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My wife and I need to get another car and after test driving a few different EV vehicles we are thinking about getting the Kia EV6. Anyone have one that they love / hate? Anything we should know? This would be our first electric vehicle.

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[โ€“] kevinjel 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I drive an EV6 GT latest model in the EU. Such a great car, has touch knobs for all the important stuff like vents and airco which are easy to use. The software in the car is fine, and does its job, but i mainly use wireless apple carplay (in GT line only). With HDA it comes to a complete stop and accelerates when the car in front drives up, i hardly use the pedals in highway driving, it has auto lane change and the weel has hands on detection, so resting 1 finger on the wheel is enough to have no warnings coming up. Camera (front and back) are great and parking is a breeze, even in dark conditions

Seats are comfortable in GT line all are motorized configurable as is the steering wheel, lots of space in front and back, backseats angle can be changed individually. With 84kw battery the range is fine, around 500kms more or less, fast charge goes from 20-80 in 18 min.

Other big feature is the app/digital key, i never wear the big clunky key. I open the car by just standing next to it with my Apple Watch. Remote app on phone can enable almost everything except the trunk, but heating car, seats (front and back) and wheel is nice on cold days. Also sharing the digital key is easy if someone needs to drive the car, just send them a message.

Maybe only cons: trunk is not that spacious and sits quite high (no depth downwards). My 12v battery died after 2k ish kms, but that was a faulty one as the garage said, no issues after the replacement, i have 26k done now.

Compared to other cars like BMW for example, it is such a bang for buck looking at options vs price. The features of KIA (and Honda, Korean made) are massive, and they work, while others you still get mediocre things.

Lemme know if you want some more info

[โ€“] dumples@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

I loved the knobs for everything because I hate using that touch screen while driving. It seems like the best bang for your buck