'm guessing that he doesn't have a charging station installed at his house or maybe just doesn't like to wait because I've seen pictures of the same car on Plugshare before. He told me that it's his daily driver for couple months, I guess until it goes public, and that he likes the car so far.
Anyways, just figured I'd let everyone here know that there's a Soul EV that frequents CSUF's Chademo chargers, if I see him again I'll take some pictures and try to get more information out of him! :lol: