According to the previous new car plan, Dongfeng Yueda Kia will introduce a pure electric vehicle every year from 2022, and the first of these should be Kia's first new ev6 model of pure electric vehicle.
In terms of appearance, compared to hyundai brand's sibling model, the Ioniq 5, the EV6 is significantly more sporty, in line with Kia's brand positioning. In the front part of the vertical decorative strip connected to the sharp LED headlight group, flat headlights have a V-shaped diurnal light strip bifurcated up and down, wrapped inside a unique far and near light source, whether lit or not has a strong recognition. The front bumper part has a sporty three-stage cutout decoration, and the left and right sides of the rectangular lower grille are inlaid with black decorative areas with transverse fog light strips, which correspond to the headlight group, and with the flat front style, it looks quite handsome.
On the side of the body, the new car has the common cross-border style of electric vehicles nowadays, and the relatively low body is basically similar to the large hatchback, but after the B-pillar, there is a large falling roof line and a unique D-pillar shape, which is quite personal. The side skirt also has an additional black decoration at the rear wheels, which is visually connected to the taillights, showing a strong sense of design.
In the rear part of the car, the taillights of the new car also adopt the popular through-type, but the designer connects the red large-scale protruding light strip shape with the through-type decorative strip at the lower end of the tail box into a ring-shaped whole, which still shows the imagination of Korean models. In addition, the roof split spoiler shape and the large black decoration corresponding to the front bar of the rear bumper further enhance the sense of sport.
In the interior part of the new car can be said to continue Kia's latest family style, using a double large-size suspension LCD screen design, in addition, the overall interior is quite simple, in line with the design direction of electric vehicles. The most eye-catching is the front area of the double-layer suspended armrest box, the obliquely placed start button, the knob-type gear shift mechanism, the unique touch-type seat heating control placed at the front end and other details matched with the double-layer structure, which is eye-catching.
Of course, details common to new era models such as a large number of touch buttons, through-air conditioning outlet decoration, double-spoke steering wheel, AR Hud head-up display system, etc. are also not absent. In terms of body size, the new car has reached 4681/1880/1544mm, which is quite close to the Tesla Model 3 model, and the benchmarking target is obviously very obvious.
In terms of power, the new car also offers a variety of different configurations, including the entry-level version with a maximum power of 167 horsepower rear-mounted single motor, the medium model is a 225-horsepower rear-drive version, and the high-end model is a 320-horsepower four-wheel drive dual motor, with a maximum torque of 605 Nm, and 0 to 96 km acceleration in only 5.1 seconds. Of course, the new car also features a GT-Line sporty version, which has been enhanced in terms of exterior interior sportiness and handling details.
In terms of energy storage devices, the new car provides 58kwh and 77.4kwh lithium battery packs, with a pure electric mileage of up to 500km, similar to most foreign brand pure electric vehicles, and is not a strong point in terms of mileage. But thanks to the 800V high-voltage architecture, the new car supports 350kw fast charging technology, which can be charged from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes. In terms of price, the starting price of new cars in the United States is $40,900, which is significantly lower than competitors such as Tesla and Ford, and it is worth looking forward to what kind of cost performance can be made after domestic production in the future.