The Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD long-term test car proved to be a winner, being cheaper to operate than any gas-powered long-term test car we’ve tested. The EV6’s eye-catching design turned heads all year and didn’t make big compromises to utility. Kia’s charging technology is superb, but that can only take you so far with today’s troublesome and finicky fast-charging network. While some people have Level 2 chargers installed at their homes, public charging infrastructure is almost a non-issue. However, those who require use of public fast-charging facilities found the EV6 to be a superb vehicle for such a use case. Its fast charging allows it to go from 20-80% in just about 18 minutes, and the EV6 consistently performed at its claimed abilities. However, when the weather turned, wait times significantly increased at fast chargers. Kia has since added a battery preconditioning system to newer EV6s and is even offering a software update on models that didn’t have it from the factory.

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