Kia EV6 : Electric movement that inspires
By Mohammad Zaro, Jordan news
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The new Kia EV6 is the first dedicated BEV coming from the
Kia design philosophy “Opposites United”. It embodies a design character
defined by high-tech details.اضافة اعلان
The exclusively electric, long-range, zero-emission EV6, a crossover, offers a distinctive impactful exterior with high-tech features, as well as unprecedented levels of performance.
Kia’s new visual identity evokes positive forces and natural energy, combining contrasting sharp stylistic elements and sculptural shapes.
Kia designers say in the official press release that from the front, it is a “digital tiger face” of sorts. LED daytime running lights are sleek, adding a modern appearance, and include a sequential dynamic light pattern. Lower in the front, a low air intake visually widens the front of the car, accentuating its high-tech image.
A crossover-inspired “silhouette” is evident from the side profiles; character lines run through the doors, curving upwards towards the rear wheel arches to visually elongate the profile of the car. Designed in part for an aerodynamic performance, the rear displays a sloping C-pillar with an integrated black glossy insert which appears to extend the window glass. Above this sits a prominent wing-type roof spoiler that channels air downward, toward a raised lower spoiler, which sits atop the car’s unique rear light cluster.
The interior design benefits greatly from the E-platform. Despite the EV6’s compact exterior dimensions, it boasts a cabin space as spacious as many mid-size SUVs.
(Photo: Kia)
The seamless high-tech curved infotainment screen is a star feature of the interior, adding to its open feel. The EV6 also features an augmented reality (AR) head-up display system, which projects driving information onto the base of the windscreen in the driver’s line of sight. The system displays alerts from the car’s Advanced Driver Assistance System, details of vehicle speed, and turn-by-turn navigation instructions.
The EV6 interior packaging is smart and flexible, with many storage areas. The trunk offers up to 520 liters (VDA); stowage capacity increases to approximately 1,300 liters when the second-row seats are folded down.
Powertrain options include 58.0 kWh and 77.4 kWh high-voltage battery packs. EV6 GT-line is available with both battery packs, while EV6 GT features the 77.4 kWh battery pack only. Also available are two-wheel (2WD) or all-wheel drive (AWD) options.
The 2WD 77.4 kWh EV6 can travel over 510 kilometers on a single charge, 605 Nm of torque (AWD version), accelerating from 0-to-100 km/h in just 5.2 seconds. The 77.4 kWh battery pack comes with a 229ps electric motor powering the rear wheels, and for AWD models, a 325 ps electric motor powers the front and rear wheels.
The 58.0 kWh battery pack is paired with a 168 hp electric motor powering the rear wheels, and for AWD models a 232 hp electric motor powers the front and rear wheels. At the top sits the EV6 GT, equipped with 430kW or 577 hp dual motors, which take electric performance to another level. With a maximum 740Nm torque, it accelerates from 0-to-100 km/h in only 3.5 seconds and hits a top speed of 260 km/h with the addition of electronic-Limited Slip Differential software.
(Photo: Kia)
The EV6 offers 800V and 400V charging capabilities, without the need for additional components or adapters. The car is capable of a high-speed charge from 10 to 80 percent in just 18 minutes on all variations or a top-up charge of 100km of driving range in less than four and a half minutes when pairing 2WD with the 77.4-kWh battery option.
The car’s charging system is more flexible than previous generation BEVs thanks to an Integrated Charging Control Unit (ICCU). The ICCU enables a new vehicle-to-load (V2L) function, which is capable of discharging energy from the vehicle battery. The V2L function can supply up to 3.6kW of power and is capable, as an example, of operating a 55-inch television and air conditioner simultaneously for more than 24 hours. The system is also able to charge another EV, if needed.
The energy-recuperation technologies are available to maximize driving range. This includes Kia’s latest-generation energy-efficient heat pump, which scavenges waste heat from the car’s coolant system. This ensures that at minus seven degrees Celsius the car can achieve 80 percent of the range that would be possible at 25 degrees Celsius.
The EV6 comes with a smart regenerative braking system, which is operated by paddle shifters behind the steering wheel so drivers can quickly and easily slow the car and recuperate kinetic energy to maximize driving range and efficiency. Drivers can choose from six regenerative braking levels (none, 1 to 3, ‘i-PEDAL’, or auto mode), depending on the desired level of energy recuperation. The system’s ‘i-PEDAL’ driving mode also allows the car to harvest the maximum amount of energy from its brakes, and enables the driver to bring the car to a gentle halt without needing to push the brake pedal.
EV6 introduces a suite of technologies that enhance safety, connectivity and infotainment. They are designed to make travelling safer, easier and less stressful.
(Photo: Kia)
The high-tech infotainment system includes 12-inch dual screens. Curved displays applied to EV6 have thin film panels that utilize new structure and advanced technology for reducing impact of light. The cluster and infotainment system are connected as if they were wrapped around one body with reinforced glass. Extending from the steering wheel to the center of the car, it displays a digital cluster in front of the driver, and infotainment system above the center console.
The EV6 offers class-leading levels of safety and convenience thanks to its enhanced suite of driver assistance systems (ADAS) that includes Safe Exit Assist system (SEA), which helps people avoid collisions with a rear side vehicle when exiting EV6. When the occupant opens the door to exit the vehicle after a stop, the system provides a warning if an approaching vehicle from the rear side is detected. SEA also helps keep the rear door closed through operation of the electronic child lock..
Highway Driving Assist 2 (HDA 2) helps maintain a set distance and speed from the vehicle ahead when driving on a highway and also helps center the vehicle in the lane, even through a curve.
Based on the all-new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) of Hyundai Group, it is Kia’s first step in transition to the new era of “Movement that inspires”, the new brand slogan.
The EV6 is the first of 11 new BEV models by 2026 – seven built on E-GMP architecture, and four derivative EVs based on existing models.
Read more Drive
The exclusively electric, long-range, zero-emission EV6, a crossover, offers a distinctive impactful exterior with high-tech features, as well as unprecedented levels of performance.
Kia’s new visual identity evokes positive forces and natural energy, combining contrasting sharp stylistic elements and sculptural shapes.
Kia designers say in the official press release that from the front, it is a “digital tiger face” of sorts. LED daytime running lights are sleek, adding a modern appearance, and include a sequential dynamic light pattern. Lower in the front, a low air intake visually widens the front of the car, accentuating its high-tech image.
Kia’s new visual identity evokes positive forces and natural energy, combining contrasting sharp stylistic elements and sculptural shapes.
A crossover-inspired “silhouette” is evident from the side profiles; character lines run through the doors, curving upwards towards the rear wheel arches to visually elongate the profile of the car. Designed in part for an aerodynamic performance, the rear displays a sloping C-pillar with an integrated black glossy insert which appears to extend the window glass. Above this sits a prominent wing-type roof spoiler that channels air downward, toward a raised lower spoiler, which sits atop the car’s unique rear light cluster.
The interior design benefits greatly from the E-platform. Despite the EV6’s compact exterior dimensions, it boasts a cabin space as spacious as many mid-size SUVs.
(Photo: Kia)
The seamless high-tech curved infotainment screen is a star feature of the interior, adding to its open feel. The EV6 also features an augmented reality (AR) head-up display system, which projects driving information onto the base of the windscreen in the driver’s line of sight. The system displays alerts from the car’s Advanced Driver Assistance System, details of vehicle speed, and turn-by-turn navigation instructions.
The EV6 interior packaging is smart and flexible, with many storage areas. The trunk offers up to 520 liters (VDA); stowage capacity increases to approximately 1,300 liters when the second-row seats are folded down.
Powertrain options include 58.0 kWh and 77.4 kWh high-voltage battery packs. EV6 GT-line is available with both battery packs, while EV6 GT features the 77.4 kWh battery pack only. Also available are two-wheel (2WD) or all-wheel drive (AWD) options.
The 2WD 77.4 kWh EV6 can travel over 510 kilometers on a single charge, 605 Nm of torque (AWD version), accelerating from 0-to-100 km/h in just 5.2 seconds. The 77.4 kWh battery pack comes with a 229ps electric motor powering the rear wheels, and for AWD models, a 325 ps electric motor powers the front and rear wheels.
The 58.0 kWh battery pack is paired with a 168 hp electric motor powering the rear wheels, and for AWD models a 232 hp electric motor powers the front and rear wheels. At the top sits the EV6 GT, equipped with 430kW or 577 hp dual motors, which take electric performance to another level. With a maximum 740Nm torque, it accelerates from 0-to-100 km/h in only 3.5 seconds and hits a top speed of 260 km/h with the addition of electronic-Limited Slip Differential software.
(Photo: Kia)
The EV6 offers 800V and 400V charging capabilities, without the need for additional components or adapters. The car is capable of a high-speed charge from 10 to 80 percent in just 18 minutes on all variations or a top-up charge of 100km of driving range in less than four and a half minutes when pairing 2WD with the 77.4-kWh battery option.
The car’s charging system is more flexible than previous generation BEVs thanks to an Integrated Charging Control Unit (ICCU). The ICCU enables a new vehicle-to-load (V2L) function, which is capable of discharging energy from the vehicle battery. The V2L function can supply up to 3.6kW of power and is capable, as an example, of operating a 55-inch television and air conditioner simultaneously for more than 24 hours. The system is also able to charge another EV, if needed.
The energy-recuperation technologies are available to maximize driving range. This includes Kia’s latest-generation energy-efficient heat pump, which scavenges waste heat from the car’s coolant system. This ensures that at minus seven degrees Celsius the car can achieve 80 percent of the range that would be possible at 25 degrees Celsius.
The EV6 comes with a smart regenerative braking system, which is operated by paddle shifters behind the steering wheel so drivers can quickly and easily slow the car and recuperate kinetic energy to maximize driving range and efficiency. Drivers can choose from six regenerative braking levels (none, 1 to 3, ‘i-PEDAL’, or auto mode), depending on the desired level of energy recuperation. The system’s ‘i-PEDAL’ driving mode also allows the car to harvest the maximum amount of energy from its brakes, and enables the driver to bring the car to a gentle halt without needing to push the brake pedal.
EV6 introduces a suite of technologies that enhance safety, connectivity and infotainment. They are designed to make travelling safer, easier and less stressful.
(Photo: Kia)
The high-tech infotainment system includes 12-inch dual screens. Curved displays applied to EV6 have thin film panels that utilize new structure and advanced technology for reducing impact of light. The cluster and infotainment system are connected as if they were wrapped around one body with reinforced glass. Extending from the steering wheel to the center of the car, it displays a digital cluster in front of the driver, and infotainment system above the center console.
The EV6 offers class-leading levels of safety and convenience thanks to its enhanced suite of driver assistance systems (ADAS) that includes Safe Exit Assist system (SEA), which helps people avoid collisions with a rear side vehicle when exiting EV6. When the occupant opens the door to exit the vehicle after a stop, the system provides a warning if an approaching vehicle from the rear side is detected. SEA also helps keep the rear door closed through operation of the electronic child lock..
The interior design benefits greatly from the E-platform. Despite the EV6’s compact exterior dimensions, it boasts a cabin space as spacious as many mid-size SUVs.
Highway Driving Assist 2 (HDA 2) helps maintain a set distance and speed from the vehicle ahead when driving on a highway and also helps center the vehicle in the lane, even through a curve.
Based on the all-new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) of Hyundai Group, it is Kia’s first step in transition to the new era of “Movement that inspires”, the new brand slogan.
The EV6 is the first of 11 new BEV models by 2026 – seven built on E-GMP architecture, and four derivative EVs based on existing models.
Read more Drive
