Kia Soul EV Owner's Manual Quiz
Body Electrical System

Description and Operation of Instrument Cluster

In this manual: Body Electrical System
General Information — 17Maintenance — 17Drive Shaft and Axle — 15Suspension System — 36Steering — 24Restraints — 48Brake System — 37Body (Interior and Exterior) — 207Body Electrical System — 203Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning — 80Electric Vehicle Battery System — 115
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Description

Mian Features
  1. Power and Charge Gauge
    1. It displays the degree of economical driving by determining the driver's action status according to the vehicle driving conditions (e.g., required power, system efficiency, and charging).
    2. This leads to economical driving by informing the driver of optimal driving conditions depending on the vehicle's status.
    3. It shows that the ECO guide and power segment will operate during driving, and also indicates the regenerative braking status when the charging zone is indicated during driving.
  2. SOC (State of Charge) Gauge
    1. It displays the charge quantity of the high-voltage battery.
    2. It displays the SOC charge quantity received from the BMS module on the digital indicator in the instrument cluster (as follows).
      Display Increase (%) Decrease (%)
      Seg 0 0 0
      Segment 1 5 3
      Segment 2 10 8
      Segment 3 15 13
      Segment 4 20 18
      Segment 5 25 23
      Segment 6 30 28
      Segment 7 35 33
      Segment 8 40 38
      Segment 9 45 43
      Segment 10 50 48
      Segment 11 55 53
      Segment 12 60 58
      Segment 13 65 63
      Segment 14 70 68
      Segment 15 75 73
      Segment 16 80 78
      Segment 17 85 83
      Segment 18 90 88
  3. ECO Level Display
    1. It shows the driver's level of economical driving through the ECO level.
    2. It shows the ECO level on the OLED display from steps 1 to 8.
  4. Energy Flow
    1. It graphically displays the energy flow of the EV vehicle to inform the driver about the vehicle.
    2. This promotes economical driving by showing the energy flow diagram with intuitive images.
    3. It graphically displays the three states of the electric vehicle energy flow.
    4. The VCU module receives CAN drive mode signals to display the corresponding animation.
  5. Other Indicators and Warning Lamps: The status between the C-CAN communication modules is shown by various indicator and warning lamps on the EV power system panel. Refer to the following descriptions to identify any checkpoint or operating point in case of malfunction of the corresponding function.

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