Kia EV6

I was told by one dealer to expect July if you ordered now.

Stupid question

Picked up mine today, unfortunately they did wash and remove the plastics, already has a scuff mark near the back right hand door, not sure how it happened.

Anyway, first day things I love:

1) I love the augmented reality display. Totally not a gimmick. Warnings for lane departure, speed and cars in your blind spot is great.

2) The sun roof. I never would have bought a car for a sun roof, it wasn't even something I thought about but now that I have it, I see how much brighter and more pleasant it is to drive a car with one. It's just nice.

3) I really like the LEDs in the car it gives great mood. A previous poster said we don't get the wheel, but here it is

4) I was surprised to find the "Detect speed cameras" option...

Other stuff. I did find the option to pump in nature sounds in the car, so I think it's just the stupid fake engine noises we don't have. Heating system seems to work fine, plenty of hot air. Passenger seat is fully automatic as well (at least on the GT Line).

Thinks I cannot as yet get to work:

1) changes to the settings for lane departure assist or "Intelligent Speed Limit Assist". It doesn't seem to matter what I change here, the behaviour stays the same.

2) The Distance control feature. It's on the steering wheel but pressing the button does nothing.

Range btw was 480 on a 91% charge with 12 KM on the clock. That quick dropped as I fecked about on the M50 and with air conditioning to about 320 travelling 100km/h and all the heating going full blast in sports mode.

Anyway, great car. Very nervous of it until I get it ceramic coated.

try this link - https://update.kia.com/EU/E1/updateNoticeView/373/pop2

supposedly you can get the latest updates for the EV6 from there, have to be done by USB.

Also well wear sir, very jealous.

Acc mode?

Having lots of issues installing the mykia app, it gets as far as selecting a dealership and won't let me select. Multiple phones have the issue.

yes it is. one short press of start button does it.

Enjoy the new wheels ! Looks cleaner than mine :-) (Glad I'm getting it coated next week)

THe Line Assist comes on automatically everytime you start the car. Long press the button to turn it off.

THe distance setting will only work when you activate adaptive cruise control -

My experience with remote heating so far : car needs to be plugged in and charging. When I get in the car, it's not toasty but I get instant heat when I turn on the heating. During remote heat, I can actually hear the car running something (fan ? pump ? don't know) . The manual is p1ss p00r ,, all that has been trial and error + online forums

This was happening for me then I noticed the "Heat" button, once I switched that on the first time it was grand.

However my ev6 needed a new inverter and a software update at the dealers before the heating started working too.

Kia Sheridans in Waterford have a white GT line for sale at the moment, don't know if it was a cancelled order or what... friend of mine was picking up his ev6 there today and mentioned it to me.

Hi Manion.

How did you get to colour wheel for lighting. I cannot find it on my GT Line.

EV GEAR.

Yeah, the menu was slightly different to the video posted previously but it gets you to the right general area and then it's at the top.

I think the air filter thing is standard as well. At least the manual makes reference to it. Not sure how to tell if it's happening.

It's a really great car. Can't get over it tbh.

First charge, working fine. Will try this remote heating business again now that it's plugged in.

Btw, for anyone moving insurance over with Aviva, the app is a bit pants, you have to put in a non zero engine size. The trick is to do that, press next then put in zero before clicking the next option. Eventually you'll get offered ev6 as an option. If you mess it up you need to start back at the start. Took me about 20 goes with different inputs to make it work.

Yes, Earth has both ambient lighting and colour wheel.

My observations so far from 150kms driven

ipedal (max regen mode) does not hold car on an incline and it actually rolls backwards as this mode seems to disable auto hold.

ipedal is good for town driving or slow moving traffic and still deciding between level 1 & 2 for normal A/B roads.

On motorway i turn it off.

I have not tried the automatic regen mode yet.

nav update, spent hours yesterday trying to copy it over to a USB key and it kept stopping and disconnecting usb from pc. Not sure if it’s the software/pc or USB key at fault right now.

finally got it transferred and when I went to install in car, the file check process failed (which is a good thing as it could have bricked the infotainment)

The quick update gave a time of 34 minutes, the normal update will run in background while everything else works as normal so is an install option for a long drive.

There is also a delayed option but I did not check it.

I took it to cars & coffee in Portlaoise this morning and everyone who I spoke to had only positive things to say about the car.

Regarding remote heating, I could only get it to heat the cabin when both plugged in and I had set a departure time. I tried having a departure time an not plugged in and while the climate control came on, no heat. Just turning on climate control via the App produces no heat but does allow me to turn on the heated steering wheel and seats.