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What's New for 2025?
The EV6 gets a significant refresh this year that includes new styling outside, bigger batteries that yield slightly better range (although the resultant weight gain cancels any acceleration improvement), and an upgrade to NACS charging compatibility. Of note for tax-credit purposes, all EV6 models except for the high-performance GT are now assembled stateside at Kia's plant in West Point, Georgia.
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"Like its Hyundai Ioniq 5 platform-mate, the Kia EV6 is refreshed for 2025 and continues to be a well-rounded compact electric SUV, offering competitive range and performance along with pleasingly up-to-date technology. You can see at a glance that the Kia puts more emphasis on a sporty look and feel, which means less cargo capacity and a more cockpit-like vibe inside. Nonetheless, it broadly shares the Ioniq 5's speedy peak charge rates and bladder-bursting range estimates. We tip our cap to Hyundai/Kia for offering such clearly differentiated products using the same platform (GM, for example, has struggled to do so with the Equinox EV and Blazer EV). Subjectively, we prefer the EV6's racy mood, but the Hyundai hits more objective targets for SUV shoppers."—Ranked #3 out of 12 Compact Electric SUVs
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Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
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