On Wed, Jun 11, 2014, at 07:01 AM, Mike Nickerson wrote: ... > It drives me nuts when they brag about how the reduced LED power usage > will > increase range. I'm all for conservation, but a few watts difference to > the display pales in comparison to the 75 kW motor!
>From newswire: "The dash of the Soul EV features one of the most advanced screen technologies available in the world, OLED. OLED, Organic Light Emitting Diode technology is perfect for EV usage as it uses a fraction of the electricity of standard LCD screens and it produces virtually no heat. That means less electricity to power your dash, and more power stays in the batteries." Their statement is not inaccurate, but the fact they mention it, like you say, lends too much emphasis (the writer's EV fears) on saving energy. On Wed, Jun 11, 2014, at 07:12 AM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > Looks pretty nice. Might be a strong competitor to the Leaf depending on > real world experience and pricing ... I have previously posted how Kia has been making lots of promotion noise about their EV long before Soul came to the U.S. market http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-The-Soul-will-become-Kia-s-first-mass-exported-EV-tp4658488.html I also posted on Kia's sister company Hyundai is going fcv like TMC http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Hyundai-Down-on-EVs-But-Likes-H2-Electrics-leak-energy-tp4664338.html The Soul EV is like all the other compliance cars selling a non-purpose-built EV: an ice model retrofitted by the factory. The Soul ice has been around for a while http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Soul The above wiki URL says that the Soul EV will have DC L3 charging, so I will assume that is CHAdeMO. Which means if you get a Kia Soul EV, you can use the vast amount of CHAdeMO L3 EVSE http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&location=u.s.a.&filtered=true&fuel=ELEC&owner=all&payment=all&ev_dc_fast=true&radius=true&radius_miles=500 How well their EV sells will depend on marketing, pricing, support, features, +more. {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-2015-Kia-Soul-EV-will-be-sold-in-CA-OR-NY-NJ-MD-video-tp4669915p4669921.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
