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Kia’s new EV6 electric crossover goes straight to the head of the pack

Enlarge / This is Kia’s distinctively styled EV6, a new electric crossover that’s one of the best we’ve tested. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Kia provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from San Francisco to Washington DC so we could drive the new EV6. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. HEALDSBURG, Calif. —Remember […]

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Electric vehicles feature in 2022 World Car Awards contenders

Enlarge (credit: World Car Awards) On Thursday, the World Car Awards launched its 2022 program and published the list of eligible vehicles for the upcoming contest. When the winners are announced at next year’s New York International Auto Show, there will be a new category just for battery-electric vehicles. “There has never been a better […]

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Genesis’ first electric vehicle will be the GV60 SUV, due in 2022

This is the Genesis GV60, a new battery-electric SUV that’s due in 2022 from the luxury Korean automaker. [credit: Genesis ] In previous years, you could always count on Genesis to bring something cool to the New York auto show. That auto show should have taken place this week, but for the second year running, COVID […]

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This is Kia’s next electric car: The 300-mile EV6

Kia describes the EV6’s design philosophy as “opposites attract.” I think it looks quite a lot like the Lamborghini Urus. [credit: Kia ] The Kia EV6 is one of the more intriguing electric vehicles to have been announced over the past few months. Like sibling brand Hyundai’s Ioniq 5, the EV6 will use a new […]

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Kia rolls out a new design philosophy for its next electric crossover

This is Kia’s next electric vehicle, called the EV6. [credit: Kia ] Last year we learned about E-GMP, the new 800V electric vehicle architecture that Hyundai Motor Group has been developing over in South Korea. In February, we saw the first of the new EVs to use E-GMP, the attractive Hyundai Ioniq 5 crossover that […]