Thoughts on the KIA EV6, one year in.
Model/trim: 2022 AWD Wind EV6 w/Tech package [updated 1/15/24 with review of snow driving, below] Overall: One year and more than 12,000 miles in, I really love this car. It does everything I want it to, it’s really fun to drive, and I have had much less range anxiety than I expected (and I’ve never run out of charge). It has required me thinking a little more about my regular driving patterns, and has encouraged me to slow down a little on the freeway in the interest of range and efficiency, but almost everything about this experience has been delightful and fun. Range: I wish the range varied a little less; the efficiency can be anything from 2.4 (winter, 60+ mph, etc.) to 4.0 (80+ degrees, 15-25 mpg), and it’s distinctly worse in the winter. In the summer I average between 270 and 310 on a charge, and the winter it’s more like 180 to 210 miles. This is *just* long enough to get me to my mom’s house on a single charge, but during the winter I always end up stopping in Troutdal...