This is the 2024 Kia EV6 GT N-Line. Yeah, that’s a lot of random letters and numbers but the only thing to pay attention to is the ‘GT’ part. That’s what makes this thing special.
So what does this much hallowed ‘GT’ add to the already impressive EV6? It adds dual motors, torque vectoring and increased power which transforms this midsize crossover thing to a performance machine. Since it’s an EV, it will be easy just to concentrate on the 0-60 times (it’s 3.2 seconds btw) but that’s not what makes this EV6 GT so good…it’s the handling! The GT isn’t a svelte lightweight but with computional power that would make a Cray supercomputer blush, the GT will squeeze around any bend with such ferocity and ease it’s astonishing. Skipads numbers are 0.92 but that doesn’t truly tell the tale of the EV6 GT.
You have to change the way you tackle a corner to fully maximize the handling. Instead of slow in, coast and fast out. It’s slow in, feel right at the instant of understeer, apply throttle and smile. That understeer you felt, vanishes as the EV6 pivots around you like a ballerina. It’s pretty damn mesmerizing and the more you apply throttle, the more the EV6 will rotate around you! The torque vectoring moves torque from side to side in an instant! So instead of plowing your way into a ditch, you can powerslide your way out of the corner!
Now at this instant, I would’ve love to tell you how I took all of that knowledge to the mountains but alas…I can’t.
Here is the achielles heel to the EV6 GT, it’s the range. It’s advertised at 200 miles, which still rather sucks but our observed was a more sucky 180 miles. Or to put it into confusing EV-speak, we measured 2.2 kWh in our week of testing. Whatever metric you use, it’s not good and that’s with a mix of city and highway.
If you stick majority highway though (and since it’s EV), it’s crashes down to around 170 miles. The only saving grace is that it ‘can’ charge using a 350 kWh charger, which will supposedly get you from 10-80% in around 20 minutes.
BUT, good luck trying to find one that actually spits out that kinda juice and really good luck finding a fully operational one…because I tried and gave up.