EVDRIVER
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ILETRIC said:You want to surprise the competition. Now they have to catch up, and fast. It shows that this is not a compliance offering. We benefit.
Before you know it Soul EV will be in all 50 states. The only problem with the car is finding a fitting nickname (Sparky, Leafy). I'll take suggestions.
Don't think that Kia just started working on this vehicle recently or that they modeled it as a catch up to a LEAF. The Kia is still a conversion car on an old ICE platform and the LEAF is more of a hybrid. Neither are ground up designs. Even Mercedes had full EV models long before the LEAF was even released, not the one they are selling now either. Ironically, the only major auto maker with a production ground up EV design like Tesla is BWM at this point. Keep an eye on Kia's parent company as likely candidate for a more "production like" EV.