Enlarge / You want a eager eye to identify that this can be a Kia EV6 GT—the bigger wheels and neon inexperienced brake calipers are the principle clue. (credit score: Jonathan Gitlin)
LAS VEGAS—In January, we received our first probability to drive Kia’s new EV6 electrical car. Constructed utilizing Hyundai Motor Group’s glorious new E-GMP platform, the EV6 immediately impressed us, providing a much less polarizing design and extra playful dealing with than the additionally spectacular Hyundai Ioniq 5. Designed as a devoted EV platform, E-GMP options an 800 V battery pack that permits for fast quick charging, and the rear- and all-wheel drive can obtain glorious ranges of effectivity.
In that first drive, after which once more on native roads over the summer time, my seat time within the EV6 confirmed Hyundai Motor Group’s knowledge in hiring Albert Biermann away from BMW to construct up the Korean automakers’ analysis and improvement packages. However now Kia’s turned the dial properly previous 11 with the brand new $61,400 EV6 GT, a limited-production variant that may outdrag some Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and experience the rumble strips at a racetrack with the perfect of them.
Between the axles of the EV6 GT you may discover the identical 77.four kWh (gross capability) battery pack as in different EV6s—the corporate has discontinued the smaller-battery variant (the EV6 Mild) on account of little or no demand. However within the EV6 GT, that battery will now feed far more energy to the pair of electrical motors that drive the entrance and rear wheels. There is a complete of 576 hp (430 kW), in truth, plus a mixed 545 lb-ft (738 Nm) of torque, cut up between a 215-hp (160 kW) entrance motor and a 362-hp (270 kW) rear motor with an digital limited-slip differential.
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