Kia EV6 Light RWD LR EV Beta
Price
- RRP
- $83,070
- Price basis
- Plus on-road costs
Battery & charging
- Battery
- 84 kWh
- Range
- 582 km
- Energy use
- 15.9 kWh/100km
- Peak AC charging
- 10.5 kW
- Peak DC charging
- 240 kW
- Heat pump
- No
Range in the real world
Estimates from the official figure using typical losses: about a quarter off at motorway speeds or in cold weather, and around half when towing. Your range will depend on speed, hills, weather and load.
Charging times
- Wall socket (10 A), 0–100%
- about 41 h 30 minadds about 15 km an hour
- Home wallbox (7 kW), 0–100%
- about 12 h 30 minadds about 40 km an hour
- 50 kW fast charger, 10–80%
- about 1 h 20 min
- Hyper charger (150 kW+), 10–80%
- about 25 min
Estimates from the battery size and the car’s peak charging rates. Fast charging slows as the battery fills, and in the cold, so real sessions vary.
Running costs
| Per 100 km | Per year | |
|---|---|---|
| Charging at home | $13.96 | $1,680 |
| Public fast charging | $21.91 | $2,630 |
| Petrol car, for comparison | $24.85 | $2,980 |
At the official energy use (real-world use is usually higher), home power at 40c/kWh, public fast charging at 90c/kWh and road user charges of $76 per 1,000 km, over 12,000 km a year. The petrol car uses 7 L/100 km of 91 at $3.55 a litre. Your power plan may be cheaper, especially overnight.
Performance
- Motors
- Single motor
- Power
- 168 kW
- Torque
- 350 Nm
- 0–100 km/h
- 7.7 sec
- Drive
- Rear-wheel drive
Practicality
- Body
- SUV
- Seats
- 5
- Boot
- 520 L (to the seatback)
- Boot, rear seats folded
- 1,290 L (to the seatback)
- Towing (braked)
- 1,800 kg
- Towing (unbraked)
- 750 kg
- Kerb weight
- 2,055 kg
- Length × width × height
- 4,695 × 1,880 × 1,550 mm
- Ground clearance
- 160 mm
- Spare tyre
- Repair kit only
Safety
- ANCAP scores
- Adult 90% · Child 87% · Pedestrians and cyclists 64% · Safety assist 88%
- Energy rating (RightCar)
- 6 out of 6 stars
Ownership
- Warranty
- 3 years / 100,000 km
- Battery warranty
- 8 years / 160,000 km
- Roadside assist
- 5 years
- Servicing
- Every 12 months or 15,000 km
Extends to 5yr/150,000km (petrol, diesel and EV5) or 7yr/150,000km (HEV, PHEV, EV3, EV4 and facelifted EV6/EV9) with authorised Kia dealer servicing from year 4
Specifications from the NZ Autocar price database, checked against each maker’s NZ site, ANCAP and RightCar. Confirm with the dealer before you buy.