2022 Kia EV6 pricing and features confirmed for UK

The British arm of Korean manufacturer Kia has released the specs of the upcoming EV6, with Australia's variants expected to mirror those available globally.

As the first of 11 dedicated electric vehicles to come from Kia over the next five years, the EV6 has been launched in three grades – Air, GT-Line and GT-Line S – with a choice of rear-wheel or all-wheel drive for the latter two variants.

While a flagship GT grade has been confirmed, it won't be available until later on in the model's lifecycle, meaning buyers will have to make do with the 168kW and 350Nm RWD EV6 or the 239kW and 605Nm AWD grades for now.

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At the official reveal of the car earlier this year, Kia said lower grades would be available with a choice of 58.0-kWh or 77.4-kWh battery packs, however only the larger pack is on sale in the UK market – providing a combined driving range of up to 528km in RWD guise and 505km for AWD variants.

All EV6s will be equiped with a five-metre long Type 2-to-Type 2 charger cable plus a Type 2-to-domestic cable, the latter of which can recharge the EV6 to 100 per cent in 7.5 hours, while a 350kW charger can take it from 10 to 80 per cent in 18 minutes.

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Exterior options include a choice of 19-inch and 20-inch alloy wheels, as well as six premium paint finishes which are offered as standard, tying in with the three interior trim combinations – black vegan leather, black suede and white vegan leather and black suede with neon green stitching.

Inside the cabin a pair of 12.3-inch touchscreens provide driving data and infotainment respectively, with the new multi-mode display replacing traditional physical controls with a haptic screen.

One of the rare options for the EV6 is the ability to include a heat pump on the GT-Line and GT-Line S grades, allowing heat generated by the cooling system to be used for temperature control of the cabin – which, in turn, helps it to achieve 80 per cent of its driving range either at minus seven degrees or the optimal 25 degrees celsius.

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A host of safety features are also included on the EV6, such as; forward collision avoidance assistance, highway driving assist, lane follow assist, lane keep assist, driver attention warning, blind-spot collision avoidance assist, rear cross-traffic alert and safe exit assist to name a few.

Rear parking sensors and a reversing camera are standard across all three grades, while the GT-Line grade and above gain front sensors, culminating in the range-topping GT-Line S scoring extra tech such as; forward collision avoidance assistance for junction crossings, enhanced highway driving assist and parking collision-avoidance assist.

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2022 Kia EV6 pricing

Pricing hasn't yet been released for the Australian-bound EV6s, but going off the UK retail values, we could expect to see the model range from $75,000–$100,000.

Prices include VAT.