That was a great read, thanks for sharing. Favorite line, the GOM, perfect name haha: Finally, the “Distance to Empty” (DTE) meter, which I generally refer to as the “Guess-Oh-Meter” (GOM), was observed displaying 112 miles after having driven 1.7 miles.
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That was a great read, thanks for sharing. Favorite line, the GOM, perfect name haha: Finally, the “Distance to Empty” (DTE) meter, which I generally refer to as the “Guess-Oh-Meter” (GOM), was observed displaying 112 miles after having driven 1.7 miles.
I'm sure if somebody in Southern California offers one up for the same test, he would do it. That's clearly what Andrew did.
106 real world miles, not bad at all! Especially considering it is a shoebox on wheels.
Unless I travel on the Autobahn, the average speed on an overland trip using two lane highways with slow trucks, tractors, traffic lights etc is more like 62km/h, not mph in Germany. I'd probably get 130-140 miles to a charge here.
Unless I travel on the Autobahn, the average speed on an overland trip using two lane highways with slow trucks, tractors, traffic lights etc is more like 62km/h, not mph in Germany. I'd probably get 130-140 miles to a charge here.
The guys at Green Car Reports are saying that we won't be getting any monthly sales numbers for the Soul EV: "James Hope, Kia's national manager of product communications, refused to break out sales of the electric Soul--following the company's precedent of refusing to say how many hybrid Sonatas it sells."
Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Oct: Leaf Record, Soul EV e-Golf Now On Sale Too
Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Oct: Leaf Record, Soul EV e-Golf Now On Sale Too
As long as the car is only available in one state, nationwide sales numbers shouldn't be too hard to chase down.
Are California vehicle registrations public records? It might be possible to get that info from there. If there's no distinction between ICE Soul's and EV ones there, perhaps there's a record of how many white HOV stickers are issued to Souls.
California DMV records are not particularly easy to get. As far as I can tell, this is the only way:
California DMV records also contain the "Motive Type" field, which would indicate E for Electric Drive. That would be sufficient to separate the Soul EVs from the gas Soul vehicles. The main problem is how to formulate the request. I'm sure there are industry analysts do this routinely, so they know exactly how.
Titanium Gray just showed up this morning in both Northern and Southern California!
Up until now we have only had White and Caribbean Blue. Shadow Black is all that is now missing from the party, the one the Hamsters drive... :love:
RT
Up until now we have only had White and Caribbean Blue. Shadow Black is all that is now missing from the party, the one the Hamsters drive... :love:
RT
dhanson865
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Unfortunately Soul EV is to be sold only in 5 states and that just isn't very useful for my as I live in one of the other 45 states.
"Kia tells us that the Soul EV will only be available in California, Oregon, New York, New Jersey and Maryland."
Kia Soul EV - Live Images From 2014 LA Auto Show\
I can't even imagine what made them pick NJ and MD over WA or GA where the Leaf has strong sales. Well at least the 5 states they picked follow California's Clean Cars Standards.
But that is still a big chunk of customers they are ignoring.
"Kia tells us that the Soul EV will only be available in California, Oregon, New York, New Jersey and Maryland."
Kia Soul EV - Live Images From 2014 LA Auto Show\
I can't even imagine what made them pick NJ and MD over WA or GA where the Leaf has strong sales. Well at least the 5 states they picked follow California's Clean Cars Standards.
| California | AB 1493 | 2002 | 2005 |
| New Jersey | P.L. 2003, Chapter 266 | 2004 | 2009 |
| Connecticut | Public Act 04-84 | 2004 | 2008 |
| Washington | House Bill 1397 | 2005 | 2009 |
| Vermont | Amendments to Subchapter XI | 2005 | 2009 |
| New York | Chapter III, Subpart 218-8 | 2005 | 2009 |
| Maine | Amendments to Chapter 127 | 2005 | 2009 |
| Rhode Island | Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 37 | 2005 | 2009 |
| Massachusetts | Amendments to the state’s LEV regulations | 2005 | 2009 |
| Oregon | Regulations (Division 257; OAR 340-256-0220; and Division 12) | 2006 | 2009 |
| Arizona | Executive Order 2006-13 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Pennsylvania | Amendments to Title 25, Chapters 121 and 126 | 2006 | 2008 |
| Maryland | Senate Bill 103 | 2007 | 2011 |
| Florida | Executive Order 07-127 | 2007 | |
| New Mexico |
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dhanson865
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Yeah, it's just before that article all the talk was about would it be national or just compliance. That article was the first notice we had that it is officially compliance only.
Morristhecat
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They are selling it nationally here in Canada.
Personally I think their color selection will hurt sales.
Personally I think their color selection will hurt sales.
hingisfan
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Agreed. I don't like buying black, but its the only colour combo I would consider. I like white, but the combo is way too feminine, IMO.
Yes, if by nationally you mean in 6-10 dealerships spread across three provinces. Each dealership allotted 1-2 Soul EVs per month until the supply of 50-60 units runs out.
Avitt,
I check 4 Zip codes daily: SF, Pasadena, San Diego and Santa Rosa since each has a 50 mile radius. No Shadow Black models anywhere yet. Do you have any further info on when they might get here? My charger is getting installed on Wednesday (11-26) and it sure would be nice to verify it is working with the new Soul before the electricians left :smile: Otherwise I will have to recruit someone in the area to try it out.
RT
I leased a gray model two weeks ago. At that time, the dealer mentioned that they expected the blacks to arrive in Dec. (But since I was interested in gray, I haven't followed up on the availability of black.)
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
Interesting that Mr. Cooley called out the inverter whine as being noticeable in the Cnet review above. When walking my dog, I noticed that the Leaf has more whine than Teslas, including the Tesla motor & inverter in the RAV4 EV. The Leaf is almost like a Toyota hybrid whine, but scaled up in proportion with its motor power. The Soul must be much worse for him to call it out like that.
