Personally, I would prefer more professionalism -- after all he's making a nice income on these videos. I suggest thinking about a useful script and running a rehearsal. That's my ten cents.
@@berniemccann8935 He's probably not making much off the videos. Its more of a platform to assist his career. Plus give the man a break he practically has a video coming out every day, thats a lot of work.
I saw this car parked in Sandhills the other evening. I didn’t realize that it had been released. I thought to myself I must watch a review on it, did a search, found this video and it’s the very same car. I kinda wish I had a bit more of a look inside too. I also subscribed and will be watching more of your reviews.
I had a bit of a poke around myself bob while the Kia lads were setting up (I live just across the road from the hotel). I would have said hi had I known you were there!
Great review Bob, we’re off to Kia this weekend to order one for my wife. Deliveries from March 2020 and unlike the e-Niro, no ridiculous 12 month wait. The range is great as is the interior, yes the rear design is basic but we don’t care about that, it’ll do the job very nicely indeed. Cheers.
.. like your positive approach.. 👍 I suffer from too much range anxiety to buy an electric car right now.. but I like your EV reviews and follow the development with excitement.. hm... gotta check if someone modded their EV and drove 100+ km/h in reverse.. (that would be bonkers)
@@BobFlavinVideo :-).. I did test drive the Tesla 3 series (Performance) and found the acceleration addictive..however the fun only lasts in short bursts before you have to slow down again to the speed limit..
That is a 'spot on' EV, the future's looking good. Trouble is, still too expensive and I imagine it will be near enough impossible to get one? A 1 year waiting list from KIA again? Still, have to start somewhere. The cost has to come down eventually. Funny old world; who'd have thought that one day cars like KIA, Hyundai and Skoda would have been taken seriously? They were always the butt of jokes, lumped in with Lada and the like. Nice to see the change. Nice review.
I'm very interested in electric car, unfortunately, having one in my country is just impossible. There's absolutely nowhere to charge it except at home if you ran out of charge And again, nice and honest review Bean, I enjoyed it :)
the amount of folk i've nearly run over in the carpark of supermarkets in my hybrid , when she in ev mode .. its a big white car !!.. look !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice car, I did review of Kia e-Niro with the same battery but I do not know why the computer in Soul shows you a smaller range than in e-Niro, since Soul is a smaller car.
Saw this very car at an e car show in Wexford few weeks back. As far as spec and styling its way ahead of the rest in the price range. Waiting for the full test 👍
One nitpick, "kiloWatt HOUR" (kWh) battery, "kiloWatt" (kW) is a continuous power, not a battery capacity. Even car dealers are showing this incorrectly. :(
Another great and honest review. Finally we have EV's that'll do 260 to 280 miles on full charge - we just need the infrastructure! I've just driven 290 miles on holiday with 1 stop of 20 minutes - which would be enough on a 100kwh charger, which I asume the car has as it's sister cars are the same. Not many 100kwh chargers around though, still mostly 22, 44 and 50, turning that stop into 40 or even 80 minutes, which is too long!
Great review. Just a heads-up... the title says 64kw when it should be kWh. One quantities power, the other capacity. So the e-soul has a 150kw engine (204hp) and a 64kWh battery. Cheers.
Hi Bob, another great "real" review.. Love where Kia / Hyundai are going with the EV. They need the 64KW in the Ionic!! One question.. odd i know..what is the watch you are wearing? Great big display. just what I need
Completely agree about the charge points in train stations. I see the same 2 cars parked in the local bays every day commuting 8-5pm. The 2 closest bays to the exit in a huge car park. Tempted to buy an EV just to park it there at 6am every morning 😂
Paul Goffin correct, but bobs point (as is mine), is that by its definition having them in commuter stations means EV drivers take them up for the whole day. There’s no point in having them on the satnav if your range is low during daytime because they’ll be hogged and no owner in sight for hours.
@@paddydowney6269 I see. Yes, the sat nav certainly needs a filter - if you're on a trip, you need a rapid charger, not a fast one. But that's a point about the sat nav, not the actual chargers.
That's because of Production Capacity limitation. Long Range BEV require massive amount of batteries, that is very difficult to produce. Humanity has never manufacture batteries at that scale before. This is a very new Manufacturing Challenge. It hurts more when you are comparing to a 4 Pot engine vehicle which is heavily paid off old technology.
Thanks Bob for your honest review. I have owned a Kia Cerato here in Aus for the last 18 months. Not impressed with fit and finish and road noise. Going back to Toyota. Just saying.
Love to see "WALMART" have about 6+ charge stations near front of store. Walmart knows the Customer will have an hour+ to shop during the charge! We will know that if you go to Walmart to shop there will be charge stations too!
Have to say Kia are doing a great job and offering some new competition to the Leaf which will push all the car makers. You can bet VW is taking notice. Even more impressive as sales of EVs in Korea are low. If even SUVs can offer competitive EV then that will go along way as most SUVs are not going offroad and are mostly urban driving at sedate speeds to insure the toddlers in the back dont get carsick
But that looks like a better spend of money for the range over some other offerings. That car would suit me on a longer commute and put the dog in the back at the weekends.
I have kia soul 2017 imported from UK, 27kw+3kw.. A bit low on mileage, summer times gives me 169km and winter 155km. All extras on it, works perfectly.. And it's perfect car to drive in Dublin busy traffic time. Would recommend EV to every family as second car
Bob, we like your style, but please get the tech right. The paddle-shifters aren't for changing 'resistance', they're for changing the levels of regenerative braking. So the most efficient way to drive is with maximum regen, to avoid the need for mechanical braking. I lost faith in you after that gaffe.
You are wrong when you say the most efficient way to drive is full resistance. No resistance gets maximum range, so I’ve lost Fahy in your knowledge after that gaffe
@@jaroessa294 Not a freaking mantra. That is the reality of New never been done before Manufacturing Challenge. BEV with large capacity of 1000 plus Laptops in a single product has never been build on a massive scale before. Then contrast that with cheap 4 Pot Engine cars with Old Paid Off Technology. Simple Economics of Scale dictate one is much cheaper than the other.
Who really needs manual controls for AC or cabin air ? I bought my 2015 Soul with automatic temperature control and set it to 22 degrees and haven't needed to touch it since. It heats, it cools, it runs the fan at reasonable speeds. My wife has a 2016 Soul and is constantly fiddling with the temperature an fan controls even though she has the same automatic settings. Go figure.
You don’t need it, and that’s great for you. I need it as I like to change the temp a bit and I’m sure there’s more like me. So in answer to your question, me, I need it.
Bob seriously let’s all get real here for a minute , the fact KIA can’t make a cheap ev says it all to me, there should be no Kia out there priced over 20000 euro their terrible fuckin things, and the reason they give a 7 year warranty is because things are always failing in them, we are easily 50 years of full ev s in Eire
The price is to much I love my 2018 Soul ev but at that price you are just going to get the model 3 faster,safer,more efficient,faster charging, super charger network and connectivity it needs to be 30k or less to compete
Wowww! ...almost $40,000 and it only goes 243 miles??? NOPE!!! NO SALE! Give me 400+ miles, 10 min. full-recharge (at a supercharger) with a price tag of $25K and I 'might' consider it. Right now, I, and TENS of MILLIONS of car buyers, have no real incentive to change from ICE to thousands of batteries - where we have to "pay more, to get less".
You do know that many of the rare earth metals needed for the ev cars are also need for the smartphone or tablett that you proberly use when typing this
Loving these reviews on the electric cars Bob, you’re really nailing them!
Thank you Ronan!
It's the everyday person "mucking about" style that I appreciate. Not this polished scripted stuff.
love the casual, down to earth, but informative review. Tells you everything you need to know.
I like Bob's reviews, they feel honest, plus I like that he looks like a man not long out of bed!
Barely time to get dressed these days so I sleep in my clothes 😂
Personally, I would prefer more professionalism -- after all he's making a nice income on these videos. I suggest thinking about a useful script and running a rehearsal. That's my ten cents.
@@berniemccann8935 He's probably not making much off the videos. Its more of a platform to assist his career. Plus give the man a break he practically has a video coming out every day, thats a lot of work.
I think bob is the best reviewer out there he is really ease to listen to and makes you feel welcome .
2:14 It wouldn't Bing & Bong at you if you did up your seatbelt like you're supposed to, BEFORE pressing the Start Button!
Sat in one at the dealer. Fell in love. Driving position is wonderful. Seats are hugging. Headroom is vast. Can’t wait to spin one up.
Great to see you back doing more regular car reviews....you deserve more subscribers...all the best.
Been driving this car here in BC Canada for over a month and I love it. At around 18 degrees C my Guessometer shows a 506km range when full.
im really excited to see more different electric cars
Putting some of the big channels to shame with all these daily reviews Bob!
Go big or go home! Still doing this on my own but I've found a way to go fast. Cheers for the support Eric
@@BobFlavinVideo I guess that way, is putting it in 'Sport Mode'?
YES this is the best KIA and ev of the year. Subliem car. Good price.
Thanks. I just put down a deposit on the high end 2020 Soul EV and will get it just as soon as it gets off the boat.
❤️
I saw this car parked in Sandhills the other evening. I didn’t realize that it had been released. I thought to myself I must watch a review on it, did a search, found this video and it’s the very same car. I kinda wish I had a bit more of a look inside too. I also subscribed and will be watching more of your reviews.
I had a bit of a poke around myself bob while the Kia lads were setting up (I live just across the road from the hotel). I would have said hi had I known you were there!
Damn, sorry I missed you. Catch up sometime soon
Kia smashing it out of the park again!
Great review Bob, we’re off to Kia this weekend to order one for my wife. Deliveries from March 2020 and unlike the e-Niro, no ridiculous 12 month wait. The range is great as is the interior, yes the rear design is basic but we don’t care about that, it’ll do the job very nicely indeed. Cheers.
Well done Bob, I remember u from the Smoker's Pack days.
It's a long long rooooooood with many a winding turnnnnnn that leads us to who knows wheree.....
‘Music and bings n bongs’ Bob Flavin 2019. Great review Bob.
.. like your positive approach.. 👍 I suffer from too much range anxiety to buy an electric car right now.. but I like your EV reviews and follow the development with excitement.. hm... gotta check if someone modded their EV and drove 100+ km/h in reverse.. (that would be bonkers)
Drive enough EV's and the range thing goes away. Just stay away from the shorter range cars as they require planning
@@BobFlavinVideo :-).. I did test drive the Tesla 3 series (Performance) and found the acceleration addictive..however the fun only lasts in short bursts before you have to slow down again to the speed limit..
I have anxiety when my car drops to 80 percent. I couldn't handle it with my car!
64 kWh might want to edit the title
64kWh
Certainly one of the best.
Well done bob , keep pointing out lack of spare wheel.
That is a 'spot on' EV, the future's looking good. Trouble is, still too expensive and I imagine it will be near enough impossible to get one? A 1 year waiting list from KIA again? Still, have to start somewhere. The cost has to come down eventually.
Funny old world; who'd have thought that one day cars like KIA, Hyundai and Skoda would have been taken seriously? They were always the butt of jokes, lumped in with Lada and the like.
Nice to see the change. Nice review.
I'm very interested in electric car, unfortunately, having one in my country is just impossible.
There's absolutely nowhere to charge it except at home if you ran out of charge
And again, nice and honest review Bean, I enjoyed it :)
Glad you like it, things are changing in the EV world so we'll see where it all ends
the amount of folk i've nearly run over in the carpark of supermarkets in my hybrid , when she in ev mode .. its a big white car !!.. look !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scary isn't it!
Can you please finish your point about why you think charging points shouldn't be at train stations?
Nice car, I did review of Kia e-Niro with the same battery but I do not know why the computer in Soul shows you a smaller range than in e-Niro, since Soul is a smaller car.
10:14 - Holy Moly... LOL nice. That's like being slammed in the face. LOVE IT!
Please come to Cork in this car. Awesome video. Just subscribed
Great review Bob, do you think this is a really good EV as a main car to replace a MB A180d ?
Nice car Bob. Can't wait till the announcement of the 'R' version of this car.
Saw this very car at an e car show in Wexford few weeks back. As far as spec and styling its way ahead of the rest in the price range. Waiting for the full test 👍
One nitpick, "kiloWatt HOUR" (kWh) battery, "kiloWatt" (kW) is a continuous power, not a battery capacity. Even car dealers are showing this incorrectly. :(
Very interested in seeing the range in real life......this really looks like a win for Kia :)
Another great and honest review. Finally we have EV's that'll do 260 to 280 miles on full charge - we just need the infrastructure! I've just driven 290 miles on holiday with 1 stop of 20 minutes - which would be enough on a 100kwh charger, which I asume the car has as it's sister cars are the same. Not many 100kwh chargers around though, still mostly 22, 44 and 50, turning that stop into 40 or even 80 minutes, which is too long!
Did you get to see the disco light show inside the car ?
Great review. Just a heads-up... the title says 64kw when it should be kWh. One quantities power, the other capacity. So the e-soul has a 150kw engine (204hp) and a 64kWh battery. Cheers.
Hi Bob,
another great "real" review.. Love where Kia / Hyundai are going with the EV. They need the 64KW in the Ionic!!
One question.. odd i know..what is the watch you are wearing? Great big display. just what I need
That seat hight bit 🤣 cracked me up!
Where's the review on the Kia Nero ev?
Bob Flavin just being Bob is a demonstration of why Americans love the Irish.
As if anyone gives a fuck.
Completely agree about the charge points in train stations. I see the same 2 cars parked in the local bays every day commuting 8-5pm. The 2 closest bays to the exit in a huge car park. Tempted to buy an EV just to park it there at 6am every morning 😂
That just means there should be more. Rail stations should have dozens of standard/fast (7kW) chargers so commuters can charge while at work.
Paul Goffin correct, but bobs point (as is mine), is that by its definition having them in commuter stations means EV drivers take them up for the whole day. There’s no point in having them on the satnav if your range is low during daytime because they’ll be hogged and no owner in sight for hours.
@@paddydowney6269 I see. Yes, the sat nav certainly needs a filter - if you're on a trip, you need a rapid charger, not a fast one.
But that's a point about the sat nav, not the actual chargers.
37k?
Gulp.
Man these electrics cars are damned expensive.
Also be careful how you pronounce e-soul
That's because of Production Capacity limitation. Long Range BEV require massive amount of batteries, that is very difficult to produce. Humanity has never manufacture batteries at that scale before. This is a very new Manufacturing Challenge. It hurts more when you are comparing to a 4 Pot engine vehicle which is heavily paid off old technology.
Good job they don't do a sports model called the 'GTR' ;-)
Hope they don’t make the Kia R-Soul
in the uk they call it soul ev, for this very reason
Thanks Bob for your honest review. I have owned a Kia Cerato here in Aus for the last 18 months. Not impressed with fit and finish and road noise. Going back to Toyota. Just saying.
Just wonder about your height as you seat on the back seat.
Love to see "WALMART" have about 6+ charge stations near front of store. Walmart knows the Customer will have an hour+ to shop during the charge! We will know that if you go to Walmart to shop there will be charge stations too!
This is the car I want. KIA FIRST.
We leased the 2016. I'm convinced that the eSoul *could be* the "greatest yet"...
Main problems for me with this model are the floor seems high for the back seats and the ground clearance seems a bit low. Otherwise looks good.
Not a lot of charging places in the UK especially in Wales no good here
I thought the UK was getting way ahead of Ireland for change points? At least that's what Fully Charged were telling me.
@@BobFlavinVideo no its not that good bob I live in Wales and there are none near me
Have to say Kia are doing a great job and offering some new competition to the Leaf which will push all the car makers. You can bet VW is taking notice. Even more impressive as sales of EVs in Korea are low. If even SUVs can offer competitive EV then that will go along way as most SUVs are not going offroad and are mostly urban driving at sedate speeds to insure the toddlers in the back dont get carsick
But that looks like a better spend of money for the range over some other offerings.
That car would suit me on a longer commute and put the dog in the back at the weekends.
Love the "cup 'o tea" line and the "bings and bongs" LOL
Is subcribing not good for my health anymore? New research Bob? xD
I bet you are feeling the health benefits of subscribing? Click the bell on if you want to be able to jump out of bed dressed and ready to go
I'm gonna hold out for the Kia R-Soul... Ahem...
Sir india lunch date
Here's a simple question, do you own an EV, or plan to?
I don't own one but I'd expect that my next car will be an EV
I have kia soul 2017 imported from UK, 27kw+3kw.. A bit low on mileage, summer times gives me 169km and winter 155km. All extras on it, works perfectly.. And it's perfect car to drive in Dublin busy traffic time. Would recommend EV to every family as second car
Dasboard is much better than the Tesla. Has to much electronica.
You look like Katrina storm hit you from the left and Hurricane Sandy from the right in the same time :) . P.S you should fire your hair stylist.
Bob, we like your style, but please get the tech right. The paddle-shifters aren't for changing 'resistance', they're for changing the levels of regenerative braking. So the most efficient way to drive is with maximum regen, to avoid the need for mechanical braking. I lost faith in you after that gaffe.
You are wrong when you say the most efficient way to drive is full resistance. No resistance gets maximum range, so I’ve lost Fahy in your knowledge after that gaffe
@@BobFlavinVideo Sorry, where are you getting your information from? Even the term 'resistance' is misleading, in my opinion.
No heating matrix, EVs use heat pumps.
Some do, some don’t. Tesla for example is resistance heat only.
looks like do 200 miles what ever conditions etc. me thinks......aslong dont go to mad max lol
I had a go in sport mode a lot yesterday and it was fine with the millage "WITNESSSSS"
@@BobFlavinVideo 👍
The front end looks like a Citroen
Agreed, there is a hint of Citroen although the old Soul looked kind of the same
Nice car but at 37k which I'm assume is net of the grant its still beyond the reach of your average punter who might want to change to electric. Pity.
Send it back, your steering wheel is on the wrong side.
Technically, it's on the "right" side. ;-)
You need to thank Napoleon for driving on the right. No good when you’re jousting 😄
love the review but for 30k+ this car isn't worth it... in that price range you can almost reach for a model 3 or an e-golf, etc.
E-Golf has a lot shorter range and the model 3 is a lot more money.
Golf will get you to Galway from Dublin. Soul will get you there and back
€37k......ta fuck!!!!! Listen, grab yourself a beast of a machine until we have to drive electric
Not alot of car for nearly €40k.
This is the new mantra for EV car makers - "Pay more...and we give you less"
@@jaroessa294 Not a freaking mantra. That is the reality of New never been done before Manufacturing Challenge. BEV with large capacity of 1000 plus Laptops in a single product has never been build on a massive scale before. Then contrast that with cheap 4 Pot Engine cars with Old Paid Off Technology. Simple Economics of Scale dictate one is much cheaper than the other.
You look like you drank a litre of whisky for breakfast
That’s an Irish breakfast, second breakfast is much more filling.
Who really needs manual controls for AC or cabin air ? I bought my 2015 Soul with automatic temperature control and set it to 22 degrees and haven't needed to touch it since. It heats, it cools, it runs the fan at reasonable speeds. My wife has a 2016 Soul and is constantly fiddling with the temperature an fan controls even though she has the same automatic settings. Go figure.
You don’t need it, and that’s great for you. I need it as I like to change the temp a bit and I’m sure there’s more like me.
So in answer to your question, me, I need it.
Almost first
Not sure if I like the roof though
were you second?
kWh*
Will the racing version be called the R-Soul? 😂
chez421 I would have to buy a personalised number plate :)
Can someone explain this to not native speaker?
W P google the word arsehole. You're welcome :)
Bob seriously let’s all get real here for a minute , the fact KIA can’t make a cheap ev says it all to me, there should be no Kia out there priced over 20000 euro their terrible fuckin things, and the reason they give a 7 year warranty is because things are always failing in them, we are easily 50 years of full ev s in Eire
The price is to much I love my 2018 Soul ev but at that price you are just going to get the model 3 faster,safer,more efficient,faster charging, super charger network and connectivity it needs to be 30k or less to compete
this car looks sexy :)
"coolest electric car on the market"? , but one of the less efficient, with bad aerodynamics, so realy only a city car for low speeds...
Soon as I saw the interior I closed this video 🤮
Looks great to me!
Bye
Wowww! ...almost $40,000 and it only goes 243 miles??? NOPE!!! NO SALE! Give me 400+ miles, 10 min. full-recharge (at a supercharger) with a price tag of $25K and I 'might' consider it. Right now, I, and TENS of MILLIONS of car buyers, have no real incentive to change from ICE to thousands of batteries - where we have to "pay more, to get less".
tesla are rip offs, supercharging also degrades batteries.
that is one ugly.....car(?)
For sure it is one of the ugliest, horrible jia resale value and unknown reliability. Next.
How many african kids have died to mine the lythium for all these electric cars?, saving the earth???? its all so wrong.
about a thousandth less than the people dying due to exhaust pollution
You do know that many of the rare earth metals needed for the ev cars are also need for the smartphone or tablett that you proberly use when typing this