The Kia EV6 facelift has damaged cowl in Korea with an even bigger battery pack and gentle design updates
Kia began its journey of electrical solely fashions primarily based on a devoted platform again in 2021 with the EV6. Now, the electrical crossover has acquired its first facelift, debuted within the model’s residence nation. The Kia EV6 facelift will get refined design enhancements on the skin and a slew of modifications within the inside. It additionally comes with an even bigger battery pack for extra vary. Here’s every part totally different concerning the new EV6, beginning with the seems to be:.
Front
Since it is a mid-life cycle replace for the Kia EV6, the design modifications are refined. At the entrance, the EV6 ditches the eyebrow-style LED DRLs to make manner for a sleeker headlamp unit with C-shaped components that make the design according to the most recent crop of Kia EV fashions. The entrance bumper and the grille can also be revised with angular components to offer the automotive an excellent sportier look.
Side
The aspect profile stays unchanged apart from the alloy wheels. The facelifted EV6 is on the market with 19-inch wheels as normal, which go as much as 20-inch wheels for the highest variants. While there was no change to the proportions of the EV6 with the facelift, it does sit 20mm decrease than the mannequin at the moment offered in India.
Rear
The rear design of the facelifted EV6 stays unchanged from its predecessor. It nonetheless contains a linked gentle bar that spans the width of the EV. Kia has retained the edgy and prolonged search for this aspect of the electrical crossover.
Battery, Range And Performance
Kia has made extra impactful modifications beneath the floor for the EV6’s facelift because the battery pack has been upgraded. It now will get a 84 kWh battery pack which is 6.6 kWh greater than the one which does obligation within the Indian market. The detailed specs are as follows:.
Specification |
Facelifted Kia EV6 |
Old Kia EV6 |
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Configuration |
RWD |
AWD |
RWD |
AWD |
Battery pack |
84 kWh |
84 kWh |
77.4 kWh |
77.4 kWh |
Power |
229 PS |
325 PS |
229 PS |
325 PS |
Torque |
350 Nm |
605 Nm |
350 Nm |
605 Nm |
Claimed Range |
Up to 494 km (South Korean authorities testing) |
Up to 461 km (South Korean authorities testing) |
528 km (WLTP) |
505 km (WLTP) |
We’ll have to attend and see how the facelifted EV6 with the bigger battery pack performs beneath the Worldwide Harmonised Light Test Vehicles Procedure (WLTP), the place we count on to see a rise within the claimed vary. The EV6 already featured 350kW DC quick charging capabilities to prime up the battery from 10 to 80 % in simply 18 minutes.
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Interior and options
The interiors have been given a extra thorough replace for the facelift because the EV6 will get a brand new curved housing for the built-in twin 12.3-inch shows (one for the digital instrument cluster and the opposite for the infotainment system). It additionally contains a redesigned two-spoke steering wheel with an offset Kia brand and chunkier steering-mounted controls.
The design of the middle console has additionally been reworked and a fingerprint scanner is positioned to behave as a biometric key for registered customers as an alternative choice to the bodily key.
Furthermore, the EV6 now will get wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, OTA software program updates (was beforehand restricted to maps solely), a digital rear-view mirror, AR navigation (on the infotainment display screen), and an enhanced 12-inch heads-up show that reveals extra data than earlier than.
Safety
In phrases of security, the Kia EV6 will get 10 airbags (two greater than the Indian mannequin). Also, it continues to supply all of the ADAS options that had been on supply earlier than which incorporates lane change help, park help, ahead collision mitigation and extra.
Expected Launch
The Kia EV6 got here to India a 12 months after the worldwide launch, so count on the same timeline for the facelift as nicely. As such, we count on it to reach by mid-2025 and more likely to stay as a CBU import for us. The present EV6 is priced from Rs 60.95 lakh to Rs 65.95 lakh (ex-showroom), and the facelifted model will doubtless carry a premium for the upgrades. It will proceed to be a rival to the Volvo C40 Recharge and as an alternative choice to the likes of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, BYD Seal and BMW i4.
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