Kia e-Soul (2020) – Bjorn Nyland range test [YouTube]

Bjorn Nyland decided to test the real range of the Kia e-Soul of 64 kWh, an electrician belonging to the B-SUV segment. With a smooth ride and good weather on the battery, the car could travel up to 430 kilometers. This is better than the official EPA measurements, but as always worse than the WLTP value.

Already on a good morning, youtuber informed us of curiosity, that is, he suggested how to distinguish between the 39 and 64 kWh versions of the e-Soul. Well, look at the color of the SOUL lettering on the left side of the tailgate. If there is one silver, we are dealing with a variant with batteries with a capacity 39,2 kWh... On the other side red lettering means 64 kWh output.

Shortly before hitting the road, Nyland noticed a few changes from the older version of the car:

• additional 5,5 cm in length,
• electric and ventilated seats,
• large LCD display in the center console,
• updated, more aggressive front

• a handle for controlling gears (direction of travel) as in the e-Niro,
• transparent display behind the counters, like in Konie Electric.

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According to the information provided by the manufacturer, the range of the WLTP Kia e-Soul is 452 kilometers. With the battery charged to 97 percent, the car shows 411 kilometers, which is over 391 kilometers in real terms (according to EPA).

After almost 46 kilometers (32 minutes of driving), the car consumes an average of 14,2 kWh. The weather was very good: 14 degrees Celsius, sunny, not very strong winds. The car was moving in economy mode at a speed of 93 km / h in cruise control mode (90 km / h according to GPS data). When driving in the opposite direction and with a headwind, the consumption increased to 15,1 kWh / 100 km.

Nyland ultimately covered 403,9 km between chargers in 4:39 hours with an average consumption of 15,3 kWh / 100 km. When he reached the charging station, he still had a range of 26 kilometers, which adds up to 430 kilometers of the Kii e-Soul's range with economical driving and good weather.

Therefore, if we assume that drivers on the road do not discharge the battery to zero and do not fully charge it to save time, then the vehicle's range will be 300 kilometers. Thus, at highway speed it will be about 200-210 kilometers, that is a reasonably planned path to the sea should be covered with one rest and loading en route.

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