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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on January 26, 2022, 01:59:40 PM

Title: Kia's EV6 pricing will start at $42,115 when it goes on sale in the coming weeks
Post by: rcjordan on January 26, 2022, 01:59:40 PM

https://www.engadget.com/kia-ev6-pricing-revealed-more-than-ioniq-5-092502588.html?src=rss
Title: Re: Kia's EV6 pricing will start at $42,115 when it goes on sale in the coming weeks
Post by: ergophobe on January 26, 2022, 04:34:50 PM
$52K for AWD and 274 miles of range. I'm not planning to make a reservation to buy one yet.
Title: Re: Kia's EV6 pricing will start at $42,115 when it goes on sale in the coming weeks
Post by: rcjordan on March 28, 2022, 03:12:28 PM
800v charging

One fast charge in the Kia EV6 told me everything I needed to know
https://www.inverse.com/innovation/one-charge-in-the-kia-ev6
Title: Re: Kia's EV6 pricing will start at $42,115 when it goes on sale in the coming weeks
Post by: ergophobe on March 28, 2022, 06:43:35 PM
I think the 800V chargers will be 350kW as opposed to 250kW for the highest-power Tesla Superchargers. Normally, you should avoid drawing your battery below 20%. So you would charge 80% of a 100kW battery in 14 minutes under ideal conditions.

Even on a 120kW charger, Tesla recently reduced charge time by 25% by pre-heating the battery as you drive to the charger.

Still, it's going to take a lot of grid upgrades to roll out a large number of 350kW chargers. That's a massive amount of juice. It's a third of the capacity we have to power our entire subdivision of 200 homes.

Don't get me wrong. I think this is great. I'm just saying it will be years before the typical charge for you Kia will be on a 350kW charger.
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