Kia Soul News
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The 2015 Kia Soul EV is being recalled for an accelerator pedal that could break when pushed hard.
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Kia Soul EV A Big Hit In CA; Sales To Expand Sooner Than Planned
Kia plans to expand sales of the Soul EV pending an increase in production capacity.
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Kia Trail'ster e-AWD Soul Hybrid Concept Unveiled At Chicago Auto Show
At the very first automaker press conference of the Chicago Auto Show, Kia pulled the wraps off its Trail'ster Concept: an all-wheel-drive hybrid versions of its Soul that uses an electric motor to power the rear wheels. Bolder styling cues, a ride height more than 2 inches higher, and a fully...
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Top Electric-Car Advertisers: Nissan And, Surprise, Kia--Chevy Not So Much
Nissan and Kia are big spenders on electric-car advertising, but not Chevy.
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Electric-Car Road Trips: Be Prepared, With Charging Apps And Realism
Thinking about taking your electric car on a road trip? Be prepared, and you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised by how smoothly it can go. If you plan to take a trip outside of your normal comfort zone, it’s now possible in many regions of the country. It just takes a little advance...
Bengt Halvorson -
2015 Kia Soul EV Video Road Test
The Hamsters are back, and they're performing a science experiment that resulted in this: the 2015 Kia Soul EV. It’s one of the newest electric cars on the market, but what's it like to use? Let's start with what makes the Soul EV different from any other Kia Soul to date: the powertrain...
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The hamsters are back in Kia’s ads for its new Soul EV all-electric hatchback. And while their geeky, sexy, danceable 'science experiment' is definitely memorable, after driving the 2015 Kia Soul EV we have to wonder if perhaps the Energizer Bunny would have been a better cheer-creature. More than any non-Tesla-badged, all-electric car so far, the Soul EV keeps going, and going, and going. To an EPA-rated 93 miles. And it has what it takes to ease range-anxiety worries, with a predictable, even-tempered range meter that doesn’t skip a beat. As we observed, it’s more likely...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The fourth of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Kia Soul EV. It's the Korean maker's first-ever electric car sold in the U.S., and an adaptation of the popular compact "tall wagon" that was entirely redesigned for the 2014 model year. DON'T MISS...
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Which Car Should Be Named Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2015? (Poll)
New-car ratings, driving impressions, and a lot of lengthy discussions go into picking our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy award winner each year. We explained our process yesterday, along with all of our nominees for the 2015 award, but this year we thought we'd add a new element. DON'T MISS...
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Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy: The Nominees (Video)
It's time once more for our annual Best Car To Buy award. It's the fifth time we've chosen the one car or lineup, newly introduced for this model year, that represents the best new green car to enter the market. To qualify, a car must be all-new or substantially updated from the previous model...
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2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car Rated: 93 Miles Range, 105 MPGe
The very first 2015 Kia Soul EV electric cars are now being sold in California, adding a 19th plug-in vehicle to that state's market. And its final EPA range and efficiency ratings may drive buyers in other states to demand that they get the chance to buy it too. Given the apparent desire for...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: Animals, Electrons, Maroon 5 (Video)
Well, it's about time: An electric-car maker is using straight-out sex appeal to market a new electric car. Even if it is, errrmmmm, rodent sex appeal. A new video posted last Wednesday uses Kia's now-familiar supersized hamsters to market the new 2015 Kia Soul EV. DON'T MISS: 2015 Kia Soul EV...
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While Toyota's Scion xB really invented the modern "tall wagon" category, the runaway sales champion in the segment is the Kia Soul. And among the also-rans sits the even-funkier-than-Soul 2014 Nissan Cube, with its asymmetric wraparound rear window and small dash-top panel for growing grass. Sales figures for the Cube have been dismal--just 5,461 Nissan Cubes were sold last year (and 7,667 the year before). DON'T MISS: 2014 Nissan Cube - Review Kia, meanwhile, delivered fully 118,079 Souls last year, including in the latter months its new second-generation model, and 115,778 in 2012. No more...
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2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car Enters Production
Kia's Soul hamsters haven't just got fitter with the latest generation car--they've gone green, too. The Korean company has now begun volume production of the Soul EV, an electric version of the popular hatchback and the first such car to be exported worldwide. At the heart of the Kia Soul EV is a...
Antony Ingram -
2015 Kia Soul EV: 'Recharge Your Soul' Video Kicks Off Marketing
The first 2015 Kia Soul EV electric cars won't reach U.S. dealers until sometime between July and September, and then only in selected regions (for which read "California"). But the company has already started some lowkey marketing, with yesterday's release of a YouTube video titled, "Recharge Your...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: Details From Execs Who Brought It To The U.S.
The upcoming 2015 Kia Soul EV is not only the Korean carmaker's first battery-electric vehicle sold in the U.S., it's also one of less than a dozen all-electric cars offered for sale. Launched last week at the Chicago Auto Show, it adds a new and much greener model to the very popular second...
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2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car: Chicago Auto Show Live Photos
Yes, they're still selling these things with hamsters. If you can get over the rodent-based adverts, Kia's new electric Soul, the 2015 Soul EV, is quite an interesting vehicle, and it's the first electric car sold by Kia in the U.S. It's making its debut at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and gives...
Antony Ingram -
2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car Unveiled At Chicago Auto Show
Call it electric Soul: Kia took the wraps off its first electric car to be sold in the U.S. this morning, officially launching the 2015 Kia Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. The Soul EV was one of three Kia vehicles featured at the Chicago show. It was shown alongside the Kia Niro Concept, a hybrid...
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We saw the Kia Soul EV spy shots almost three months ago, and now Kia has officially announced that its first battery-electric car will go on sale in the U.S. next year. It's an electric conversion of the new-for-2014 second generation of its "funky and iconic" Soul tall wagon, which Kia calls an "urban passenger vehicle." MORE: 2014 Kia Soul review Kia hasn't released any images of the Soul EV yet--those will come "closer to launch in 2014," it says--but it'll likely look pretty much like a 2014 Soul with some trim updates. The 2015 Soul EV will be the first electric car from Korea to be...
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2014 Kia Soul Priced, $15,495 For Funky Compact
Kia has released pricing details for the all-new Soul, set to go on sale in the fourth quarter. No really, despite appearances it's a new car--Kia just didn't want to play around too much with such a distinctive design. It hasn't played around too much with pricing either, starting at $15,495...
Antony Ingram -
2014 Kia Soul Revealed At NY Auto Show, Live Photos
It might not look too different from the old model, but the car you're looking at here is the new 2014 Kia Soul. The Sould might have dropped a few MPG in Kia and Hyundai's gas mileage fiasco but there was little wrong with the way it looked, and the new car simply incorporates a few cues from last...
Antony Ingram -
Kia Soul Electric Car Due In 2014?
The 2013 Kia Soul hasn't really registered with those of us concerned about fuel economy and emissions. That's despite the Soul Eco achieving a respectable 36 mpg highway and 32 combined in EPA testing. However, the Soul could get a lot greener in 2014, as Kia has apparently confirmed an electric...
Antony Ingram -
BREAKING: Renault Teases Frendzy Concept Before 2011 Frankfurt Show
Renault has just unveiled its latest electric car creation ahead of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Called the Frendzy, and looking a little like the Kia Soul, the concept is a just under 14 feet in length and features a whole host of technology worthy of any concept car, including the ability to...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield -
2011 New York Auto Show: Kia Hamsters Take Top Honors From Nielsen
The 2011 New York Auto Show has been full of surprises in new car announcements, but as we mentioned earlier this week the auto show has more than just announcements—they also have awards. Nielsen, a respected name in the advertising industry and responsible for rating and measuring the...
Jonathan McGrew