Reply To: kia Soul Electric

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Carl

    You are spot on there ellie.  You have to research these things to be fully informed.   I have been researching EVs for several months now and do appreciate the environmental benefits of such a vehicle.  Equally important as the size of the battery is the usable battery capacity,  they are normally two diffrent things.  The peugeot as an example is a 50kwh unit but only has 45 kWh usable capacity, the bmw has a 42 kwh battery but only 39 is actually usable….</p>
    The kia and Hyundai units are all measured in usable capacity….so the 64 kwh battery actually has all 64kwh usable capacity!!   And a heat pump unit is essential because we have more cold wintery type days than sunny warm ones throughout the year!!  Like you I need heat and this soul is the only model on the scheme atm  which will actually cater for these needs with no range anxiety.