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EV jump start Your Kia electric vehicle (EV) uses a 12-volt battery to actually start the car, much like a 12-volt battery is used to start an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle. Plus an EV jump start is possible! If the start battery has died, you will be locked out of your car. You can …
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Electric motor This is an Electric Motor Failure Indicator symbol. The first explanation for this warning light is to alert the driver of a failure in the Electric Propulsion System, but first specifically notes the electric motor. There are additional systems with their own warnings. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If …
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Speed Override This is a Speed Override Warning Indicator symbol. This is an electric vehicle (EV) symbol that is intended to warn that that the vehicle speed is being limited due the very low remaining range and that that limit has been exceeded. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read …
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Regen braking Our search for common regen braking questions turned up several that require only the following short answers. — Does regenerative braking wear out tires faster? Regenerative braking has no impact on vehicle’s tires. Aggressive driving and hard braking with the friction brakes can cause damage to tires. — Should I use regenerative braking …
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EV efficiency EV efficiency, measured in miles per kWh (m/kWh), comes up short in the vast majority of electric vehicles. Most will see between three and four m/kWh, covered in some detail here. And the larger the electric vehicle, the lower the efficiency. The Kia Niro I am now driving, however, is a summertime efficiency …
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Regenerative braking So just how much energy does regenerative braking recover? Well, there’s quite a bit of information floating around about the topic out there, and most of it is highly subjective. That said, the best answer is “up to 20%” of an electric vehicle’s (EV) range. So, as a best case scenario, an EV …
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New video posted on Kia EV jump starting
EV jump starting Today we posted a new video on our YouTube channel describing Kia EV jump starting. With it, we made a new playlist, calling the video the first of what we hope will be a series of videos on the topic. In truth, its the second, but we didn’t realize the first one …
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