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2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid EX Review – Urban Crossover, Right Price

The Truth About Cars

You might remember that when yours truly flew to California last year to drive the 2023 Kia Sportage, I didn’t get to spend more than five minutes in the hybrid version. The juice is supplied by a 1.49 kWh lithium-ion battery. The Kia delivers here, too, thanks to a comfy cabin that blends functionality and design nicely.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

The problem is that lithium-ion cells remain expensive, heavy, and in critically short supply around the world. That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger. But overachieving charging may be this platform’s technical coup.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 Review – Whatever It Is, It’s Good

The Truth About Cars

Juice is supplied via 77.4 kWh lithium-ion battery. Most cabin materials also feel price appropriate. Meanwhile, the similar Kia EV6 manages to take the same overall shape and use angles much better – the Kia is sexier. There’s one other thing about the Ioniq5 I don’t like – the price.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

When the all-electric Kia Niro was introduced in 2019 it followed the 2017 Niro hybrid and then the 2018 Niro plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all three versions, as well as Kia’s eco-friendly philosophy that this year saw the debut of the all-new, all-electric EV6. Juicing up.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

The key competitor for the RS e-tron GT is the Porsche Taycan, of which the GTS model is closest on price at $240,300 (plus ORCs). It might sound sacrilegious, but you can add the stunning Kia EV6 GT to this list. Energy is stored in an 83.7kWh (net) lithium-ion battery pack sitting between between the axles.

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Here's all the new electric cars or EVs coming to Australia in 2021

EVolution

The all-wheel drive layout channels a 342kW and 830Nm outputs of a 75.7kWh lithium-ion battery (a 98.8kWh extended driving range battery is available). Priced from $43,895 (AU$64,469) to $59,900 (AU$87,969) in the US, it rivals other electric SUVs on the market, including the Audi e-tron, Jaguar iPace and Tesla Model X.