Battery specialists Infinitev have announced a new partnership with Kia that aims to accelerate the rate in which lithium-ion battery packs used for electric vehicles are recycled and repurposed here in Australia. The partnership is said to leverage four-decades worth of Infinitev’s specialist knowledge and equipment in the Australian recycling […]
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U.S. Customers Launch Class-Action Against Hyundai Over ‘Faulty’ Charging Ports
Customers in the United States have launched a class-action lawsuit against Hyundai after the Korean giant’s charging tech reportedly overheated and capped charging rates far below expectations. The news comes courtesy of a report from The Drive, who says that lawyers representing the owners of cars like the Genesis GV60, […]
Owners Increasingly Unimpressed with their New Cars: Report
Customer satisfaction has dropped across three consecutive years amongst new car buyers; a decrease not seen in the 28-year history of the J.D Power APEAL study, with Hyundai dominating the awards overall. Specifically, the latest report from J.D. Power maps out new car buyers’ reception of the automotive performance, execution […]
430kW Kia EV6 GT now on sale in Australia from $99,590
The high-powered flagship for the Kia EV6 range, the GT, is just weeks away from hitting showrooms here in Australia, with prices confirmed to start from $99,590, as suspected. The EV6 GT offers a significant power and torque increase over the standard EV6 range, and gains a heap of performance […]
Kia EV6 GT flagship price to start from $99,590 in Australia – report
Reports have emerged potentially revealing a leaked starting price for Kia’s upcoming EV6 GT performance EV in Australia, which is set to kick off from around $99,590. The report comes from Drive, claiming to have seen “figures published in a third-party industry pricing guide” that has “generally been accurate for […]
2022 Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review (video)
Welcome to the most expensive Kia in the showroom. It is fully electric and it does come packed to the brim with features and advanced technologies. But is it enough to justify the high price? Let’s take a look. The Kia EV6 is a dedicated electric model (not based on […]
430kW Kia EV6 GT begins tuning in Australia, confirmed for Q4 launch
The first examples of the high-performance Kia EV6 GT variant have arrived here in Australia after completing a gruelling round of testing at the Nurburgring with Aussie engineers behind the wheel. Local tuning is now getting underway ahead of its showroom arrival here during the fourth quarter of 2022. Kia […]
Fully electric Kia EV6 scores 5-star ANCAP safety rating (video)
The Kia EV6 fully electric SUV/coupe/crossover has just been analysed by ANCAP following crash tests, and awarded it a full five star safety rating. Crash tests were initially conducted by the Euro NCAP division, with ANCAP checking over the results and data with a fine-tooth comb to see if the […]