Kia EV6 Roadtrip & Review

We rent a Kia EV6 Wind RWD from Hertz to do a Thanksgiving roadtrip. The best way to get to know a vehicle is to drive it 500 miles. We also stress test the CCS charging network, share charging data, and give you our thoughts on the car.

[@billcarter5149]

Sounds like the car needs the recent October NAV and entertainment update which does now provide route planning with destination charger information.

[@EVeryMile01]

That's really great to hear. One of the many advantages to OTA updates. Thanks for watching.

[@bfvader]

Some thoughts from someone who has owned an EV6 AWD GT-Line for about 6mo
0:36 Try "find address", "find place" or "find charger" instead of "navigate to".
1:38 Your nav firmware may be out of date, when I set a destination past my range it'll add on-route charging based on my filters (network, charge speed). It'll also show destination SoC (which can be pre-set). You can also type a destination while driving.
5:33 different market up here in Canada where the federal and provincial instant rebates are available on all EVs regardless of where they were built (depending on total cost and battery size), but we found it compares favorably to both the ID.4 and Model Y (faster charging than both, more power, more traditional driver-focused controls, and better tech features) for roughly the same cost.
8:45 you can set the default mode (nav controls or medial controls) by long pressing the switch button. You get used to it quickly

[@EVeryMile01]

All great points. Thanks for watching and enjoy your EV6!

[@Icare51100]

Since the latest update I would say the route planer is better than the one from the ID 4. You do have to use the car navigation system to precondition though which is really bad. FYI the EV9 has a function where you can start the preconditioning whenever you want. It is unfortunate that Kia does not care about its older models and does not implement it on the EV6. It may be more than a software update but I honestly doubt it.

[@EVeryMile01]

Thanks for the info and for watching!

[@StarwoodTech]

Could you have used Google Maps instead for figureing out state of charge at arrival?

[@EVeryMile01]

Yes, absolutely.

[@tonymcflattie2450]

1 pedal vs 2 pedal? Maybe you can do a video on why you two differ in preference.
I all about 2 pedal!

[@EVeryMile01]

Great idea! Thanks for watching.

[@alfredodelavictoria6061]

You donot no to operate

[@EVeryMile01]

Thanks for watching.