MickeyAO
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- First Name
- Mickey
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- Rapid Red Lightning Lariat ER, Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD
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I can't really go into our cell level testing that is entering its' 9 week (out of 20) but I do have a couple of comments.
First, I'm not selling. I'm approaching retirement, I bought the 8 year factory warranty, and I really love the truck...but doubt has crept in. I know my particular use case will not be a problem before the 8 years are up. There is an outside chance that I will trade in the wife's EV6 and my truck AFTER retirement to buy a Kia EV9 as we transition to a single vehicle family.
I will say that the delta is a HUGE issue for this cell, along with temperature (I would recommend keeping it under 45C)
I will also say our testing takes us outside of what the truck allowed during our road testing. Do not expect me to make any more post about this specific cell, but I will entertain generic questions based on my 13 years of experience on testing a wide variety of cells...and I still expect those with anecdotal information to refute what I see in actually testing cells for a living, down to the milliamp level.
If you don't know what I mean about delta, either bury your head in the sand and use your 20 years looking at Torque while driving an EV, or reread my previous post about cell testing insights.
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