Revealed a few months ago, the Kia EV6 is now hitting the national market and is the symbol of a new era for the South Korean brand.
Kia's first all-electric model (both the e-Niro and e-Soul have “brothers” with a combustion engine), the EV6 is built on top of the E-GMP , the dedicated platform for electric vehicles from Hyundai Motor Group, which was debuted by Hyundai IONIQ 5.
Available in three versions in our country — Air, GT-Line and GT — the Kia EV6 has now been put to the test by Diogo Teixeira in another video on our YouTube channel, but this time the “mission” was different: beyond us to make known the new EV6, Diogo decided to find out if the consumptions announced by Kia are achievable in the “real world”.
To do so, Diogo traveled a 100 km route between the city and the highway at the wheel of the Kia EV6 in the GT-Line version equipped with a 229 hp engine, rear-wheel drive and a battery with a capacity of 77.4 kWh, which, in theory, it allows to travel 475 km (WLTP cycle). Can you do it? I leave you the video for you to discover:
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In addition to this GT-Line version with rear-wheel drive, 229 hp and 77.4 kWh battery, the EV6 is also available in two more variants. In the entry-level version, the Air, we have 170 hp and a 58 kWh battery that, according to Kia, can travel up to 400 km. As for the price, this variant starts at the 43 950 euros.Already above the GT-Line version tested by Diogo and which costs from 49,950 euros we found the only Kia EV6 available in our country with all-wheel drive. We are talking about the Kia EV6 GT that presents itself with an impressive 585 hp and 740 Nm obtained from the two electric motors.
Available from 64,950 euros , this Kia EV6 GT fulfills 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6s, reaches a top speed of 260 km/h and advertises a range of up to 510 km. Unlike the Air and GT-Line versions that are already available, the EV6 GT will only reach our market at the end of the first half of 2022.
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As for charging, the EV6 can be charged at 800 V or 400 V. Thus, under the most favorable conditions and with the maximum allowed charging power (239 kW in direct current), the EV6 replaces 80% of the battery in just 18 minutes and is able to “gain” 100 km of autonomy in less than five minutes (this in the rear-wheel drive version and 77.4 kWh battery).