TESTED: 2022 Kia EV6 Falls Short of EPA Range Estimate

Tests the EV6 in the genuine planet

Edmunds tests every new electrical car or truck on the exact authentic-entire world driving loop to see just how considerably it can journey from a entire demand down to zero miles remaining. If you scroll via our EV assortment leaderboard, you are going to see that most EVs have matched or exceeded their EPA array estimates in our screening. A lot of that has to do with our ability to exam in around-great circumstances calendar year-round.

Our twin-motor EV6 experienced 20-inch wheels with all-period tires (Continental CrossContact RX, 255/45 R20) that had been inflated to the manufacturing unit-encouraged strain of 36 psi, a much decreased tire strain than we are utilized to observing for EVs. Rolling the EV6 on to our scales at our take a look at track uncovered it weighed 4,649 kilos, which is 49 kilos lighter than the comparably geared up Hyundai Ioniq 5 we analyzed just a number of weeks ahead of.

About the training course of a whole day of driving at a a little chilly typical temperature of 58 levels, we managed to journey a total of 261 miles, missing the EPA array goal by 13 miles or about 5%. By comparison, the Ioniq 5, which experienced the exact batteries and motors and weighed a bit a lot more, traveled 270 miles on a a little cooler 55-diploma day, which is ordinarily worse for range. In the grand plan of matters, 9 miles is not a huge change, but right after searching about our entire screening quantities, we are not as well stunned that the EV6 came up small.

Just after testing the EV6’s dynamic effectiveness at the Edmunds check observe, we observed it to be strikingly similar to the Hyundai Ioniq 5. In a number of scenarios, however, the EV6 appeared to have a slight general performance advantage, significantly in braking and cornering, which probably means marginally grippier tires (they are the similar measurement but from unique manufacturers). We are not counting out the slight fat benefit possibly, but at 1% of the full car’s physique body weight, we question it can be ample to transfer the needle.

Efficiency generally will come at the selling price of something else, and in this case, we are guessing effectiveness. So why, then, with a slight efficiency gain and practically identical powertrain components, would the Kia EV6 have an 18-mile selection gain more than the Hyundai? By our true-planet account, it won’t.