Kia Soul EV review - DrivingElectric
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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The Kia Soul was one of the first mainstream cars to offer the option of electric power. Now, the new second-generation model has gone electric-only. It uses much of the same technology as its Kia e-Niro sister model, but with an added dash of style. Vicky Parrott finds out more.
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We got our Soul EV a few weeks ago and it is a great car. Yesterday it was named "Urban Car of the Year" at the World Car Awards. Living, as I do, in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands I would like to suggest that it is also an excellent rural car. Our driving is on windy, narrow roads with plenty of steep hills yet we regularly achieve more than the 4.4 miles/KwH which is what Kia claim for the Soul. Driving on full regeneration I hardly ever need to use the brake. The various reviews often criticise the small boot, yet for us it is perfectly adequate and having the boot floor at the same level as the sill is an advantage - and with the seats folded down the space is substantial. Also, the space under the floor is big enough to accommodate the space-saver spare wheel which we bought with the car and which I consider essential in rural areas. There is plenty of space left for the various cables. So far my only complaint is that there is no way to permanently turn off the "lane keep assist" so I have t turn it off every time we start.
I like this lady's conversational presentation style. She doesn't sound like an annoying DJ (as most male car reviewers do) and doesn't speak with "up-talk", vocal fry, or other such afflictions.
Very nice to listen to a normal voice.
lol yes 'hi i am a male car reviewer and im totally looking at all the like cool features hahaa and now im driving it really fast haaaaa weeee'!!!! Whats actually in the car umm who cares I got testicles!
PREACH. so nice of a change
so not american
i love the white interior on my 2016 Soul EV , cant believe they took that away especially with the black and white would be so nice
I have the 2016 EV and love it, can't wait for this to be available here in the US next year!!
tell me about it! , where do you live ?" I live in Austin and have the 2016 SOul EV in all black ,
Waiting for this to be released in the US - would love to get a fully loaded blue one! Also think it looks quite good in white as well. I really hope the US gets it in 2021 like Kia said.
California may get it, but the other 49 states may never see one.
@@djp3637 can't argue with pure economics. Luckily, the Chevrolet Bolt EV is widely available in all 50 states. Good range, well equipped for around $31K.
i own one here in ireland and yeah i love it. drives perfectly
I’m keeping my fingers crossed too!
Had mine 2 months. Other cars Bentley GT and Volvos. Got this a run around. Really impressed and WTLP is fairly stated and and better if driven carefully. Funky marmite looks but excellent package. Love it! Only draw back no front parking sensors - got them fitted though
Vicky is one of the finest there is, yet another brilliant review.
Great vid, great channel. Hope you have a backlog of quality content like this to keep us sane through the lockdown!!
Finally. Auto Express said this video was available in last week’s magazine . Good review of great car!
I bought a KIA soul 2020 for my wife as a bday gift. Ever since, shes coming home everyday late from work, there are full of hand marks, white stains on the seats, mostly at the back and funky smell. Does warranty cover these problems, due to delays and poor staining materials? Please help with advice?
Hahahah
Picked mine up a week ago before the Covid lock down began. A real pleasure to drive and lots of toys!
In my book under 9 seconds to 60 is FAST.
Shame it's not £10k cheaper.
I understand that the Maxx model here in the U.K. replacing the 1st edition, has no heat pump. Which poses the question - when you have sufficient battery capacity do you still need to have a heat pump fitted to an electric car? Why did they drop the heat pump on what is a fully speced out car?
Very nice review! Other reviewers take note - this is how you give a reasonably thorough review on the quick.
We loved our 2016 Soul EV... we're drooling over its successor!
I'll still be driving my 141 Soul Ex CRDI for another while yet! Very pricey indeed :(
Some other reviewers have raved about the acceleration in sport mode. You weren't impressed then. Or did you miss that button?. Love your channel by the way.
But but why doesn't it have solar on top to help charge the batteries when its cold, you could easily get 4 to 6 miles of range a day from the roof !
Very good video presentation, short, concise and covers all the main points which the curious would ask about. Great job! Having just moved from a 2013 Tiguan Bluemotion 4MO DSG Match Sport Edition, on the grounds of escalating running costs, to a 2017 Venga 4 CRDI ISG... I have just seen the next logical step when the warranty is up on the Venga. Always had a soft spot for the Kia Soul but my wife was never keen on the previous incarnations styling, whereas this one looks great.
Yet another wonderful, incisive review although did I hear correctly, you created the word "untimidating" at around 5:13? ;-))
this is a great car. So glad I bought it. for me 4.2m/kWhr. With Govt incentives and a bit or bargaining, you should be able to get one for around 30 grand. Great to drive and the acceleration is great too.
Bit of a marmite car i feel, personally i like the styling.
Not mentioned, you can also lower the boot floor down a level to get a little more space/height. Also with the back seats folded down the load area is bigger than an e-Niro so I've read
It is larger, but more importantly head room in the back is actually quite good.
Nice review. Was supposed to pick mine up on 31st of March but now am going to have to wait a bit longer. It would be nice if you could download the user manual for it so that when I get the car I'll have a heads up ( just like the car ) on the controls.
Thanks, Vicki. Great review of a standard family EV.
Shame it does not have front parking sensors. Would have been nice to have the option of paying for ventilated seats and a glass roof .....
I know everyone keeps talking about how great the EV cars are but the economics still don't make sense. I just bought a US 2020 Kia Soul. It cost me 19.2K US$ with tax and destination. This EV Soul is about twice the price. Since electricity isn't free but much cheaper than gasoline I was interested. However even if gasoline wasn't $2.20 a gallon in the US the economics still don't make sense. They give tax credits which aren't discounts. Add in the fact that my gas range is 380 miles on a full tank of gas and it takes 10 minutes to fill the tank ($30) I'm wondering how this really works out? I think they need to have about 600-700 miles range to make electric vehicles competitive with gasoline cars. Hybrids seem to make more sense.
I wish its available in Texas, then it would be the one I would purchase.
4:35 *Sounds very 'noisy' from **_Road Surface ?_*
Test drove one a couple of weeks back and it was MUCH MUCH QUIETER than our Volvo XC40 First Edition. I think it's something to do with the auto recording volume levels on the cameras used for filming (because the car is so quiet, the driver speaks softly, so other noises are more prominent than in an ICE car)... you seem to get this a lot on EV reviews. Go for a test drive yourself (in a few months time, obviously), I'm sure you will be surprised !
I use the turanza quiet track, makes this car very quiet...
No doubt Kia and Hyundai are the closest Tesla competitors. To bad that they don't have in house battery manufacturing which is a must to deliver electric cars at any significant volume.
@John Edwards He's not saying they're bad. Just that they can't get enough of them.
Best journalist when it is about cars.
And the battery pack is less than a hundred pounds but i dont know if its weight or cost
Great Video Review As Always. I like the equipment that Is standard on the First Edition Trim
Kia New Zealand decided not to bother offering any Soul, ICE or EV, for sale in its range - and they don't appreciate any strong opinions about it either. Quite annoying really.
Isn’t this the same woman who a few years ago told BMW i3 Rex owners to carry a can of petrol in the boot? Or I’m I mistaken?
6:00 - "10 inch color touch screen" ... that's just funny 😁👍
its for women who say "size does matter" !
I bought one of the very first tranche of 25 Soul EV that arrived in the UK back in 2014 and have never regretted it. Even though the original car range was officially 130 miles, it has never been an issue, so this car looks like a 'wet dream' to me! The original was, and the later version continues to be, head, shoulders, torso, hips and most of your legs, above the Nissan Leaf.
There is a downside, in that Kia are a dreadful company, together with their dealers, but that is far from unique. Indeed, I think it is the norm for cars now, so to reject one on that basis would be to cut off your nose to spite your face.
My only objection to this and similar reviews is that too many other people will take notice and when I come to renew (quite soon) I'll either have to pay more or wait for an eternity!
Is this in the US already??
@John Edwards It's been pushed back until 2021 (in most of the USA), to concentrate on the demand in Europe.
I bought this kia soul the second day it became available I bought blue and black and was supposed to collect it on Thursday there now I need to wait until lockdown is finished
Paddle shifters are silly, unless you're racing... once you've turned the wheel past, say 90 degrees, figuring out which one is which is an *added distraction*. Paddle-shifing + windy mountain roads... no thanks. Touchscreens are not a good idea in cars because there's no tactile feedback. It's a shame the Soul lost some buttons since the last model year; at least it's still got *some*, *and* the radio knobs! ;-)
It hasn't got paddle shifters, there are no gears
great review , you are really good , I need to up my youtube channel and do a real review of my Soul EV , like this one
Does it have a decent boot?
Thank's for showing us this nice car and take care of this car
Great honest and clear review.
Damn I have driven this car and it's amazing. But ofc it was a loaner and I had too give it back. Nice review I most say.
Remote start?
Can you have a stroller in the back? I have grandkids :)
Great car for Boston... Thank you Vicky
Price in ndia launching
Very good review.
Got a heat pump?
Now I need one
Kia's infotainment system is way better than Audi, certainly the best I've used to date, no experience of BMW so can't comment.
Looks tempting, but you don't need to spend much more to get a basic Tesla...that's my dilemma
Sold! Now that I know I can sit in the back with my top hat! ;)
Buy me one 😂
I have the 2016 Kia Soul EV
I LOVE IT! sorry i needed to add that
Wt is the price in 🇮🇳
They gotta get the prices down. I can buy an ICE Soul with 10 years of gas and maintenance for the same price and no range limitations
Not in Europe you can't
$43k starting price is a huge no for me. Kia is not a luxury car brand and it should not push for luxury price on a vehicle that is not comparable to a model 3 for example
Those finance quotes 😬 ... do Kia not have faith in the residual value of their cars? Do they see the technology moving too quickly in the next three/four years?
Why? Just why a UK channel is speaking in Miles and not Kilometres?
Has UK shifted from the Metric system?
Because the UK uses miles as distance indication on road signs. We never fully became metric - sort of half and half!
@@stephenholland5930 Even more complex than that. ‘Road location signs’ on English (i.e. only in England) motorways and some major A roads use metric - set up with road name/direction of travel (A or B)/km from the start point. E.g. M27/B/2.8. They are usually 500m apart, but not always. Also, marker posts are metric, normally one every 100m. Useful for those who understand them, it's a convenient way of reporting where you are if making an emergency call. Also handy for gauging the accuracy of you speed display just using a watch.
Note that all modern road design, installation etc - including the length of marker lanes etc - is metric, so it’s only really much (but not all) of the signage.
Was that a space saver spare in the boot?
Trunk
DigikidForever it’s a UK channel, so it’s the boot.! If it had been a US produced channel then it would be the trunk. Just as we use bonnet and you’d use hood for the engine bay.
Raymond Ziepe yes well the uk has some very stupid names for things.
Could you just skip using the paddles and practice left foot breaking?
very good
Sadly y’all are buying all these quickly so we, in the states, don’t get this car. I love my 2016 27kWh Soul. Wanted this one, but no, all shipped to Europe.
great review. I have always liked this E-car
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What does "ECO" stand for? "Economy"?
Yes
The Chevy Bolt EV is superior. Better design, better range, more aerodynamic.
Chevy Bolt EV 2016 was a very nice car, So was Nissan Leaf 2010. Too bad GM and Nissan sat on their haunches after they released their EV.
I wish it had a better interior, this motor would be so much better in the proceed gt body
Put me in the “loathe it” camp when it comes to the styling.
Tons of road noise in that car...
Drove this the other day, it was just very... meh. It's fine, just nothing special. I actually liked the Leaf more for some reason
Front looks great. Back is horrible. Expensive.
Rear end is fugly. Other than that, Id get one.
After a lot of SOUL searching I've found my SOUL mate!😇
*groan*
Would be nice to put Metric equivalents on the screen for us European mortals who have no idea what you are talking about.
It's just far too expensive. I'd love an EV but at the moment they make no financial sense whatsoever. I cannot see Tesla, Volvo (Geely), VW etc surviving if they concentrate on large premium priced cars.
can get a 2013-2016 Kia Soul EV right now for less than 15k, just saying.
Great car with a face only a mother could love.
"I'm freezing to death doing the Kia's review"...
But in cold weather or winter electric cars won’t be effective you will to keep charging them!
Mine loses 30 miles in the winter so no you don't ha e to keep charging them
Watch Finland Tony here on RUclips and see a E Niro ( same running gear as a Soul) at minus 30 degrees?????? and driving on Ice?? I have done 621 miles in a day over Christmas to Inverness 3X 40 minute charges at 70/80 MPH retuning 3.5 m/Kw I love it so much Iam picking up a 2021 Soul tomorrow
Ah I see, not a boot as such then
The 2nd generation Soul is alot more comfortable than the 3rd generation. A big downgrade, Kia.
Starting price of £34k ... let that sink in . Who in their right mind would pay that?
I call my red and white car KANDY KIA
This woman sure worked hard to never mention the name Tesla. Tesla defines electric vehicles and it makes no sense to drop names like Audi and BMW and not mention the “800 lbs gorilla” in the room named Tesla. Biased are we?
Perhaps she knows that your general car buyer likes a local dealership and also shies away from specialist maintained aluminium body shells... with all of the potential grief they can give you... even on the slightest car park dink! They talk about the Soul's Marmite looks... but I think Tesla is a Marmite brand... you've got to love them... especially if you are going to ignore the fact that over 40% of Model 3's had faults reported within their first month of delivery! Tesla are a great brand I cannot agree more, the tech is world leading... but they have way too many 'quirks' for your average Joe (in the UK at least).
Холодный климат зарядка. Акумлятора. падает. надо место Акумлятора делать. теплый или что-то другое думать
What the heck is this weird thing "miles" that you keep talking about? I looked it up and it is an ancient unused measurement that almost no country in the world uses. Have you ever heard of the metric system?
..... cool EXTERIOR .... interior ! SUCKS ! ........ my humble OPINION ....
i notice UK reviewers start to use Imperial measures?
don't be dumb like American.. stick to Metric its waaay better
The only downside is that it looks hideous from the back 🙈
Great car by kia, but still I prefer MG zs ev..
Too much talking!