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H14When you cannot drive to a public
charging station due to low battery,
you can charge the car by using the
220V portable charger (ICCB: In
Cable Control Box) which you can
buy as an option.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
This cable is designed to prevent
problems caused by unexpected bat-
tery discharge and when you use
general outlets, it may lead to exces-
sive electricity charges as the elec-
tricity charges for electric vehicles
will not be applied. So refrain from
using it to fully charge your car.
How to Set Charging Current of
Portable Charging Cable
1. Check the outlet’s current rating before connecting the plug to the
outlet.
2. Connect the power plug to the household electrical outlet.
3. Check the status of the control box display. 4. Adjust the charging current by
pressing the button (1) on the
back of the control box for more
than 1 second. (Refer to the exam-
ples of charging cable type and
charging current setting.)
5. Each time the button (1) is pressed, the control box display is
sequentially changed to 12A, 10A
and 8A.
6. Once the charging current setting is complete, start charging accord-
ing to Trickle Charge procedure.
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If this cable is connected to a
household power source, it may
exceed the capacity of the dis-
tributor, resulting in safety
problems such as electrical
shutdown and fire.
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8. Charging starts automatically andthe charging indicator lamp starts
to blink. 9. Check if the charging cable con-
nection indicator of the high volt-
age battery in the instrument clus-
ter is turned ON.
Charging does not occur when the
indicator is OFF. When the charg-
ing connector is not connected
properly, reconnect the charging
cable to charge.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Moving the shift lever from P (Park)
to R (Reverse)/N(Neutral)/D (Drive)
stops the charging process.
To restart the charging process,
move the shift lever to P (Park),
press the Engine Start/Stop button
to the OFF position, and disconnect
the charging cable. Then, connect
the charging cable and restart the
vehicle again.
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10. After charging has started, theestimated charging time is dis-
played on the instrument cluster
for about 1 minute. It is also dis-
played when the driver's door is
opened with charging in progress.
When scheduled charging is set,
the estimated charging time is dis-
played as "--".
Unlock Charging Door in
Emergency
If the charging door does not open
due to battery discharge, open the
hood and slightly pull the emergency
cable which is located in headlamp
cover as shown above.
The charging door will then open. The charging cable lock may not
work properly when foreign materials
such as dust enter the cable or the
cable is encrusted with ice.
In that case, the charging cable may
not be disconnected or locked, or the
vehicle may not be charged. If this
happens, open the hood and pull the
emergency cable lightly 2 to 3 times
and then try to disconnect the charg-
ing cable or start recharging.
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Checking Charging Status
You can monitor the charging status
outside of the vehicle when charging
the high-voltage battery.
Charge cable storage
We recommend that the trickle
charger cable be put in a storage box
after use. Keep the storage box
above the main battery pack inside
the trunk.
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Charging StatusIndicator
Charging inprogressIlluminates (green)
Fully chargedOff
Scheduled chargingBlinks (green) and then turns off
Auxiliary battery
saver+ or sched-
uled air conditioner is operatingQuickly blinks
(Green) and then turns off
MalfunctionBlinks (red)
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Changing plug-in hybrid mode
Pressing the HEV button changes
the plug-in hybrid system modes,
between Electric (Charge
Depleting/CD) mode and Hybrid
(Charge Sustaining/CS) mode.
Each time the mode is changed a
corresponding message is displayed
on the instrument cluster as follows.
Plug-in hybrid mode indicator
: The high-voltage(hybrid) battery is
used to drive the
vehicle.
: The high-voltage(hybrid) battery
and gasoline
engine is used to
drive the vehicle.
A corresponding message is displayed
to indicate the selected mode.
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✽ ✽NOTICE
Coasting guide is only a supplemen-
tal system to assist with fuel-efficient
driving in certain situations. Thus,
the operating conditions may be dif-
ferent in accordance with
traffic/road conditions (i.e. driving
in a traffic jam, driving on a slope,
driving on a curve). Thus, take the
actual driving conditions into con-
sideration, such as distances from
the vehicles ahead/ behind, while
referring to the coasting guide sys-
tem as guidance.
Unplug vehicle to start
(Plug-in hybrid)
This message is displayed when you
start the engine without unplugging
the charging cable. Unplug the
charging cable, and then start the
vehicle.
Remaining time (Plug-in hybrid)
This message is displayed to notify
the remaining time to fully charge the
battery.
Shift to P to charge(Plug-in hybrid)
This message is displayed when the
charging connector is plugged with
the shift lever in R (Reverse), N
(Neutral) or D (Drive). Move the shift
lever to P (Park) and re-start the
charging process.
Electric/Hybrid modes (Plug-in hybrid)
A corresponding message is dis-
played when a mode is selected by
pressing the HEV button.
Low battery. Maintaining Hybridmode (Plug-in hybrid)
This message is displayed when the
vehicle is unable to convert to EV
mode even when pressing the HEV
button during HEV mode driving due
to insufficient high-voltage (hybrid)
battery level.
Low battery temp. Maintainingcurrent (Plug-in hybrid)
This message is displayed when the
vehicle is unable to convert to EV
mode even when pressing the HEV
button during HEV mode driving due
to low battery temperature.
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Kia hybrid system notifies the driver
of energy flow in various operating
modes. Eleven Modes show the driv-
er the current operating condition.Vehicle Stop
In this mode, the vehicle is at a stop.
(There is no energy flow.)
EV Propulsion
Electric power is used to move the
vehicle. (Battery \bWheel)
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Power Assist
Electric and Engine power are used
to move the vehicle.
(Battery & Engine \bWheel)
Engine Only Propulsion
Engine power is used to move the
vehicle. (Engine \bWheel)
Engine Generation
Vehicle is stopped with the Engine
charging the hybrid battery.
(Engine \bBattery)
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