EV Range of your car and from what % usage battery are you claiming it?

Well, I can now confirm that the battery range on my 2020 64KWh Kia Soul EV is 409kms from 100% down to 5% (I likely had about 20kms remaining then).

This was quite recent and the outside temps had not got to the heady heights they are now. I think it was around 12 to 14c at the time and consisted of a mix of urban and motorway driving over the course of 2 weeks. It was also the first time I experienced the dreaded "Turtle" mode but it was only for about 1km before I got to a charger. Overall, this range was quite close to the quoted 450kms from KIA when the car was new, so I consider that to be decent.

That will likely be the first and last time I bring the car to that low SOC, as I normally charge up when I get to 20%. New ioniq 6 is on order for the July plate change and I am looking forward to a bit more range.

As others have said though, the Soul has had enough range for me in my daily life so I never really worried about it. The car itself is really underrated and I can't understand why it didn't sell more. I get that the looks can be a little divisive, however for some reason, other similar looking cars such as the Skoda Yeti and Mini Aceman seem to occupy a different place in people's minds. Maybe I just prefer to be quirky but when I had a chat with a salesperson in a main dealers recently about a trade in, they told me I "bought the wrong car". I walked away and went somewhere that was happy to do a deal… a Hyundai dealership is getting my money now.😊

Most recently, I've only had to do a number of short-range trips on rural roads where the speed limit is 60mph - return trips of 8 miles here, 6 miles there, 20 miles elsewhere. A lot of the time I've been driving at more like 50-55mph, with a fair few stop-starts and 30mph through villages etc, and the consumption has been reading 4.4 miles per kWh, which converts to just over 14kWh/100km (the other day it was up to 4.9miles/kWh, or 12.7kWh/100km!). That 4.4 would give me a theoretical range of 280 miles, or 448km, but I wouldn't drive that slowly on the motorway so I don't ever expect to see that. 😉

(Also a Kia, this one's an e-Niro).

People ask me the same I don't really know either. I never really go from 100% to very low %.

Only time I've come close to that has been long journey but I've stopped early like 16-20% because it was a more convenient stop. Also fully loaded and freezing and high speed.

I generally charge when it's convenient, car sitting idle for a few hours, I don't wait for it to be empty. I also rarely charge to 100% because it often sits unused for a couple of days or more.

I think range questions are best answered by people who do the same kind of driving as the person asking the question. Probably people who do long distance on a regular basis.

That said most people who ask me do a long trip once or twice a year. It's become "the question" even if they don't do long journeys.

Sure I can estimate it. But that's not the same as actually doing it. I can also see what others have got on the Internet. But that differs widely.

I actually enjoy hammering the battery driving like I stole it.

Did I suggest that?

I think if you drive flat out for half the battery and just local trips at low speed the other half consumption and thus range will definitely not be the same.

Anyway I don't watch it all all.