Worth And EPA Vary Overview

The Kia EV6 is without doubt one of the hottest electrical automobile fashions within the U.S. For the 2024 mannequin 12 months, the EV6 has eight variants, so let’s take an in depth take a look at what’s new.

At the beginning, the Korean producer has maintained the 2023 mannequin 12 months costs whereas including a extra inexpensive Lengthy Vary trim.

The lineup begins with the entry-level Kia EV6 Gentle (rear-wheel drive) with a 58.0-kilowatt-hour battery, priced at $42,600 (plus a $1,325 vacation spot cost). This model has a 125-kilowatt electrical motor and an EPA Mixed vary of 232 miles.

The 2 new choices are the Kia EV6 Gentle trim with a 77.4-kWh battery and rear-wheel drive (168 kW) or all-wheel drive powertrain (239 kW), which supply an EPA Mixed vary of 310 miles or 282 miles, respectively. The driving vary and efficiency are the identical because the Wind trim, however the costs of the Gentle trim are decrease by $2,750: $45,950 (RWD) and $49,850 (AWD.)

Time will inform whether or not the extra inexpensive Kia EV6 Gentle Lengthy Vary will assist to spice up gross sales. One of many primary points that Kia has is that the EV6, like different imported fashions, shouldn’t be eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit score when bought, however that incentive is obtainable by means of leasing.

Subsequent, we are able to see the extra well-equipped Wind and GT-Line trims (each with a 77.4 kWh battery with RWD or AWD powertrain.) The Wind begins at $48,700 (AWD prices $3,900 extra), whereas the GT-Line begins at $52,900 (the place AWD prices $4,700 extra.)

The highest-of-the-line Kia EV6 GT is much more costly at $61,600, but it surely has essentially the most highly effective powertrain with a peak output of 430 kilowatts and might speed up from 0 to 60 mph in nearly 3.4 seconds. 

*Observe: the $7,500 federal tax credit score is perhaps accessible by means of leasing.

One factor value noting is that the Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD comes normal with 20-inch wheels, which instantly cuts its EPA Mixed vary to 252 miles; that is 30 miles, or 12%, lower than you get once you go for the 19-inch wheels within the AWD Gentle and Wind trims.

The highest-of-the-line Kia EV6 GT has even bigger 21-inch wheels, and when mixed with the highly effective powertrain makes it the least environment friendly and cuts the vary additional to 218 miles. Nevertheless, that is 12 miles greater than within the case of the 2023 Kia EV6 GT, which was rated at simply 206 miles.

The lately printed 2024 Kia EV6 EPA vary and effectivity scores reveal that the brand new 2024 Kia EV6 GT is just extra environment friendly by a number of % than the 2023 mannequin 12 months.

Vitality consumption, together with charging losses, of the 2024 Kia EV6 GT with 21-inch wheels is 83 MPGe or 406 watt-hours per mile. Essentially the most environment friendly variations are the rear-wheel drive Gentle trims, rated at 117 MPGe or about 288 watt-hours per mile.

In different phrases, we’re speaking a few 41% enhance in total vitality consumption between the bottom and efficiency variations.

We connected all of the effectivity numbers under:

It is value noting that the all-wheel drive variations of the Kia EV6 are geared up with a range-preserving warmth pump system. This could assist in chilly climate driving, so possibly the distinction between the RWD and AWD won’t be as large within the winter because the uncooked EPA numbers point out.

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By way of charging, the 2024 Kia EV6 is supplied with a ten.9-kilowatt on-board charger, which is anticipated to recharge the 58-kWh battery from 10-100% in lower than six hours and the 77.4-kWh battery in barely over seven hours to do the identical.

A robust level of the Kia EV6 is its quick charging functionality from 10 to 80 % of state-of-charge in simply 18 minutes, no less than in optimum circumstances and when an 800 V high-power charger is obtainable. The EV6’s batteries are nominally 523 volts (58 kWh) or 697 volts (77.4 kWh) and if a DC quick charger cannot ship such form of voltage, then the charging velocity is perhaps considerably compromised.

The automobile additionally comes with 1,000 kWh of charging credit on the Electrify America quick charging community, which in line with the producer is equal to about 3,000–3,500 miles of driving.