Video Summary
The 2020 Kia Soul EV:- The third generation Soul EV borrows its powertrain and battery components from the e-Niro.
- While the car retains its quirky proposition, it has grown into its funky styling and the car is youthful.
- There are design features like the solid light bars, the Soul badging on the D pillar.
- Compared to the top line Kia Sportage the electric car is more comfortable and more fun to steer.
- Kias have rack mounted electric power steering that reviewers like.
- The government claimed range is around 280 miles, while real-world ranges between 230 and 250 miles are reported from a full charge.
- Mile per kilowatt average is at about 4.
- To avoid confusion there is one trim level offered in the UK.
- This version has many features familiar to Kia drivers and can do physical HVAC.
- There is a music-inspired interior with Harman Kardon and a tweeters/air vents combo that is speaker-shaped.
- It's claimed city driving will increase the range up to 400 miles for the car.
- The in-house sat nav doesn't provide great electric car charge location suggestions.
- The heads-up display is one of the "tech fails" from Kia, it doesn't provide a very legible display for the driver.
- At one point during testing, there was trouble distinguishing between the listed speed and the remaining range.
- An EV is not recommended as a cheap transportation method, unless you had decided that an electric car is for you then this can be a enjoyable one.
- As an electric car this is flawed, but genuinely enjoyable, and very well made.
- This has many features, is big enough for 4 people and can do long trips.
- You get a 7 year warranty that covers the motor and battery pack.
- The car's list price was 38,000 pounds pre-government grants, so the cost to consumers should be in the low to mid 30,000s range.
