Kia Soul EV - Battery degradation FIX 37501-E4000

We offer repair of your Kia Soul EV battery. New costs 28000 euro and we can repair it much cheaper by changing only bad cells.
Our workshop is in Croatia Zagreb (Birthplace of Rimac Nevera)
EV CLINIC – 2000-6000 EURO
Part numbers: 37513-E4000, 37501-E4000, Mobis, SK Innovative,
Errors – Low range, Low SOH,

[MakeKasprzak]

Thanks for sharing. This was the sort of thing I wanted to know about the Soul battery (how it's composed). It sucks to hear that only LG pouch cells fit. I'm hoping someone finds an alternative that can be adapted.

[andreyvlasov]

Hi good video and experience. Thanks for describing your thought through the repair process. This video is more like an overview I guess. I am looking something more precise: how to dismount the HV battery, how to disassemble battery blocks and take out particular cells, how to map the diagram of kia soul spy to the physicals cells etc. Perhaps you have already in your channel - I will go and check. Definitely like for this video.

[Christo]

Znaci kraljevi u domeni bi vas ja nazvao, svaka cast na poslu na objasnjenju. vidimo se nekada, nadam se bez da imam problema sa EVom koji vozim, ali cisto mozda za iscitavanja nekih parametera ili provjere baterije prije isteka garancije :)

[ChuChoCR]

Where did you find a provider for the cells? I am looking around to do the same procedure with no luck.

[andrewjoe]

Has the 2018 30kWh batteries been any better from your experience? Mine hasn't degraded much but I don't fast charge often and keep the battery under 80% most of the time. Also, I've subscribed :) Keep up the great work!

[veekooo]

@evclinic Hello, Is there an easy way to check with which cells (SK or LG) is the battery?

[fjgaston]

Hi what is you opinion on 40kWh E-NV200 with active cooling ? Them have the same cells as Leafs but they have active cooling.

[destructodisk]

If you are in the US it has a 10 year 100, 000 mile warranty on the battery. Had my 2016’s battery replaced for free 2 years ago.

I think they actually upgraded me, because now my range always reads 120 miles after a full charge.

[hulaszczezycie]

Better this than leaking coolant inside battery pack in Ford Focus electric (2013-2016).

[markoprasek]

This car is for sale. Would you recommend buying it for 9000 E? I only need it for short distances like 50km per day max.

[Dimasanchik]

Hello. What do you think about 30 kW cars? As I understand it, with LG elements they will perform better?

[jhgghghhjhj]

My Kia Soul EV 2018 battery just died after only 100 000 km...

[fix-and-drive-diy-repairs]

Rapid charging is the problem!
Avoid at all costs!

[apauma]

What is you taughts on the lfp cells, as example catl cels in tesla 3 rwd?

[mihasama-sama]

Jel slican rizik postoji i za Citigo eIV? Pitam jer znam da nema aktivno hlađenje a vozimo se po toplom vremenu u Dalmaciji. Doduše, ako ništa garažiran je pa nije 0-24 na suncu. Koja je preporuka za "čuvanje baterije"?

[zsteva]

Da li je neko prepravljao vozilo tako da vazduh koji hladi bateriju se vraca u kabinu (da cirkulise kroz kobinu) umesto da izlazi vani? Tako bi se temperatura baterije regulisala na temperaturu kabine.

[Silvije]

kajak punim isključivo sporo, prek noći, ima limunade il izbjegavat struju?

[susanvaughn]

Perhaps at zero charge, the polarity can change.

[ianemery]

From following Bjorns videos, it seems the Soul is great for urban and in-range trips, but suffers a bit on long trips with multiple rapid charges. I do wonder if all the Souls being seen with damaged batteries have been used for long, high speed trips, as my 2016 has 96.8% SOH at around 65-70, 000 KM; and this hasnt dropped in the 2 years, 10-15, 000 KM I have put on the car.
(Estimates, as I use miles).

I only make a few out of range trips per year, and cruise at 100KPH, as the brick-like nose causes big drops in efficiency over that speed.

I 100% slow charge once per month at 3KW, to balance the cells, and even a normal home charge, I set my charger to 5.5KW, rather than full power, and to 80% only.

My 27KWh battery has maintained 26.1 KWh of storage over those 2 years, actually gaining nearly 0.5KWh over the initial state I bought it in, as the cells badly needed a balance; my min/max voltage variation is only +/- 0.01volts, and my worst cell has 10.8% degradation.

High speed driving and high speed charging both cause high temperatures, especially in a few banks of the battery pack that are difficult to cool.

[FrozenHaxor]

Thermal management in that car is complete trash, it depends on luck more than actual design. Horrible, will never get a KIA.