Battery size: 77.4kWh
Miles per kWh: 4.24
E-Rating™: A+
Max charge rate: 232 kW
Range: 328 miles
Pricing
You currently have three different spec levels and two different powertrains to choose from, though in terms of battery and range, they’re all pretty similar, using a 77.4kWh battery for over 300 miles of range. As we’ve previously mentioned they’re all brimmed with safety tech, too, so your main options concern power and premium flourishes.
Kicking the range off is the base Air spec, available only with the entry RWD powertrain. It starts at £44,195 with your only real option being colour – it’s stocked with equipment as standard. Adding another £3,000 upgrades it to GT-Line spec, which brings upgraded LED headlights and a more assertive styling kit on the outside and comfier front seats inside, as well as those external outlet power sockets and wireless phone charging. This is your first opportunity to get the 321bhp EV6 AWD, too, which is a further £3,500, starting at £50,695.
GT-Line S trim tops the range (£51,695 for the RWD, £55,195 for the AWD) and brings inch-bigger 20in alloys, an electric tailgate, a premium sound system, posh park assist and a few more safety flourishes nestled below a panoramic glass roof. It also brings a techy augmented reality head-up display.
Keen for the high-performance EV6 GT? That’s £61,595. Bold for a Kia, but we’re expecting bold performance to back it all up.
Running Costs
A big battery means bigger charging costs, so you’re into double figures for a charge – around £12.50 for a complete top up at home, or £10-11 to boost yourself up to 80 per cent with a public charger.
The insurance looks a little costly – peaking at group 45 – but that simply evidences that Kia is no longer merely a value brand, but a proper premium player with desirable cars like the EV6. Mind, try telling its warranty team, who still insist on giving every one of their cars a gobsmacking seven-year/100,000-mile package, more than double its key rivals. The same period covers the battery, too. As you might have spotted, all models are over £40,000, meaning it doesn’t enjoy any of the UK government grants currently on offer to lower priced models.
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