Something I think is worth mentioning is that bigger batteries are not just for people who need to travel longer distances. For some people like me it's also about less need for recharging. I live in a flat with no access to a home charger and my work commute is around 20 miles per day. It actually makes much more sense for me to get a larger battery so I didn't have to charge it as often, and with the bigger capacity I have more leeway as to when to charge. Just mentioning this because commentators frequently mention that EVs are a problem for people without home chargers, but rarely mention the larger battery size as a way to mitigate this.
Re: heat pump for colder climates, it seems to be standard for most EV3 trims in Finland. Only the entry level Air trim has it as an optional extra, but all the other trims have it as standard. Good job on that Kia Finland.
I don't see that a heat pump is worth the extra £1000. Yes if it was free, then it's nice to have, but paying an extra grand to save a bit range on the battery isn't worth the outlay. My Ioniq 5 without a heat pump might loose 30 miles in winter, compared to the summer, but it's a mute point as the car is charged every night for a few quid. The winter heating might cost 20 Pence per hour to run in the coldest weather, which isn't exactly the end of the world. Obviously this is on an EV tariff. If public charging is the only option, then a heat pump will be more desirable.
Browsing through the Kia online store, heat pump can be purchased even for the AIR trim here in Czech Republic at 35K CZK (aprox. 1200 GBP) I find it surprising that V2L, V2H, V2G is only available as an option for the Earth trim - I would prefer this to be on all cars and not extra.
"None of that swoopy no-headroom coupe rear end" Oh spot on! So glad you understand this thing about car design. More car manufacturers should do this.
Exactly! Loved my 2002 and 2007 Nissan X-Trails, they were the old school lovely practical boxy design. When 2007 one was hit by a bus and insurance gave me a 2020 or so X-Trail with swoopy rear, it had terrible rear vis, was just fugly, the dash and weird handbrake made the whole experience awful. I now have a Tesla Model Y, but although it is swoopy, it has a lot of interior space and makes up for it.
Yes! It's like they forget ppl have teenagers! I oy have 1 kid so don't need an SUV, but he's already over 6ft tall (yes, I'm American) so we had to count out quite a few small cars because the kid wouldn't fit in the back!
@@ThePentosinCorrect, but I think for most of us normal commuters with normal speeds, the utility bit takes over the very slight advantage of aero-mileage
It's not bad, but if you look into the details, not that amazing. The base trim at Kia cars are usually missing a lot of important safety features, so you don't really want it, especially not for family car where safety is No1 priority. On the video, it looks actually much smaller than the Niro, which is much much smaller than the Model Y. The Model Y price is practically full trim, not a comparison at all. Range and efficiency is good, but changing speed is poor. On really long trips, charging time is the king. This is in practice a compact city car which you can travel further here and there. The max trim I'm sure will be above model Y, which is way too much for such a small car that worth 25k at best.
@@sokoo1978 The space on the back seats of the model Y isn't that big. The EV3 offers a lot of space for its size. The model Y does offer a bigger boot space.
This is clearly the new benchmark. I love everything about this car; it's design, the design cues internally and externally, the orange details are excellent, _finally a light interior rather than the grim boring black ones, the mat silver rather than the piano black, the buttons!_ *THE BUTTONS!!* Lovely car, phenomenal range, great looks and not too ridiculously large, at a price point almost of that of an ICE car! *Thank you KIA!* And thank you Jack for yet another excellent and enjoyable watch!
@@JackScarlett1 Thanks! I forgot one important thing: trustworthy accurate range indications! Again and again KIA is the only one managing to be spot on, building trust and comfort with their drivers.
@@Swwils Yus, but that's true for virtually all automakers (only a v.small handful support direct sales), and from what little I've seen, all stealerships are much of a muchness...
I already got EV3 and same colour with this video in Korea. There are a total of 3 trims in Korea. Air, Earth and GT-Line, and each trim has a standard range and long range. The charging system of EV3 is a 400v (to charge 10% to 80% about 31mins) and a heat pump is standard on all trims. Although the same specifications may not be released in all countries and then It's a bit disappointing that the heating system isn't standard in other countries, too. We are confident that it is a car that is satisfactory for the price. Because many basic convenience features are included on EV3. Just one example: The driver's seat and passenger seat are basically equipped with a heating seat and a cooling seat, and the second row has a heating seat, but not a cooling seat. I think hard to find any car in this similar price range with these features as standard. Also you can drive an average of more than 600km based on long range. One more thing is that you can use the V2L system. You can use the Outlet anytime, anywhere, inside or outside of EV3. Anyway, thanks for the video =)
No the heat pump is NOT STANDARD except on the highest trims and it's a 1k option on the other trims! This is just a Korean bolt euv I bet the new Chevy ultium bolt euv beats this in pricing and spec. And Kia wants to sell 210,000+from 2 factories by the end of 2025. I say good luck Kia. Build it in America or mx with tax credit access, price it below 35k fully loaded&it could do very well. Price it at 35-50k as rumored? Doa imo as many others have larger more powerful more efficient better equipped evs in that price bracket right now and eligible for tax credits!
Whether the heat pump is standard or optional/model specific varies by territory, as is the case with other Kia models - the Niro and the EV6 in the UK for example.
Yes…you guys right. That’s why I mentioned that is not standard in other countries like the UK. I‘m talking about the case of Korea. Anyway, thanks for your opinions =)
@@jayj1621 - They might be able to offer finer choice of differentiation in the US market with their new factory. But at the moment Kia manfucatures with the bounds of the factories it has, making cars for the world from these units means waves of builds in trims levels for differing markets rather than build to order style production.
4:07 I picked up a 3 year old Soul EV last year and was delighted to find that the previous owner had missed about 4 bits of that blue stuff when I gave it a deep clean, second hand ASMR is even more satisfying!
I've had a Sonata hybrid for 4 years--from new--and as recently as 6 months ago, I found another bit of plastic wrapping! Immense fun taking the stuff off, but it does seem wasteful.
You could hear them in several sections within the video, the office staff probably were worrying incessantly about how to 'block' the sound out during the sound edit stage!. We love Jack on his car reviews but his knowledge on insects (suborder Auchenorrhyncha in this case, apparently) is perhaps not quite as top-notch!🙂
@@MichaelJohnField Why edit it out? Cicadas are the sound of summer in my area! Instant nostalgia. It got me thinking of summer road trips. Perfect background noise for an outdoor video.
Totally agree about the heat pump. I’d adjust the Northern European specs to include heat pump as standard. I’d make it part of the marketing to give winter range in comfort as a selling point.
Nice to see an interior that isn't the unremitting black of many manufacturers. The all-black, including roof-lining, interiors are a pet-hate of mine. Makes me feel claustrophobic like I'm in a cave or something. Give me nice, bright, light-coloured, airy interiors any day!
After driving a Polestar 2 on lease for a few years, I bought an e Niro second hand, which is a quietly excellent car, and fantastic value second hand. I'll be keeping an eye on these second hand as a replacement when the time comes.
Our eNiro is 3 years old and would make a fantastic second hand car when it's lease expires next year. Still doing over 280 miles when not on motorways. Hopefully we'll get an EV test drive before long. They only have models to look at rather than drive atm.
what baffles me is this: the Kia EV3 measures 4.30m, and has a boot space of 460L. The BMW iX measures 4.95m, and has...500L. What's the point of such a bigger car if you get a measly 40L extra boot space? We want smaller cars with more boot space, and it seems legacy German auto-makers are going in the opposite direction.
When I first moved to korea I stayed temporarily in a place where there were a million cicadas in the trees outside the bedroom window. That quickly factored into my longer term apartment choice
All EVs all ready have a heat pump! It's called AC - all they are missing is a simple reversing valve to switch from cooling to heating mode! Disgusting this isn't standard across all EVs - it's probably cheaper adding this valve than having to add additional resistive heating! No way ticking the heat pump box should cost an inordinate amount of money!
Would love to see what some of these cars look like with the seats folded down - how flat they go, can you (or a slightly shorter person) lay down in it, could you throw a bicycle in there etc. That, price and range are the things I'm most interested in!
Isn't Korea beautiful? The food is awesome, too. You can get around with English, though it's really helpful to have a Korean friend. In Seoul, avoid the big streets -- much cheaper more traditional food on the little streets. When driving, stop at the rest-stops. The rest-stops have actually REALLY GOOD food. Korean is safe, and has a good train network.
Really? I came away 20 yrs ago thinking it's a disappointment next to Japan. I was interviewed by a national broadcaster, and was scathing. I take the credit for them recognizing the sole value of their arts scene. Look at K-drama today. I'll take the first mover credit.
Please give us 17”wheels option on the GT and GT S in the UK, for improved efficiency, better range and potholes ! Heat pump should be standard. Nevertheless, love the design, space and performance specs. Looking forward to my test drive next month. Just wish the 17” wheels were an option on the GT GTS line in the UK.
17" wheels are almost a thing of the past. i went from 16" on my 2019 ioniq to 18" with much wider tires and it only made about 5% range difference but probably like 20% better handling, braking and acceleration. but depends what you like, can always swap them as almost all cars now have the same 5x114.3 bolt pattern
@@3184Patrick I think the price of the new replacement wheels might just be too much, so suspect I'll just have each wheel wrapped with the 17" design.
My 2017 Bolt had a maximum and minimum range, and the middle is quite accurate as well. It has buttons as well, which I agree is a huge improvement over cars like Tesla.
@15:56 what was going on with that car!?? 😮 Interesting feedback on the back seat Jack, thanks! I'm 6' 3" and I found there to be loads of leg room, but head brushed the roof lining, but then, I was at the UK unveiling and people were round the car like flies round a 💩 so looking forward to my actual test drive so I can look at things properly Oh, and a bit like a broken record here: 1) Is it V2X capable? 2) What's the latest with the UK adoption of V2X?
Yes, the EV3 is V2X capable, but not at the entry level. At least in the Netherlands, V2X is only available from trim level 2 (Plus) and up. That's according to the documentation I got from Kia during the EV3 presentation in NL.
@@MarceldeJong Great news* 😁👍 Kinda makes sense, as both the EV9 and EV3 both share the E-GMP underpinnings. Just 800v vs 400v. And! As both NL and Korea share exactly the same domestic electricity supply as the UK, it would be wonderful to know when Kia will be releasing it's V2X charger along with each new car it sells. I can't help but think (or leave the money sat in my bank account) why spend money on home battery storage, when it can be better served on a much bigger, far more useful (to me) battery on wheels? 🤔 *Kinda sad that 'the public' know more about the cars capability that the people paid to sell the car mind you 🙄
Stylish reviewer, classy camera work, entertaining and informative comments - I want you to do all my favorite car reviews! Although I am more partial to Tottenham because of Son Heungmin. Let's beat up Arsenal, Son!
@@RacingAnt No it is not. The Hyundai brand is far ahead the competition in everything. New tech, great quality, really nice interior/exterior, the line up is crowded with very popular ang game changing models.
I’m really impressed with the Kia EV3! It seems like Kia is finally stepping up their game in the electric vehicle market. The focus on comfort and practicality over sheer power is refreshing, especially for family-oriented drivers.
Great vid, thanks! This thing with the AWD option could be stellar for Canadian winters, less range but cutting through the snow and ice that much better. Definitely at the top of my list for my next car, I think.
Time. On typical press launches we usually have 3/4 hours with a car, we had all day with this one. Glad you enjoyed that section and will endeavour to add it into more eps!
Unfortunately in the United States, both the dealership experience and the dealership price markup make anything from KIA highly undesirable. I'll keep buying from Tesla. Unfortunately their CEO is an undesirable.
As somebody who has a resistively heated Bolt and drives it on winter road trips, a heat pump would be a nice-to-have but by no means is a necessity. When you care the most (when highway cruising long distances) you're already eating a fair amount of power just driving, so resistive heat accounts for less than 10% of your battery around freezing temperatures. Around town you can recharge often, so it's not a big deal that it takes a bunch of power to heat the cabin. If you happen to go on long road trips in the middle of winter somewhere that it gets to 20 degrees below freezing regularly during the day, then yeah, the heatpump will net you an extra bit of range. For most people, it simply won't make any practical difference in their experience of owning, driving and charging the car.
You can control speed of Tesla when Autosteer is on. But if you steer when AS is on, it disables if you apply force, but I recall cruise control remains on.
Fully agree. I’m a cat and have good memory of almost being crushed by an i3 a few years ago. The rear end got imprinted in my cat head that day. Definitely looks like an i3.
ID7 very nice , but alas somewhat above my budget ( even used) alas there aren’t many estate EV’s , not a fan of the MG 5 and everything else is either not brilliant or expensive premium German brands . Not keen on SUV’s driven loads but find them poor to drive
@@davidabel6750 yeah it was above our budget but a good value lease became available. We were going to get a Skoda Enyaq which is a half way house between an SUV and an estate. Personally i don’t really care what they drive like but the slight economy saving of an estate appeals. And I prefer the look personally.
Kia are knocking it out of the park with their new EV models. I anticipate some deals on the Niro as the EV3 is next level. I do wish we could have seen how much leg room there was in the rear. With soon to be 2 teenagers it would have been good to see.
Whilst we didn't see it directly, Jack didn't appear to be sat uncomfortably, or with his knees up by his chin etc, and it sounded like both front seats were occupied... so I think we can conclude that rear leg-room is not bad... (and if your teens are taller than Jack then you - and they - have probably got bigger problems in terms of fitting into places :D)
The only reason people buy these bloody Cross Overs is because they don't have much else to buy. Manufacturers have stopped building Hatchbacks.. Whichever manufacturer starts building good looking BEV hatchbacks will have it away sales wise....
On the whole, manufacturers only make what sells, which is SUVs and crossovers. There's little point in manufacturers making vehicles that don't sell, which is why we see so few normal hatchbacks now. However I have an Ioniq 5, which is basically a hatchback at 130% scale.
It's disappointing that the marketeers have convinced the masses that they need oversized vehicles (large families, excused). Well-designed Audi A1/A3-sized vehicles would be better for most roads and parking spaces. I'm interested in the move away from ICE, but the options are limited/boring (inside and out). Here's hoping...
In the UK the big battery base model comes in at about £36k which sounds like a lot but is more or less the average price paid for ANY new car in the UK. The only thing to consider with Kia (and Hyundai) is they can be very hard to move things forward with warranty issues and also they have inexplicable and pricey service schedules (imposed to maintain warranty). However, this is a fine effort and I am sure will see very well.
That lack of central storage for a gimmick is a shame. Also, where is V2G? V2G is the game changer in electric cars. Especially with all the world changes, tornados, bloods, etc... Having a battery backup for your home has proven Tom have saved lives...
what I don't understand about the heat pump issue is that all the cars have a heat pump, just some pump heat from the supply air - ie air-con. To pump heat to the supply air the refrigerant flow needs to swap over, but in other applications (air-con for houses say) the 4-way reversing valve is usually included as standard. The compressor and heat exchangers are all the same for cooling and for heating. I can't help thinking if all EVs had this as standard the additional cost would be negligible?
my back of the envelope calculations compairing the pounds price of a model Y (45k) and the Australian price of a model Y (55k)... multiply the pounds by 1.2 so the ev 3 may be $42K AUD. Not bad! A second hand model 3 is $40K ish.
Ev3 will likely be overpriced in Australia. Just like it will be in NZ. Tesla kill with pricing down under, as they control the price, not a 3rd party importer.
@@isstuff sterling to Australia $ exchange rate is 0.52 Doesn't smash byd atto in Australia unless the long range is A$50k. In short it doesn't compete on features or price or digital smarts with Chinese EVs in Australia. What a shame Chinese vehicles are so pricey in the UK. Xpeng G6 similar size to model y (and it is odd to suggest the Kia is similar size to model y) G6 has mega castings, moonroof, heatpump, faster DC charging, 11kw AC, reclining rear seat, 100 litres more boot space than Kia and state of the art digital platform with regular ota updates, 20 inch wheels level 2.5 ADAS and growing AI integration, ranking 3rd in world for its digital smarts, A$55k standard A$60k long range (charger and installation included). MG4 price was dropped in Oz by 25% to A$32k = £16k. Brits are still being ripped off by the legacy auto chain of middlemen who inflate price by capitalizing on a brands image.
@@isstuffthis calculation would only work if we were talking about another Tesla. If you compare the UK/AU pricing of other Kia EVs you’ll see that we’ll unfortunately be paying much closer to $60k than $40k for the EV3
Excellent review and the car has some excitement for a "lesser" trim. The splash of orange just makes you smile and on the ride home every little bit helps.
Good point about heat pumps. They should ne standard now. I have a VW ID3 without heat pump. At worst it's a 40% range drop in the dead of winter. You shouldn't have to tick a box on the most expensive only vehicle.
it apparently can only charge up to 130kw, which is a miss nowadays, especially if you get the bigger battery. So upping that + heatpump as standard, and it's a clear winner.
Well said, especially with tesla doing 250kws since the late summer of 2018! 200+is the bare minimum, baring a small pack with an excellent flat charging curve! Should be 20mins or even below for a 10-80& charge to be competitive for a 2025 ev and tp be road trip convenient. 👍🏻 With only 288hp for the upcoming gt awd dual motor trims it's weak, that just matches the equinox ev which will likely be even CHEAPER due to tax credits. Kia says 35-50k U.S. pricing point's. So 35k might get you a base fwd 58kwh slow charging weaker than a 2023 bolt euv. 😀 Also the equinox is even larger with more standard equipment, towing capability+available today as in NOW!
That explains the charge time of 30+ min, I was thinking that wasn't amazing as they claimed, but it didn't say the battery size so I thought it must be the top end one then. But with 130 kwh that is properly the standard range.
That would make sense. There are a bunch of older designs which worked really well which just aren't covered. Estate cars (station wagons), minivans, and convertibles are the obvious things. It's amazing that there are NONE for sale in the US.
I hate crossovers. Designed to sit higher on the road for no good reason. Where will it end, if everyone buys cars that sit higher, then people will want cars that sit even higher and so on until cars are so tall that they fall over going round corners? In terms of interior, I have to disagree with Jack, the flashes of orange look cheap plastic. Range is impressive. Price is not unreasonable. Overall a very, very good car
I disliked SUVs on the road since they became the new go-to like a decade ago already(roughly). Sometimes I like to imagine the guy who bought his big SUV sitting behind another, bigger SUV, rethinking his purchase. I always feel that SUV people mostly buy them to sit higher and nothing else. It doesn't even necessarily mean that it'll be a more comfy ride.
@@icksTeevee heh - I was sat behind a transit van going up the A34 the other day, when I was passed by an SUV (Toyota of some sort, iirc)... and the damn thing looked bigger (wider & taller) than the Ford Transit... :/
@@bonnie115 SUVs are a bad compromise on that, though. They are a bad compromise on all fronts, really. Look at the Kia Ray EV. Easy to get into, more space, fantastic view of the road. It's like the Scion Xb, but electric, and cleverer.
Got my first EV in Jan, second hand Kona and I'm totally sold on Korean cars, this is a nice car, maybe a touch too boxy for me on looks. and the wheels, omg just put normal wheels on these EVs. Thanks for the real world range! The radar cruise control my mine is really very good for motorway driving. 15:56 I'm pleased you didn't die there :)
The definition of small has somewhat changed over the years.Seems we have less room on the roads but bigger vehicles.I wish manufacturers would make smaller vehicles , size has actually put me off buying certain vehicles.
This is an excellent review. I have to disagree, however, on two points: 1) I think the front end looks great. The issue with almost EVERY manufacturer's EVs is that they don't know what to do with the front grill area. They use fake grills or tons of body colored plastic. Kia, by contrast, styles the front so that it seems more natural looking. 2) Matte plastic above wheel arches is functional. On this car, much like the current Sportage HEV design, the plastic is on all the lower portions. This prevents the inevitable issues with damaged paint from road debris.
Love “took an hour to remember to analyse the car”! Might be the greatest praise I’ve ever heard for a car in that segment! I hope the EV4 will be just the same…
Thank you for the full comprehensive review.. that lack of heat pump bit is very disappointing. Up until then I was starting to turn around on Kia/hyundai quality despite all their past news about overcharging for battery replacement in Canada, and hiring undocumented child labor in Alabama. I was willing to ignore all that, but having no heat pump makes me wonder how much true longevity in the real world these cars will really have if they don’t bother with such a necessity
Great review as always Jack. The only thing I would want on this that isn't already available is faster DC charging. I think 150 kW has to be the minimum charging speed on a car with a large battery going forward. Currently have a P2 which max's out at 156 kW and that is starting to feel a bit slow. The facelift P2 has 200+ kW speed. Surely with the EV6 having 800V architecture they could drop that system in the EV3. Otherwise would be on my list for my next car.
Wasn't keen on the design language really of any of the Kia offerings, but the more I look at them, the more it grows on me. Might be the best looking so far, especially from the front.
Nice car and good review. Looks are a mix of the best of the Soul and the Hyundai Kona and with the practicality of the Niro. These should sell really well.
4:39 And if it would be in China, the project would be "extremely risky in terms of man-made disasters, questionable in terms of economics, and appalling in terms of the human rights of the unfortunate workers who built it." And any honest British journalist would have asked "But at what cost?"
Great video and very nice looking car .. and I'm sure it drives well, however something that is often missed is the importance of software. Kia still have a loooooong way to go in this area. Albeit not everyone will care for software defined vehicles like Teslas and Rivians right now, but they do offer many benefits that OEM's don't yet seem to grasp.
This looks like a very interesting car that should be a winner. But it should be noted from the price comparisons, that Ford Explorer and Renault Scenic are bigger cars. Explorer is almost 17cm longer, 7cm taller and has 9cm longer wheelbase. All that will result in more interior space. If you don't need or want the space, EV3 is obviously the better choice. As for Scenic: it's 17cm longer, about as tall and it has 10cm longer wheelbase. Again: bigger car, more space.
Great video jack. Nice to see it’s not all black inside with gloss black everywhere inside to. Seriously considering one as a replacement to my current car.
Please keep in mind Jack is driving a full trim version because he's talking about the 360 view. In The Netherlands with the big battery that car costs 50K. Then you come into totally different territory. Compare the EV3 to the Renault Scenic E-tech you this car suddenly feels really small. But comparable in price.
Something I think is worth mentioning is that bigger batteries are not just for people who need to travel longer distances. For some people like me it's also about less need for recharging. I live in a flat with no access to a home charger and my work commute is around 20 miles per day. It actually makes much more sense for me to get a larger battery so I didn't have to charge it as often, and with the bigger capacity I have more leeway as to when to charge. Just mentioning this because commentators frequently mention that EVs are a problem for people without home chargers, but rarely mention the larger battery size as a way to mitigate this.
Great point. Not considered that 👍
The hummer and Silverado are perfect then!
So true. As a long range Polestar owner without the privilege of a driveway or charger, I can relate!
Good point!
Yes! Same here. No at home charger, but my bolt's range allows me to charge once a week near work, and makes owning an EV way more pleasant.
Re: heat pump for colder climates, it seems to be standard for most EV3 trims in Finland. Only the entry level Air trim has it as an optional extra, but all the other trims have it as standard. Good job on that Kia Finland.
That's good to hear. Kia UK clearly being over optimistic about our weather!
I don't see that a heat pump is worth the extra £1000. Yes if it was free, then it's nice to have, but paying an extra grand to save a bit range on the battery isn't worth the outlay. My Ioniq 5 without a heat pump might loose 30 miles in winter, compared to the summer, but it's a mute point as the car is charged every night for a few quid. The winter heating might cost 20 Pence per hour to run in the coldest weather, which isn't exactly the end of the world. Obviously this is on an EV tariff. If public charging is the only option, then a heat pump will be more desirable.
Browsing through the Kia online store, heat pump can be purchased even for the AIR trim here in Czech Republic at 35K CZK (aprox. 1200 GBP)
I find it surprising that V2L, V2H, V2G is only available as an option for the Earth trim - I would prefer this to be on all cars and not extra.
I own an EV with a heat pump and one without. I would never, ever buy another EV without a heat pump.
It's standard here in Sweden as well!
"None of that swoopy no-headroom coupe rear end" Oh spot on! So glad you understand this thing about car design. More car manufacturers should do this.
Exactly! Loved my 2002 and 2007 Nissan X-Trails, they were the old school lovely practical boxy design. When 2007 one was hit by a bus and insurance gave me a 2020 or so X-Trail with swoopy rear, it had terrible rear vis, was just fugly, the dash and weird handbrake made the whole experience awful. I now have a Tesla Model Y, but although it is swoopy, it has a lot of interior space and makes up for it.
Yes! It's like they forget ppl have teenagers! I oy have 1 kid so don't need an SUV, but he's already over 6ft tall (yes, I'm American) so we had to count out quite a few small cars because the kid wouldn't fit in the back!
Swooping rear end is for aerodynamics.
Don’t overemphasis design, the function is much more important with a EV. Is the Kia a proprietary, fully integrated, EV - no.
@@ThePentosinCorrect, but I think for most of us normal commuters with normal speeds, the utility bit takes over the very slight advantage of aero-mileage
KIA is going to sell a lot of these, it ticks all the boxes for people who want a great looking, well made and practical EV.
It's not bad, but if you look into the details, not that amazing. The base trim at Kia cars are usually missing a lot of important safety features, so you don't really want it, especially not for family car where safety is No1 priority. On the video, it looks actually much smaller than the Niro, which is much much smaller than the Model Y. The Model Y price is practically full trim, not a comparison at all. Range and efficiency is good, but changing speed is poor. On really long trips, charging time is the king. This is in practice a compact city car which you can travel further here and there. The max trim I'm sure will be above model Y, which is way too much for such a small car that worth 25k at best.
The new Chevrolet Bolt better be good or this thing will make it irrelevant.
@@sokoo1978which safety features are missing?
Great looking. Should have gone to Specsavers
@@sokoo1978 The space on the back seats of the model Y isn't that big. The EV3 offers a lot of space for its size. The model Y does offer a bigger boot space.
This is clearly the new benchmark. I love everything about this car; it's design, the design cues internally and externally, the orange details are excellent, _finally a light interior rather than the grim boring black ones, the mat silver rather than the piano black, the buttons!_ *THE BUTTONS!!*
Lovely car, phenomenal range, great looks and not too ridiculously large, at a price point almost of that of an ICE car! *Thank you KIA!* And thank you Jack for yet another excellent and enjoyable watch!
Couldn't put it better myself!
@@JackScarlett1 Thanks! I forgot one important thing: trustworthy accurate range indications! Again and again KIA is the only one managing to be spot on, building trust and comfort with their drivers.
@@JackScarlett1 hey Jack! Took me a double take to realise it was you! Glad you agreed with the good job you did ;-) *(you really did BTW)*
@@Swwils How is that relevant? Please elaborate!
@@Swwils Yus, but that's true for virtually all automakers (only a v.small handful support direct sales), and from what little I've seen, all stealerships are much of a muchness...
I already got EV3 and same colour with this video in Korea.
There are a total of 3 trims in Korea.
Air, Earth and GT-Line, and each trim has a standard range and long range.
The charging system of EV3 is a 400v (to charge 10% to 80% about 31mins)
and a heat pump is standard on all trims.
Although the same specifications may not be released in all countries and then It's a bit disappointing that
the heating system isn't standard in other countries, too. We are confident that it is a car that is satisfactory for the price.
Because many basic convenience features are included on EV3.
Just one example:
The driver's seat and passenger seat are basically equipped with a heating seat and a cooling seat,
and the second row has a heating seat, but not a cooling seat.
I think hard to find any car in this similar price range with these features as standard.
Also you can drive an average of more than 600km based on long range.
One more thing is that you can use the V2L system. You can use the Outlet anytime, anywhere, inside or outside of EV3.
Anyway, thanks for the video =)
No the heat pump is NOT STANDARD except on the highest trims and it's a 1k option on the other trims!
This is just a Korean bolt euv I bet the new Chevy ultium bolt euv beats this in pricing and spec.
And Kia wants to sell 210,000+from 2 factories by the end of 2025. I say good luck Kia.
Build it in America or mx with tax credit access, price it below 35k fully loaded&it could do very well. Price it at 35-50k as rumored?
Doa imo as many others have larger more powerful more efficient better equipped evs in that price bracket right now and eligible for tax credits!
Whether the heat pump is standard or optional/model specific varies by territory, as is the case with other Kia models - the Niro and the EV6 in the UK for example.
Yes…you guys right. That’s why I mentioned that is not standard in other countries like the UK. I‘m talking about the case of Korea.
Anyway, thanks for your opinions =)
In US, you have buy the highest trim to get cooling seats. Hope Kia changes that stupid policy when they release Ev3 in the states.
@@jayj1621 - They might be able to offer finer choice of differentiation in the US market with their new factory. But at the moment Kia manfucatures with the bounds of the factories it has, making cars for the world from these units means waves of builds in trims levels for differing markets rather than build to order style production.
4:07 I picked up a 3 year old Soul EV last year and was delighted to find that the previous owner had missed about 4 bits of that blue stuff when I gave it a deep clean, second hand ASMR is even more satisfying!
I've had a Sonata hybrid for 4 years--from new--and as recently as 6 months ago, I found another bit of plastic wrapping! Immense fun taking the stuff off, but it does seem wasteful.
“How big is that cricket?!” With the cicadas going cracked me up.
You could hear them in several sections within the video, the office staff probably were worrying incessantly about how to 'block' the sound out during the sound edit stage!. We love Jack on his car reviews but his knowledge on insects (suborder Auchenorrhyncha in this case, apparently) is perhaps not quite as top-notch!🙂
@@MichaelJohnField Why edit it out? Cicadas are the sound of summer in my area! Instant nostalgia. It got me thinking of summer road trips. Perfect background noise for an outdoor video.
Cicadas for the win here in Queensland Australia. It's our soundtrack for most of the year these days.
Yea, I was almost commenting to the video "turn the cicadas down a bit". :D
As you Mammmma!
Totally agree about the heat pump. I’d adjust the Northern European specs to include heat pump as standard. I’d make it part of the marketing to give winter range in comfort as a selling point.
And in today's manufacturing, more options increase the cost, no?
Nice to see an interior that isn't the unremitting black of many manufacturers. The all-black, including roof-lining, interiors are a pet-hate of mine. Makes me feel claustrophobic like I'm in a cave or something. Give me nice, bright, light-coloured, airy interiors any day!
Couldn’t agree more, black rooflining, black interior, just looks terrible and makes the interior feel smaller and depressingly drab
+1, my old MG4 had a black headliner plus everything else. It was really dark / unwelcoming and something I wanting to avoid when I traded it in.
@@dan123collins - ours was so claustrophobic, never again!
They’ll change that for Brexitania and probably revert to black on black.
After driving a Polestar 2 on lease for a few years, I bought an e Niro second hand, which is a quietly excellent car, and fantastic value second hand. I'll be keeping an eye on these second hand as a replacement when the time comes.
Our eNiro is 3 years old and would make a fantastic second hand car when it's lease expires next year. Still doing over 280 miles when not on motorways. Hopefully we'll get an EV test drive before long. They only have models to look at rather than drive atm.
How did you find the polestar? I'm a huge fan of the design
@@smitabhmoitra5726I have one...❤ it.great in corners
The EV3 looks awesome. My Kia Sportage hybrid also had auto steer and I could modulate the speed on my own.
Yay! Buttons! Think I would make my choice on that aspect more than anything else.
Loving your Nokia?
what baffles me is this: the Kia EV3 measures 4.30m, and has a boot space of 460L. The BMW iX measures 4.95m, and has...500L. What's the point of such a bigger car if you get a measly 40L extra boot space? We want smaller cars with more boot space, and it seems legacy German auto-makers are going in the opposite direction.
Ordered mine yesterday!!!! Awesome stuff young Jack :)
That cricket was a cicada, and it just wasn't supporting Arsenal.
When I first moved to korea I stayed temporarily in a place where there were a million cicadas in the trees outside the bedroom window. That quickly factored into my longer term apartment choice
I have a Spurs fan mate who makes a similar noise now you mention it
@@Stan_sprinkleMae mae mae maeeeeeee!
What’s not to like? 🎧
Watching you for ages now, and you just keep leveling up.
@@dna9838to himself is enough
C’mon dna, you can do it. Read Ashlynn’s comment again. Answer your own question now. ‘Compared to …’
@@dna9838 is it not a bot comment? Generic, non-specific, could apply to almost any video.
I watched you writing comments for a while now, BOT, but it's all still useless.
Good commentary about the heat pump Jack. 100% agree.
Heat pumps use about 1/3 of the electricity (vs PTC heater) on a near freezing day. Gotta like that in an EV.
All EVs all ready have a heat pump! It's called AC - all they are missing is a simple reversing valve to switch from cooling to heating mode!
Disgusting this isn't standard across all EVs - it's probably cheaper adding this valve than having to add additional resistive heating! No way ticking the heat pump box should cost an inordinate amount of money!
Any thoughts on the Chevy Equinox EV?
@@mbaxter22 I like it - great value, spacious, drives great. I think it perfect as a family car.
Would love to see what some of these cars look like with the seats folded down - how flat they go, can you (or a slightly shorter person) lay down in it, could you throw a bicycle in there etc. That, price and range are the things I'm most interested in!
Isn't Korea beautiful? The food is awesome, too. You can get around with English, though it's really helpful to have a Korean friend. In Seoul, avoid the big streets -- much cheaper more traditional food on the little streets. When driving, stop at the rest-stops. The rest-stops have actually REALLY GOOD food. Korean is safe, and has a good train network.
The energy mix is worse than China's at the moment though; hopefully electric cars will help that change.
Yes they love their dog BBQ’s.
Really? I came away 20 yrs ago thinking it's a disappointment next to Japan. I was interviewed by a national broadcaster, and was scathing. I take the credit for them recognizing the sole value of their arts scene. Look at K-drama today. I'll take the first mover credit.
Shame about the current incel plague.
I like this video because it showed a lot of nature rather than South Korea's hightech cities.
Please give us 17”wheels option on the GT and GT S in the UK, for improved efficiency, better range and potholes ! Heat pump should be standard.
Nevertheless, love the design, space and performance specs. Looking forward to my test drive next month.
Just wish the 17” wheels were an option on the GT GTS line in the UK.
17" wheels are almost a thing of the past. i went from 16" on my 2019 ioniq to 18" with much wider tires and it only made about 5% range difference but probably like 20% better handling, braking and acceleration. but depends what you like, can always swap them as almost all cars now have the same 5x114.3 bolt pattern
@@3184Patrick It’s a two fold issue for me efficiency and looks. The 19” wheels are just too much black !!!!
@@3184Patrick I think the price of the new replacement wheels might just be too much, so suspect I'll just have each wheel wrapped with the 17" design.
@@Banyan314 can also just get used ones. Facebook Marketplace is full of them
Yep, I’m sold. Having one.
Ps. I’m a Mum.
Great review. £36k for the long range version seems relatively cheap. Looks like the fall in battery prices is beginning to filter through.
...matter of perspective...
£36k in 6 months will be £18k!
@7755ian1 one can hope. But I'll doubt it.
@@7755ian1 That would be awesome, but I also doubt it.
Very well reviewed and honestly commented. Fully charged good job 👍. Thanks for featuring this Kia ev3 review video, it's enlightening.
My 2017 Bolt had a maximum and minimum range, and the middle is quite accurate as well. It has buttons as well, which I agree is a huge improvement over cars like Tesla.
Kia these days 🎖️
Welcome to Korea😘
Jack gives well thought out/produced reviews as well as the rest of the team. Bravo
@15:56 what was going on with that car!?? 😮
Interesting feedback on the back seat Jack, thanks! I'm 6' 3" and I found there to be loads of leg room, but head brushed the roof lining, but then, I was at the UK unveiling and people were round the car like flies round a 💩 so looking forward to my actual test drive so I can look at things properly
Oh, and a bit like a broken record here:
1) Is it V2X capable?
2) What's the latest with the UK adoption of V2X?
Saw that. Maybe he was on his way to pick up his new KIA
Yes, the EV3 is V2X capable, but not at the entry level.
At least in the Netherlands, V2X is only available from trim level 2 (Plus) and up.
That's according to the documentation I got from Kia during the EV3 presentation in NL.
@@MarceldeJong Great news* 😁👍
Kinda makes sense, as both the EV9 and EV3 both share the E-GMP underpinnings. Just 800v vs 400v.
And!
As both NL and Korea share exactly the same domestic electricity supply as the UK, it would be wonderful to know when Kia will be releasing it's V2X charger along with each new car it sells.
I can't help but think (or leave the money sat in my bank account) why spend money on home battery storage, when it can be better served on a much bigger, far more useful (to me) battery on wheels? 🤔
*Kinda sad that 'the public' know more about the cars capability that the people paid to sell the car mind you 🙄
Stylish reviewer, classy camera work, entertaining and informative comments - I want you to do all my favorite car reviews! Although I am more partial to Tottenham because of Son Heungmin. Let's beat up Arsenal, Son!
Oaooohhh,
Hyundai/KIA/Genesis is today by far the leading EV brand. What an impressive development in just a few years
Wrong. It's BYD, then Tesla. But, don't let facts get in the way of your viewpoint.
@@RacingAnt No it is not. The Hyundai brand is far ahead the competition in everything.
New tech, great quality, really nice interior/exterior, the line up is crowded with very popular ang game changing models.
I’m really impressed with the Kia EV3! It seems like Kia is finally stepping up their game in the electric vehicle market. The focus on comfort and practicality over sheer power is refreshing, especially for family-oriented drivers.
15:55 a maniac just casually drives across your back 😅
Great vid, thanks! This thing with the AWD option could be stellar for Canadian winters, less range but cutting through the snow and ice that much better. Definitely at the top of my list for my next car, I think.
16:30 why on earth don't you normally do it? it's vitally important information.
Time. On typical press launches we usually have 3/4 hours with a car, we had all day with this one. Glad you enjoyed that section and will endeavour to add it into more eps!
@@JackScarlett1 you don't need to be sat in the car when you do it
@@JackScarlett1 it's no wonder you had so much time to do the peeling.
one of the absolute best car rewiews ive seen in a long time !!
Unfortunately in the United States, both the dealership experience and the dealership price markup make anything from KIA highly undesirable. I'll keep buying from Tesla. Unfortunately their CEO is an undesirable.
Kia dealers aren’t marking anything up in California
As somebody who has a resistively heated Bolt and drives it on winter road trips, a heat pump would be a nice-to-have but by no means is a necessity. When you care the most (when highway cruising long distances) you're already eating a fair amount of power just driving, so resistive heat accounts for less than 10% of your battery around freezing temperatures. Around town you can recharge often, so it's not a big deal that it takes a bunch of power to heat the cabin.
If you happen to go on long road trips in the middle of winter somewhere that it gets to 20 degrees below freezing regularly during the day, then yeah, the heatpump will net you an extra bit of range. For most people, it simply won't make any practical difference in their experience of owning, driving and charging the car.
You can control speed of Tesla when Autosteer is on. But if you steer when AS is on, it disables if you apply force, but I recall cruise control remains on.
I can't help to see BMW i3 wen I look at this car side on, not that that's a bad thing, I loved the i3! 😍 well done Kia nailed it again.
Fully agree. I’m a cat and have good memory of almost being crushed by an i3 a few years ago. The rear end got imprinted in my cat head that day. Definitely looks like an i3.
Can't wait until this comes to the US!
Just want to say thanks to the FC team. Just ordered my first EV (VW ID7 tourer) and this channel has certainly helped me on this journey!
Congrats!!
ID7 very nice , but alas somewhat above my budget ( even used) alas there aren’t many estate EV’s , not a fan of the MG 5 and everything else is either not brilliant or expensive premium German brands . Not keen on SUV’s driven loads but find them poor to drive
Good choice.
Beautiful vehicle, wish we could get that here in the states
@@davidabel6750 yeah it was above our budget but a good value lease became available. We were going to get a Skoda Enyaq which is a half way house between an SUV and an estate. Personally i don’t really care what they drive like but the slight economy saving of an estate appeals. And I prefer the look personally.
Those orange accents are so fun. I just hope they come to the states as we never get fun colors.
Anyone else getting Honda Element vibes from the design? Funky looking thing, in a good way. I could easily see one in my future.
So is this essentially the new Kia Soul? Loved that car!
Wouldn't it be the new eNiro?
Production quality of that video is the best i have ever seen
Kia are knocking it out of the park with their new EV models.
I anticipate some deals on the Niro as the EV3 is next level.
I do wish we could have seen how much leg room there was in the rear. With soon to be 2 teenagers it would have been good to see.
Whilst we didn't see it directly, Jack didn't appear to be sat uncomfortably, or with his knees up by his chin etc, and it sounded like both front seats were occupied... so I think we can conclude that rear leg-room is not bad... (and if your teens are taller than Jack then you - and they - have probably got bigger problems in terms of fitting into places :D)
Their gas engines have been crap lately,seems they've been focusing on EVs more.
@@logicalChimp good points and fortunately my kids aren't Jack sized.
Interesting EV from KIA, again. As a European viewer I would appreciate efficiency numbers in KM as well. Cheers!
km to miles = divide by 1.6
Miles to km = multiply by 1.6
The only reason people buy these bloody Cross Overs is because they don't have much else to buy. Manufacturers have stopped building Hatchbacks.. Whichever manufacturer starts building good looking BEV hatchbacks will have it away sales wise....
The idea of demand and supply respectfully disagrees 😊
그럼 당신이 끝내주는 차세대 배터리 시스템을 만들어 보던가 (차량 보닛에 배터리를 담을 만큼 작은 배터리지만 급속충전 30분 이하 주행거리 최소 300km이상)
On the whole, manufacturers only make what sells, which is SUVs and crossovers. There's little point in manufacturers making vehicles that don't sell, which is why we see so few normal hatchbacks now. However I have an Ioniq 5, which is basically a hatchback at 130% scale.
It's disappointing that the marketeers have convinced the masses that they need oversized vehicles (large families, excused). Well-designed Audi A1/A3-sized vehicles would be better for most roads and parking spaces. I'm interested in the move away from ICE, but the options are limited/boring (inside and out). Here's hoping...
Could imagine the people that buy NEW cars are also the people more inclined to buy BIGGER cars 🤷🏻♂️
In the UK the big battery base model comes in at about £36k which sounds like a lot but is more or less the average price paid for ANY new car in the UK. The only thing to consider with Kia (and Hyundai) is they can be very hard to move things forward with warranty issues and also they have inexplicable and pricey service schedules (imposed to maintain warranty). However, this is a fine effort and I am sure will see very well.
That lack of central storage for a gimmick is a shame.
Also, where is V2G? V2G is the game changer in electric cars. Especially with all the world changes, tornados, bloods, etc... Having a battery backup for your home has proven Tom have saved lives...
what I don't understand about the heat pump issue is that all the cars have a heat pump, just some pump heat from the supply air - ie air-con. To pump heat to the supply air the refrigerant flow needs to swap over, but in other applications (air-con for houses say) the 4-way reversing valve is usually included as standard. The compressor and heat exchangers are all the same for cooling and for heating. I can't help thinking if all EVs had this as standard the additional cost would be negligible?
Waiting desperately for this one, in Australia..
my back of the envelope calculations compairing the pounds price of a model Y (45k) and the Australian price of a model Y (55k)... multiply the pounds by 1.2 so the ev 3 may be $42K AUD. Not bad! A second hand model 3 is $40K ish.
Ev3 will likely be overpriced in Australia. Just like it will be in NZ. Tesla kill with pricing down under, as they control the price, not a 3rd party importer.
@@RacingAntyeah Australian pricing is such a bitch =(
@@isstuff sterling to Australia $ exchange rate is 0.52 Doesn't smash byd atto in Australia unless the long range is A$50k. In short it doesn't compete on features or price or digital smarts with Chinese EVs in Australia. What a shame Chinese vehicles are so pricey in the UK. Xpeng G6 similar size to model y (and it is odd to suggest the Kia is similar size to model y) G6 has mega castings, moonroof, heatpump, faster DC charging, 11kw AC, reclining rear seat, 100 litres more boot space than Kia and state of the art digital platform with regular ota updates, 20 inch wheels level 2.5 ADAS and growing AI integration, ranking 3rd in world for its digital smarts, A$55k standard A$60k long range (charger and installation included). MG4 price was dropped in Oz by 25% to A$32k = £16k. Brits are still being ripped off by the legacy auto chain of middlemen who inflate price by capitalizing on a brands image.
@@isstuffthis calculation would only work if we were talking about another Tesla. If you compare the UK/AU pricing of other Kia EVs you’ll see that we’ll unfortunately be paying much closer to $60k than $40k for the EV3
11:55 That's a cicada Jack ... with a courtship song just for you! 😎 Thanks for filming it.
Good to see an old school car review
That min/max range info on the dash is on the Chevy Bolt too, and YES, goes a long way toward alleviating range worries. Wish more EV’s had that.
I really liked the segment with Jack on the back seat
cheeky!
Excellent review and the car has some excitement for a "lesser" trim. The splash of orange just makes you smile and on the ride home every little bit helps.
PLEASE do the Inster next!
The cruise control in the KIA models I’ve driven is indeed insanely good!
That cricket must be as big as a cicada! 😏
Good point about heat pumps. They should ne standard now. I have a VW ID3 without heat pump. At worst it's a 40% range drop in the dead of winter. You shouldn't have to tick a box on the most expensive only vehicle.
it apparently can only charge up to 130kw, which is a miss nowadays, especially if you get the bigger battery. So upping that + heatpump as standard, and it's a clear winner.
I think the Niro EV is only 100 so at least it's better than that. Our eNiro is only about 70 I think.
Well said, especially with tesla doing 250kws since the late summer of 2018! 200+is the bare minimum, baring a small pack with an excellent flat charging curve!
Should be 20mins or even below for a 10-80& charge to be competitive for a 2025 ev and tp be road trip convenient. 👍🏻
With only 288hp for the upcoming gt awd dual motor trims it's weak, that just matches the equinox ev which will likely be even CHEAPER due to tax credits. Kia says 35-50k U.S. pricing point's. So 35k might get you a base fwd 58kwh slow charging weaker than a 2023 bolt euv. 😀
Also the equinox is even larger with more standard equipment, towing capability+available today as in NOW!
That explains the charge time of 30+ min, I was thinking that wasn't amazing as they claimed, but it didn't say the battery size so I thought it must be the top end one then. But with 130 kwh that is properly the standard range.
@@ralpharmsby8040Niro max charging speed is a pathetic 80kw (if you're lucky!).
The first carreview i really laughed! Swiss roll en tearing of plastic. Nicely done!
Please please Kia do an estate EV!!!!!!!
That would make sense. There are a bunch of older designs which worked really well which just aren't covered. Estate cars (station wagons), minivans, and convertibles are the obvious things. It's amazing that there are NONE for sale in the US.
The B-roll in this is epic… 🎥
I hate crossovers. Designed to sit higher on the road for no good reason. Where will it end, if everyone buys cars that sit higher, then people will want cars that sit even higher and so on until cars are so tall that they fall over going round corners?
In terms of interior, I have to disagree with Jack, the flashes of orange look cheap plastic.
Range is impressive. Price is not unreasonable. Overall a very, very good car
I disliked SUVs on the road since they became the new go-to like a decade ago already(roughly). Sometimes I like to imagine the guy who bought his big SUV sitting behind another, bigger SUV, rethinking his purchase. I always feel that SUV people mostly buy them to sit higher and nothing else. It doesn't even necessarily mean that it'll be a more comfy ride.
@@icksTeevee heh - I was sat behind a transit van going up the A34 the other day, when I was passed by an SUV (Toyota of some sort, iirc)... and the damn thing looked bigger (wider & taller) than the Ford Transit... :/
It’s not about being higher than other vehicles, it’s about the ease of getting in or out.
@@bonnie115 SUVs are a bad compromise on that, though. They are a bad compromise on all fronts, really. Look at the Kia Ray EV. Easy to get into, more space, fantastic view of the road. It's like the Scion Xb, but electric, and cleverer.
Got my first EV in Jan, second hand Kona and I'm totally sold on Korean cars, this is a nice car, maybe a touch too boxy for me on looks. and the wheels, omg just put normal wheels on these EVs.
Thanks for the real world range!
The radar cruise control my mine is really very good for motorway driving.
15:56 I'm pleased you didn't die there :)
I have to say, it's not a 'small car'.
It's bloody huge.
Only in Europe. Not in Korea or USA or other countries 🤣
Same size as the current VW Golf (though a bit taller). That's C-segment (compact car/small family car). Definitely not "huge"
The definition of small has somewhat changed over the years.Seems we have less room on the roads but bigger vehicles.I wish manufacturers would make smaller vehicles , size has actually put me off buying certain vehicles.
SOLD! Excellent video Jack. I've got mine on order (black gt line s) and cannot wait!
Cool looking car, I'll still wait for the smaller EV cars from Kia, hopefully in the coming years.
Take a look at the Kia Ray EV. Which for some reason never appears in (almost) any western EV video channels.
@@tomp4944 ah nice, it's a Kei car and we don't get those in the UK or anywhere but Japan and Korea. They're so cute!
inster ev from hyundai
So i giess this will be the new Soul EV for the US then?
No mention of the EX30, Smart #1, Omooda E5, BYD Atto 3, MG ZS.
Taste is subjective, but I like the exterior of my Volvo EX30 better. Granted, some aspects of the Kia 3 interior I would have liked in my EX30 😊
All more expensive or with less battery size
@@alfrredd Maybe in your country.
This is an excellent review. I have to disagree, however, on two points:
1) I think the front end looks great. The issue with almost EVERY manufacturer's EVs is that they don't know what to do with the front grill area. They use fake grills or tons of body colored plastic. Kia, by contrast, styles the front so that it seems more natural looking.
2) Matte plastic above wheel arches is functional. On this car, much like the current Sportage HEV design, the plastic is on all the lower portions. This prevents the inevitable issues with damaged paint from road debris.
Why did they provide you with the dullest coloured car possible?!😂
Smaller cars always look better in bold cheerful colours.
Better in the metal!
It seems that you are too exciting for this car.
@@catherinegrimes2308 It only seems like that!😂
People tend to buy cars with dull colors 🎨
Looks like a rental. Ugh.
Love “took an hour to remember to analyse the car”! Might be the greatest praise I’ve ever heard for a car in that segment! I hope the EV4 will be just the same…
Skinny tires and low ground clearance for countries that don't have good paved roads could be problematic
This is going to be my first EV for sure.
Hate the square wheels !
Very informative review. I am going to wait for this car to come to the US and test drive one.
Jack : "You should be proud that you chose an especially sustainable car"
Also Jack : *pulls off a thousand pieces of plastic*
1:28 the side profile looks like an evolution of the BMW i3
I wonder why there is no Chinese comparison. Hmmm?
Do the job and get pay.
What great car and a brilliant review. Truly informative and entertaining at the same time!
15:53 watch the back window...you almost died
Was looking to see if someone else saw this. What on earth was the driver of that white car thinking?!
Excellent car and excellent review! Good stuff!
Medium size cross-over is not the small car we’re waiting for. 2 door hot hatch is.
Thank you for the full comprehensive review.. that lack of heat pump bit is very disappointing. Up until then I was starting to turn around on Kia/hyundai quality despite all their past news about overcharging for battery replacement in Canada, and hiring undocumented child labor in Alabama. I was willing to ignore all that, but having no heat pump makes me wonder how much true longevity in the real world these cars will really have if they don’t bother with such a necessity
This is not a small car
Love my Gen1 EV6 and I think Kia is killing it with their EV line.
Great review as always Jack. The only thing I would want on this that isn't already available is faster DC charging.
I think 150 kW has to be the minimum charging speed on a car with a large battery going forward. Currently have a P2 which max's out at 156 kW and that is starting to feel a bit slow. The facelift P2 has 200+ kW speed. Surely with the EV6 having 800V architecture they could drop that system in the EV3. Otherwise would be on my list for my next car.
It totally depends how is the charging curve which for some reason haven't been seen anywhere. Rumor is that it is going to be really flat
Wasn't keen on the design language really of any of the Kia offerings, but the more I look at them, the more it grows on me. Might be the best looking so far, especially from the front.
KIA's come a long way and you can see them all over since a while.
Nice car and good review. Looks are a mix of the best of the Soul and the Hyundai Kona and with the practicality of the Niro. These should sell really well.
4:39 And if it would be in China, the project would be "extremely risky in terms of man-made disasters, questionable in terms of economics, and appalling in terms of the human rights of the unfortunate workers who built it." And any honest British journalist would have asked "But at what cost?"
Loving the big-fat-zero-shiny-black interior trim
Great video and very nice looking car .. and I'm sure it drives well, however something that is often missed is the importance of software. Kia still have a loooooong way to go in this area. Albeit not everyone will care for software defined vehicles like Teslas and Rivians right now, but they do offer many benefits that OEM's don't yet seem to grasp.
This looks like a very interesting car that should be a winner. But it should be noted from the price comparisons, that Ford Explorer and Renault Scenic are bigger cars. Explorer is almost 17cm longer, 7cm taller and has 9cm longer wheelbase. All that will result in more interior space. If you don't need or want the space, EV3 is obviously the better choice. As for Scenic: it's 17cm longer, about as tall and it has 10cm longer wheelbase. Again: bigger car, more space.
Great video jack. Nice to see it’s not all black inside with gloss black everywhere inside to. Seriously considering one as a replacement to my current car.
Please keep in mind Jack is driving a full trim version because he's talking about the 360 view. In The Netherlands with the big battery that car costs 50K. Then you come into totally different territory. Compare the EV3 to the Renault Scenic E-tech you this car suddenly feels really small. But comparable in price.