so now that the long awaited kia ev6 is finally ready to make its introduction in the u.s the
anticipation and the excitement are going through the roof and there are many reasons to be excited
about it including its newly released lower than expected price and the outstanding epa published
range however there also exists a gloomy forecast of supply issues similar to what we are currently
experiencing with the ionic 5. in this issue we will explore the reasons why the kia ev6 may be
one of the best electric cars to be introduced in the ev history and find out what to expect when
it's finally released in the us and canada after a long wait as the waiting can be even longer after
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on the question that's presented at the end of the video the first reason to be excited about the ev6
is the price with the impending release just around the corner kia has officially announced
the price for the us and it's far lower than what has been expected with the most basic rear-wheel
drive standard range model starting from 40 900 a tad more than the ionic 5 counterpart but less
than 45 000 originally anticipated and certainly a lot less than competitors such as tesla model y
which now starts from 60 990 as only the long-range version is now available the equivalent
horsepower dual motor all-wheel drive 77.4 kilowatt hours battery long range version of the
ev6 will sell for 10 000 less than the tesla model y at 50 900 which represents an incredible value
if you prefer the model that would give you the longest range the 225 horsepower single motor rear
wheel drive long-range model with the same battery will set you back forty seven thousand dollars
the standard range model with a 58 kilowatt hours battery will only come as a single motor rear
wheel drive configuration with 168 horsepower which has the msrp of forty thousand nine
hundred dollars as mentioned but can be reduced to thirty three thousand four hundred dollars after
the seven thousand five hundred dollars federal vehicle tax credit this makes the ev6 one of the
best priced evs in the market for models that have a range that exceeds 300 miles which brings us to
the topic of the second reason the range recently epa has released its official range certification
for the ev6 and it's also far greater than it was expected at 310 miles it even exceeds the
ionic 5's epa figure of 303 miles which was tested earlier even though the platform sharing ionic 5
has the same battery and drivetrain despite the fact that the ev6 actually weighs more by nearly
200 pounds this is thanks to improved efficiency that engineers were able to implement into the
ev6 since the introduction of the ionic 5 which has been released a few months earlier and we
expect that the range would increase even further at later date with products like ionix 6 to be
released in the summer the ev6 drives farther than its competitions like nearly identically
priced vwi d4 with an only 260-mile range and even beats out 300 miles fordmaki which has a higher
starting price it's a bit shorter than the tesla model why long range is 330 miles that cost 14 000
more but knowing that hyundai kia evs tend to fare a lot better than the epa range
certainly make it promising with reports of the equivalent ionic 5 attaining up to 600 kilometers
or 373 miles in real range also hyundai motor group evs with their innovative heat pumps are
also known to perform better than competitors such as tesla in cold temperatures as well and with the
addition of the battery preconditioning feature the charging speed would not suffer greatly either
the third reason why ev6 might be the best ev that you can buy is its amazing charging speed like the
other egmp-based evs the ultra-fast charging speed of the ev6 is obviously the greatest strength of
the 800 volt charging architecture based ev6 with its blazingly fast 18-minute charging time of 10
to 80 compared to 30 minutes to one hour for the competition fourth and the last reason but maybe
the most important reason is its availability as kia's first ever dedicated electric vehicle
will be available in all 50 states unlike the ioniq 5 which is currently available
in a select few states consisting mostly of the carbs f states with a few more scattered around
also kia dealers are well equipped and trained to handle the servicing of ev6 as kia is more
experienced in evs with years of a head start over hyundai with the introduction of soul eevee
in 2014 compared to hyundai's introduction of the original ionic ev hatchback in 2017.
725 of kia's 776 us dealers are ev certified meaning they are fully trained and equipped to
service evs as well as having no less than four level two chargers within the premise
however this doesn't necessarily mean that all kia dealers will be fully stocked with the ev6s
when it's finally released unfortunately if you are not one of the lucky first 1500 people that
have reserved the ev6 first edition back in june of 2021 you might be in for a long wait
the first edition ev6 which retailed for 58 500 with a long-range 77.4 kilowatt hours battery
and 320 horsepower all-wheel drive power electric system was sold out in a matter of hours but it
was available to the public back in june 2021 and after the initial release the weight on the
production of a highly desirable korean made evs could be incredibly long unfortunately according
to sources in korea the estimated wait time is now an incredible 13 months until you can get
your hands on the car if you were to place an order right now this is mainly attributed to
the chip shortage problem as it's lasting longer than it was originally expected and
fact that the state-of-the-art evs like the ev6 require up to 500 semiconductor chips to produce
compared to only 200 required for the conventional ice vehicles in particular
it's reported that hyundai's inventory of mosfet chips that control electricity flow
and are more needed in the production of electric cars are at a critical level adding
to the production problem even further until now the supply problem was mainly attributed to the
more commonly used mcu or microcontrol unit but as the demand for the evs increased exponentially
the semiconductor crisis is taking a turn for the worse to resolve this problem hyundai has
recently created a new department that oversees procurement of all semiconductors used in its
vehicles by amalgamating independent chip purchasing activities that were taking
place at the sub-department levels hyundai hopes that this reorganization will create
synergy by maintaining a better long-term chip strategy and gaining greater purchasing power
one of the new action plans is to work with other automotive manufacturers as well as the
electronics industry to operate a swap program that shares surplus chips between companies
although experts expect that the automotive chip supply problem will be resolved by 2023
the future is uncertain as the chips that are used in automobiles are not exclusive to cars or evs
but are used by all industries such as electronics and high-tech companies like
smartphone manufacturers and therefore hard to predict the overall demand this is the reason
why the new semiconductor department of hyundai is also considering producing its own chips through
its semiconductor development subsidiary called autron for more detailed information on hyundai's
plan for chip and battery manufacturing please refer to our feature video which also talks about
the strategic partnership with its archival samsung the long and the short of it is that
until the chip supply issue is resolved the long wait for the ev6 will continue however
another option might be to consider alternatives one example is the upcoming all-new neuro ev which
is going into production in april 2022 with the expected arrival in the us later on in the year
the latest nero ev offers just about every feature in the ev6 including the stylish
interior that's near duplicate of the ev6s all at a lower price and more practical boxier shape
it's based on the latest third generation platform known for its strength and lightness
so you know that it will be more nimble and fun to drive than the model that it replaces
while maintaining the excellent power electric system that's rated at 201 horsepower and powered
by the 64 kilowatt hours battery that offers 239 mile epa range or real range of up to 300 miles
which makes it actually more powerful and longer driving than the equivalent standard range ev6
with only 168 horsepower and 58 kilowatt hours that renders 232 miles of epa range
as a non-egmp ev and thus less publicized model the all-new nero ev will attract far
less attention and therefore should be more readily available to purchase as is the case
with the current nero ev which still tops the sales chart in europe as one of the best-selling
electric vehicles in the countries like the uk so reserve your copy of the upcoming nero eevee now
as the words may get out as to how great the car is in fact in korea kia has closed reservations
on this year's allotment of approximately 20 000 units within three hours of opening the system
when nero ev is released in the us at the end of the year 2022 the estimated starting price will be
42 000 which would put it right in between the standard range and the long range ev6s
for more information on the upcoming nero please check out our feature video on the subject
as for the end of the video question after seeing this episode would you consider buying
alternative products such as the nero ev instead of the ev6 or wait for the real deal please vote
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