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Glad you liked the video! As for the crack, this is not a problem here and we do not have regular inspections like in Europe. Cars are only inspected if they are “exported” to other provinces and registered there. Cracks happen very often as they like to use gravel and sand during winter. So not only cracks, but also rock chips on paint. It’s really bad and I hope they can figure out a better solution. I will get my windshield replaced this summer and hopefully it will last more than one winter.

I don’t usually DC fast charge a frozen battery. You are correct, this was only a test to see what would happen. I’m glad you like the video. Tesla cars do very well in winter and with their best in class battery preconditioning they make DC fast charging in winter super easy. In Canada the crack is fine…almost everyone has one or two on their windshield. They love to lay down gravel and rocks on snow in the winter so it’s very easy to get a cracked windshield here. I will be getting a new windshield this summer to replace this one so hope it will last more than one winter. Thanks for watching!

@@LeftCoastEV got you a new subscriber from Europe :-)

Thank you, I appreciate the subscription!

I’m very happy for you.

@LeftCoastEV Hmm, you also have a 12 volt little battery. That one is a riscfactor in these cold weathers. Just wait a few more years and you'll have the same problems as ICE cars.

​@@RealButcher EVs don't need to crank a starter motor to start up. They just start.

Charging at home makes owning an EV a pleasure. I DC fast charge exclusively on road trips nowadays and I have to agree with you that road trips of any kind are better during warmer months. However, I know many people use their car for work and do travel on business trips using their vehicle. So it’s still doable to travel long distances in an EV in winter, it will just take a bit more time depending on the vehicle you drive.

My Kia has driven over 100,000km at this point (if you pause the video you can check for yourself as it was close to 100k when I filmed it). So you are grabbing at straws buddy, what is the purpose of this comment? Oh and the battery is doing fine, thanks for asking.

Newer EV batteries, especially LFP ones, are going to last for absolute ages.

Not sure where you are located in the world, but the Kia app available in Canada is horrible. Plus, after giving you a trial period for 3 years, Kia wants to charge you $18.99 per month for the most useful connected serviced (like remote start). So now I do my own preconditioning before a trip. Wish it was like what Tesla is doing, giving you the basics for free.

@@LeftCoastEV That's too bad. Hyundai has those features for life AFAIK. I am in Southern BC, in the North Okanagan (warm in summer and cold in winter).

I think they do give these features for life. Also, the Hyundai app is more stable and intuitive than the one provided by Kia. Oh you live in a very nice part of BC. We travel there quite often during the summer as a stop over to see family in the Lower Mainland.

Where do you live that so many people are waiting to charge each and every day?

This is why we need more level 2 charging. If you can find a level 2 charger within walking distance of home work, even if the charge itself does take hours, you don't really care.

Exactly. When I first for my EV I lived in a high rise apartment building and we didn’t have charging. Thankfully there were two Level 2 chargers and three Level 1 plugs available 10 minutes walking distance. That’s how I charged the car for 2 years. We then moved into a house and I installed charging in my garage which is a game changer.

Ugh I feel for you. Hertz didn't have any EVs available? Yeah when I saw your video I thought to myself that great minds think alike!

Of course, when using the car normally it gets preconditioned in my garage. This video is just a test.

I can tell you. It’s Car Scanner. You can download from the Google Play and iOS store.

Hey don’t take it out on me if your life sucks and you hate me for having fun ok?

Driving and charging his new EV? It’s a 2021 Kia Soul with 100,000 km on it.

Exactly. Dude didn’t even bother to watch the video but has opinions.

Charging is not the point of this video, but I guess I need to spell it out for you, eh? No worries, here it is: I charge my EV at home, overnight on a Level 2 charger. I leave home with a "full tank" and can drive quite a long way...pretty much as far as you can drive your dino juice vehicle. I don't need to stand outside in the cold with a nozzle in my hand smelling ICE car fumes, but if you like that smell...all good, you do you. Most importantly I can precondition my EV inside my CLOSED garage and not risk my whole family dying from carbon dioxide exposure...you, on the other hand, need to idle your dino juice vehicle outside for at least 30 minutes (or more) to get it nice and toasty while burning fuel and polluting our environment. ICE cars are NOT very green, are they?

Of course. Check 4:25 of the video and you will see the heat is on. In the Kia it is a separate button called "heat" which you can see in that part of the video.

Amazing, thank you for your valuable insight.

Haha look at Mr. Comedian over here. You got some great jokes my friend. Keep them coming!

Because that is not the point of this video! This video shows that even without preconditioning anything, the EV starts, drives and is able to DC fast charge...something that apparently is impossible when you read all the EV hater comments on Facebook.

With so much misinformation out there, EV owners like us need to do our part!

Nice! Where did you escape to?

Haha next time I will try to preheat the car before getting in ;)

@LeftCoastEV it'd be interesting to see what it will charge at if you did the cabin pre heat etc. I believe these Kia souls do have a heat pump as standard

They do have a heat pump. Good idea I will try doing the preheating next time it gets cold to see how different the results are. Thanks for this idea!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.

We who drive EVs all know that they have no issues running in the cold...this video is more for those folks still on the fence about EVs and who are worried about driving them in cold temps. Conclusion: there is nothing to worry about except, like you said, higher consumption.

Yes, it's called jelling I believe. It can happen just below 0 degrees C but is more prevalent in extreme temps like when I shot this video. This is why people in Northern Canada that drive ICE (especially diesel) plug them in at night to keep the components warm.

What's apparent to me from reading your comment is that you have no idea about EVs and how they work. This is not a range test nor charging test. I drive from Edmonton to Calgary all the time without issue and I've been to Abraham Lake, as an example, during the winter many times which, and I will tell you this cause I know you don't know, is 129km for an available charger (one way).

I think what was shown in the video was sort of a worst-case cold weather driving experience. Specifically: - The Kia Soul EV is not the best EV on the market in range or charging performance. There are plenty of opportunities to get more range and faster charging by simply using a different EV model, rather than an ICE vehicle. - The car would charge faster if preconditioned via the app about 30 minutes before heading to the charger. For purposes of the video, this was deliberately not done in order to show the audience what happens, but in an actual road trip situation, you would absolutely be preconditioning the battery.

I do the same on normal days when not filming a video like this!

Only for the next 4 years 😉

Trump can't stop anything.

Yep, Trump is really mad.

Great tips! Thanks!

On a full battery even at these temps I lose about 30% of projected range which is around 452km. I fill up at home in my garage and leave with a full warm battery. The point of this video was to show that even at cold temperatures EVs work no problem, not about range, driving or if filling up an ICE car is better. Thanks for watching!

Assuming you charge at home, fueling times don't matter for short trips. The factors that do matter all favor the EV. Specifically: - You don't have to stand out in the cold, even for 5 minutes, to pump gas. - The passenger cabin heats more quickly because the electric resistance heater kicks in right away, without waiting for an engine to warm up. - When going into a store to buy something, you can leave the heater running and come back to a warm car, without needing to spew out toxic gasses for everyone in the parking lot. - Home charging is cheap, so it costs less to run. - EVs tend to get better traction on snow, due to the heaviest part of the car (the battery) being distributed across the entire car, compared to an ICE engine, which is under the hood, near the front.

Also low maintenance costs. No need for oil changes. Regenerative breaking saves you money on break pads. No need to go to the service centre for service. Less moving parts mean few failure points. There are many more advantages than this.

Hmmm my question is thus: why didn't you charge the car the night before to 80%? I assume you were driving and thus had a warm battery and your charge time would have been much shorter had you arrived right off the highway at a DC fast charger. Second: why didn't you try booking a hotel with a Level 2 charger? Many hotel booking apps nowadays have a filter for this. Then you could have charged the car overnight and left with 100%. Third, even if there was no Level 2 charger at the hotel, you could have fast charged the night before and then, once you arrived at the hotel, plugged into even a standard wall outlet and Level 1 charged until morning which from 80% to 100% would be doable. Most hotels are OK with this if you ask. Fourth, even if you wake up without charging the night before, you can precondition the car and battery via the app and then when you arrive at the DC fast charger with a warm enough battery. You didn't mention which EV you drive, so I assume it is one built in the last few years. So, it's more user error than the fault of the EV. A little planning (and I mean little) goes a long way.

@LeftCoastEV I booked a hotel with a charger, but when I returned in the evening, the charger was occupied. I drive a Stellantis, and they don’t have preconditioning. You don’t have to immediately blame the user-it’s fairer to acknowledge the flaws.

You gave me zero insight into your situation or the car you drive. You can still use all my other suggestions for future road trips. It’s not that hard.

@@LeftCoastEV And I didn’t plan just a little-I planned a lot. I called the hotel before booking to ask if the charger was working, asked people living in that city for available chargers, and have more than 30 different charging apps and RFID cards, plugshare, abrp, etc. But sometimes, even all that isn’t enough to make the trip easier. I made it home, I didn’t need a tow to a charger, but still, next time I’m taking an ICE, the BEV stays in the city (at least in winter).

This should have been your original comment. Context is necessary. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Thanks for the info!

You are welcome!

You just proved to be uniformed and missed the point of this video.

I'm assuming the guy had a home charger, and that the only reason for even taking the car to the fast charger was for purposes to the RUclips video to show the audience what would happen. Without the needs of the video, he'd just be plugging in at home, charging overnight, and the battery would be charged by morning, regardless of temperature.

Thanks for the tip!

50kW is all I have close to home. Thanks for watching!

Don’t worry one day all the cars will be electric and you will have to care. Thanks for watching!

@LeftCoastEV As far as I am concerned it is a failed, inferior technology. You see, I was an early adopter and after nearly 9 years but only 41k miles, my EV battery has degraded by 42%, rapid charging was free and road tax was free, when i bought it. Since then battery environment control has improved and batteries have more or less doubled in size. This has meant less degradation rate, particularly in cycle use per mile because of the larger batteries but we still have Teslas on autotrader like a 20 reg model with 25% degradation after only 55 k miles certified battery capacity. So it has not been eliminated, only slowed. There is still time degradation as well as cycle degradation on all EV's. The very fact that even though the UK motor industry has spent £3.5 billion on promoting EV's and reducing their sale price, pre registering new cars and selling them to hide sales figures, to satisfy the electric vehicle mandate deceiptfully, has still not made them a popular purchase because they are an inferior product to what we already have, particularly for towing and long distance driving, having generally less than a third of the range of a diesel and nowhere near the towing weight capacity. I still have my EV but the wife now uses it as a home charger tethered shopping trolley, with the range it still has left. We also have two ice cars, one diesel, one petrol and a newish diesel campervan, as well as two high power motorbikes, one brand new. I am 66 now, so they should see me through. As for everybody else only driving electric cars, don't count your chickens. The Reform party will stop all this madness dead and they are certain to get in before the 2030 dead line. Remember where you heard it first ! Remember good products are sold on features, bad products are sold on price, therefore an EV is a bad degrading and severely depreciating product and should be avoided at all costs.

don't count your chickens, reform will cancel all this madness when they get in before 2030. Remember where you heard it first

@LeftCoastEV you sound like a dictator removing freedom of choice ?

Haha you are very funny love it. This is a test to prove to people like you that electric cars don’t die in winter like ICE cars do and they can still fast charge even with a frozen battery. I have a home charger too but the point of this video is different. Guess you missed that point.

@@LeftCoastEV Whats the range in -30 temperatures compared to manufacturers figures ?

452km max range as per manufacturer spec. About 30% range loss at -30.