Go up the trim levels and you get the options of active cruise control and an augmented reality head-up display that projects turn-by-turn nav instructions on to the view of the road ahead. Standard features from Air trim upwards include smartphone mirroring, sat-nav with the nearest public charging points en route, Bluetooth with voice recognition, USB ports, ambient lighting and steering wheel ‘paddle shifts’ to control the amount of regenerative braking. If you can charge overnight at home this probably won’t be of interest but, if you are reliant on the public network, the monthly subscription will pay for itself in the first charge.Ī large touch-screen dominates the interior with a huge menu of features to choose from. Kia has a partnership with Ionity, a public charging network, and offers a bolt-on tariff at its chargers for £11.25 a month reducing the cost or rapid charging at its points form 70p per kWh to 25p per kWh. Charge your car home on an off-peak tariff, and you could get a full charge for as little as £4, rising to about £20 during peak hours, which, for a range of 300 miles, is still pretty good. As the Kia EV6 is pure electric, there are fewer things to go wrong, no congestion charge, attractive Benefit In Kind taxation and very low road tax/VED duties to pay. There are two power outputs to choose from (see Power for the Kia EV6) and three trim levels - Air, GT-Line and GT-Line S.

It’s the same story here that applies to all electric cars - the price is high, starting at £41,000 and rising to about £52,000 but the running cost are low, which means your total cost of ownership soon starts to look very appealing.

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