• The electric sedan now has NACS ports for easy access to Tesla Superchargers
  • The base EV6 has a 68.0-kwh battery pack, up from 63.0 kwh last year
  • The top-rated models have an 84.0-kwh pack, up from 77.4 kwh last year

The 2025 Kia EV6 made its U.S. debut Thursday at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show with updated styling, bigger battery packs, and confirmation of U.S. assembly.

Unveiled earlier this year in Kia’s home market of South Korea, the exterior gets a mild refresh with new headlights and more subtle changes in other areas, including a new graphic for the curved bar of the taillights. Kia says these changes were made to keep the EV6 more in line with its other models stylistically.

The standard battery pack has also been enlarged to 63.0 kwh, from 68.0 kwh currently, while an 84.0-kwh pack replaces the 77.4-kwh pack that has been the largest available since the EV6’s 2022 model year launch. Kia is targeting 319 miles of EPA range with the larger battery in single-motor rear-wheel-drive Light Long Range, Wind, and GT-Line models—a bit higher than the current peak of 303 EPA miles.

Rear-wheel-drive models are still rated at 167 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque with the smaller pack and 225 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque with the larger pack. A dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain also remains available with the bigger pack, delivering 320 hp and 446 lb-ft.

The sporty EV6 GT returns as well, but now makes 601 hp, compared to 576 hp before, while torque remains unchanged at 545 lb-ft. A standard GT mode provides a temporary boost to 641 hp and 568 lb-ft.

Like the related Hyundai Ioniq 5, the EV6 also receives a North American Charging Standard (NACS) port with this update. The charge port was also moved to the left rear fender on all models expect the GT. Kia didn’t say whether it will provide adapters for continued use of Combined Charging Standard (CCS) charging stations, as Hyundai is doing, or discuss how fast the EV6 will charge at Tesla Supercharger stations owners will now have access to.

Kia also implemented a new operating system that offers fast processing and enables over-the-air (OTA) updates, as well as digital key functionality that allows drivers to use a smartphone in place of the key fob. Automatically-deploying flush door handles are now standard on all models as well.

The 2025 Kia EV6 is expected to go on sale in the first half of 2025, with pricing to be announced closer to that time. Assembly will move to Kia’s West Point, Georgia, plant, which also started building the three-row Kia EV9 earlier this year. The U.S.-built EV9 still only qualifies for a $3,750 federal tax credit—half the full amount—because its batteries aren’t sourced from the U.S., and that could be the case for the EV6 as well.

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