2022 Kia EV6 First Look: Checking Out Kia's Latest All-Electric Offering - video Dailymotion

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MotorTrend’s Billy Rehbock takes us through the 2022 Kia EV6 in this exclusive First Look.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:02 Hi, I'm Billy Rabock with Motor Trend,

00:03 and this is the 2022 Kia EV6.

00:06 Let's take a deeper dive into the future of Kia.

00:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:14 I've been checking out the Kia EV6 all morning,

00:16 and I found a lot to love.

00:17 Kia's offering everything from a car with a 58 kilowatt hour

00:20 battery with rear wheel drive, all the way up

00:22 to an all wheel drive car with a 77.4 kilowatt hour battery

00:26 and dual motors.

00:27 This car that we're looking at here has 320 horsepower

00:30 and 446 pound feet of torque.

00:31 Those are pretty impressive stats.

00:33 That being said, there is a car on the way with 576 horsepower.

00:37 It'll do a 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds.

00:40 For a Kia, that's insane.

00:42 The EV6 stands out in its segment

00:44 with future forward design.

00:46 You'll notice that the car has a nice contrast of sharp lines

00:49 and curved surfaces.

00:50 One of the things that makes the EV6 look so sleek

00:53 are the door handles that can fold in flush with the body

00:55 work.

00:55 Although we don't know the EV6's trim structure yet,

00:58 every model will get the halo light on the rear.

01:00 The EV6 has standard ultra fast charging,

01:03 thanks to its 800 volt and 400 volt architecture.

01:05 That means it has ultra fast charging,

01:07 but you can also plug it in pretty much wherever.

01:09 It also has a vehicle to load system.

01:10 That means that you can plug in a fridge

01:12 and power the fridge off of the car.

01:13 How cool is that?

01:14 Kia tells us that the battery will charge from 10% to 80%

01:18 in just 18 minutes.

01:19 That's the fastest compared to all of its competitors,

01:22 including the Tesla Model Y and the Ford Mach-E.

01:25 The inside of the EV6 is just as futuristic as the exterior.

01:28 Let's start with the really cool cantilevered centered console.

01:31 It's got this awesome dial shifter,

01:33 which has an independent park button in the middle.

01:35 And then you can rotate it for drive and reverse

01:37 so you don't get confused.

01:38 Then back here, we have the phone charging pad,

01:41 so you can wirelessly charge your cell phone.

01:42 Some of the other cool features that we have here

01:44 are the ventilated seats, the heated seats,

01:47 and the steering wheel heater.

01:48 Those are all capacitive buttons.

01:49 So above the vents in the middle,

01:51 we have two 12.3 displays for the gauge cluster

01:54 and for the infotainment.

01:55 For anyone who's driven a Kia recently,

01:57 the layout and user interface should be pretty familiar.

01:59 The screens are fast, clear, and easy to use.

02:03 The next really exciting thing about the interior

02:04 is that Kia is offering regenerative braking

02:07 via a paddle system.

02:08 It makes the driving experience more immersive,

02:10 and drivers can choose how much regenerative braking

02:13 they apply to the car by clicking up or down.

02:15 Kia wanted the interior to feel like a mixture

02:17 of the future and the familiar,

02:19 and I think they've really achieved that here.

02:21 That's the Kia EV6.

02:22 As you can see, the future's looking bright for Kia.

02:25 For more on this vehicle, head over to MotorTrend.com.

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2022 Kia EV6 First Look: Checking Out Kia's Latest All-Electric Offering

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