The 2022 Kia EV6 is an electric car that is surprisingly large and slightly longer than the Jaguar I-Pace. It’s the first in Kia’s lineup to be built from the ground up as an electric vehicle. The four-door electric hatchback is marketed by Kia as a crossover. It’s unique styling, pave way for a curvaceous up close, with truly distinct front and rear features.
The EV6 offers up to 320 miles of range and is one of the lowest and sleekest-looking of a peer set that includes the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model Y, Volkswagen ID.4, and its Hyundai cousin, the Ioniq 5. Below is a more detailed look at the EV6.
The Exterior Design of the EV6
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The Kia EV6 comes in a rakish profile. The EV6 unique styling, pave way for a curvaceous up close, with truly distinct front and rear features. At the front, we have the LED lamps and at the rear is a set of lights that nosedive into the spoiler in the middle of the hatchback. This design is peculiar to most of the Italian and French hot-hatch. It also features a swept-back hatchback with a rather low nose and a tail that sweeps upward from the side view standpoint.
The Interior Design of the EV6
Being an Ev with no concessions for engines, transmissions, and fuel tanks, the car boasts 184.2 inches long and 74.0 inches wide, The EV6 boasts a huge interior space, excellent back-seat space, and quiet cabin. The cabin feels vast in terms of legroom and sprawl-out space, but given the rather low roofline, airy wouldn’t be the word for it.
There are two big 12.3-inch screens mounted side-by-side on the dashboard. The one directly in front is the instrument panel and for driver-related functions, while the second screen is for navigation, infotainment, and other functions. A tall center console houses the shift selector and some added controls for heated seats.
The Kia EV6 comes with 24.4 cubic feet of cargo space that can be boosted to 50.2 cubic feet once the rear seatbacks fold forward. Underneath the rear of the cargo floor is a separate lower compartment to keep smaller bags out of sight.
The EV6 Performance
The 2022 Kia EV6 lineup offers quick, quiet acceleration and responsive handling as it comes in three different propulsion configurations. The 77.4-kWh battery pack can be had in single-motor rear-wheel-drive or dual-motor all-wheel-drive versions, making 225 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque or a combined 320 hp and 446 lb-ft, respectively. The base Light version, which has a smaller 58-kWh battery pack, will produce just 167 hp. The EV6 can tow up to 2,300 pounds, provided you get the larger battery pack.
With the dual-motor form, the EV6 hits 60 mph in 4.6 seconds, while versions with the single-motor layout and large battery pack can dash to 60 in the six-second range. The GT model, a late entry for the model year, is expected to offer 0-60 acceleration in the vicinity of 3.5 seconds.
Drive Range and Charging
The 2022 Kia EVs are built on a platform that runs at a higher voltage, aiming for efficiency and weight savings, with the intent to extract more miles out of each kilowatt-hour. The Kia EV6 earns an EPA range of 310 miles in single-motor rear-wheel-drive form or 274 miles in dual-motor all-wheel-drive form with the larger 77.4-kWh battery pack.
Notably, versions with the base 58-kWh battery pack and single-motor rear-wheel-drive go an EPA-rated 232 miles. In terms of efficiency, which the EPA offers in miles per gallon equivalent for EVs, the RWD models are both rated 117 MPGe while the AWD configuration achieves 105 MPGe.
The EV6 is a very fast charger for road trips. At a 350-kW CCS-format connector, it will charge from 10% to 80% in as little as 18 minutes. Hyundai has claimed that the related Ioniq 5 will peak around 240 kW in ideal conditions. On Level 2 (240V) home charging, its 10.9-kW onboard charger can fully charge the larger pack from 10% in just over seven hours.
Kia EV6 Pricing
The EV6 pricing is commensurate with its performance as the Light model is paced at $42,115 including a $1,215 destination fee. This is followed by the mid-range Wind model in a single motor form at $48,215. The dual-motor all-wheel-drive form is in the Wind version, at $52,415 and the GT-Line AWD exceeds $57,000.
Safety Features
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The entire 2022 Kia EV6 lineup features seven standard airbags. The Base Light versions come with low-speed automatic emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection, active lane control, high-beam assist, a blind-spot warning system, and full-speed adaptive cruise control. The Wind model adds a driver-attention system, rearview camera system, rear cross-traffic functionality, and parking sensors, with blind-spot and surround-view monitoring plus remote parking functionality part of a Tech package. A higher-speed “Fusion Plus” version of automatic emergency braking and a machine-learning feature for the cruise control are exclusive to the GT-Line, as is an evasive steering assist.
The top GT-Line model also includes Kia’s Highway Driving Assist II, permitting automatic lane changes provided the driver prompts them with a turn signal and keeps their hands on the steering wheel.
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