Kia EV6 review by ThatsmyEV team
India's ultra-fast charging pioneer gets a bigger battery and more power, but its toughest rival now wears the same platform and a smaller price tag.
Our Take
When the EV6 arrived in mid-2022 as a fully imported flagship, it gave Indian buyers their first taste of genuine 800V ultra-fast charging and went on to collect Europe's most prestigious automotive award. The facelift that reached India in 2025 sharpens that formula rather than reinventing it: the battery grows from 77.4 kWh to 84 kWh, the ARAI-certified MIDC driving range climbs to 663 km, and the lineup is slimmed to a single, fully loaded GT-Line AWD trim at ₹65.95 lakh ex-showroom (about ₹68.88 lakh on-road Delhi).
Battery
The pack. The facelift's headline change sits under the floor: a 84 kWh nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery replaces the old 77.4 kWh unit, using fourth-generation cells with higher energy density. It is liquid-cooled and mounted within the E-GMP platform's protective structure between the axles. Kia does not publish an ingress-protection figure in the India brochure; the pack hardware is shared with global E-GMP cars rated to survive water and dust ingress, but treat any specific IP claim as unofficial.
Charging
The claim. Plugged into a 350 kW DC charger, the EV6 goes from 10 to 80 percent in a claimed 18 minutes, which is roughly 470 km of MIDC-rated driving range added in the time a highway meal stop takes. The Ioniq 5 facelift claims the identical 18 minutes with the same hardware. The BYD Sealion 7 takes 32 minutes for the same 10-80 percent window at its 150 kW ceiling, and the BMW iX1 LWB takes about 32 minutes at 130 kW. On paper, nothing near this price charges faster than the Korean twins.
Driving feel
Performance. Two permanent-magnet motors, one per axle, combine for about 239 kW (325 PS) of power and 605 Nm of torque, all of it available instantly. The result is 0-100 km/h in 5.3 seconds and a 192 km/h top speed from a 2,190 kg car. In this price band only the BYD Sealion 7 Performance is quicker at 4.5 seconds, while the single-motor Ioniq 5 and the 204 hp BMW iX1 LWB are not in the same conversation. The AWD system also brings a genuine traction advantage in monsoon conditions, with drive modes spanning Eco, Normal and Sport plus snow-oriented terrain logic.
Safety
The crash rating. The EV6 holds a five-star Euro NCAP rating from 2022, scoring 90 percent for adult occupant protection, 86 percent for child occupants, 64 percent for vulnerable road users and 87 percent for safety assistance systems. Two caveats belong next to that headline: the test covered the pre-facelift European car, and the EV6 has not been rated by Bharat NCAP. Since the India car is the same fully imported product rather than a locally re-engineered one, the Euro NCAP result is far more meaningful here than an ICE-derived rating would be, but it remains an overseas result on an earlier model year. The BYD Sealion 7 also carries a five-star Euro NCAP result, so the EV6 does not stand alone on this.
Interior and technology
Displays and interface. Two 31.24 cm (12.3-inch) screens sit under a single panoramic curve running Kia's latest ccNC software with over-the-air updates, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and Kia Connect 2.0. The augmented-reality head-up display is the party piece: instead of a static speed readout, it projects navigation arrows so they appear anchored to the road surface ahead, something no rival at this price replicates. Digital Key 2.0 turns a smartphone into the key and allows sharing access with family remotely.
Variant by Variant
Kia has consciously slimmed the India lineup to a single fully loaded trim, dropping the RWD option the pre-facelift car offered. Prices below are for Delhi.
The verdict
The EV6 remains the most complete driver's EV that mainstream money buys in India. The facelift fixed its two soft spots, range and cabin tech currency, without diluting the pace and poise that made its reputation. As an engineering object, an 84 kWh, 800V, 325 PS machine with a verified five-star crash record and a features list with no blank rows is difficult to fault at any price south of the German establishment.
