I was with my niece and her MIL in the Boston, MA Seaport district yesterday afternoon and we took an Uber back. The guy showed up with an immaculate EV6. As an owner of a MYLR, I was interested in his take on his car, which he has only had a few months. He uses the car 5 or 6 days a week, with some days lasting as long as 12 hours.
Comparing notes:
Because of tax credits in the US & Massachusetts, I paid almost $8K less than he paid. I am unsure of the different trim levels for the EV6; the seats were quite comfortable and the only thing I noticed missing was a glass roof. The car seems to be significantly smaller than the MYLR on the inside, the ride appeared to be much less smooth. The driver has 2 screens and a lot more buttons; the layout seems similar to most of the new cars on the road, closer to the design of a smaller SUV car of the past decade. It is a very nice vehicle the 3 of us agree is more comfortable and stylish than most cars available today.
He hasn’t had any issues with his car. We compared ranges with our cars and these sound similar. He has greater range anxiety than I do, and we discovered that this was likely due to my access to the ease of the Tesla network as well as his lack of charging options in his area. Notable: he said that he can charge his car for free as an Uber driver, but has to drive for about 10 minutes to get there. He lives in an apartment and has no way to charge at home.
The driver and I agreed: for us, there is no going back to ICE cars. MIL, a retired engineer from Toyota, was noticeably quiet about this.
Not being able to charge at home is a big issue for many. Maybe the largest up hill battle for EVs.
You can get the tax credit with a lease. The ev6 is a really nice car. We need a new car this week or it’s the one we’d get and they’re sold out right now. We drive the high end trim and it was super smooth- not even the same ballpark as the teeth rattling Y. Not a clue how OP thinks it’s rougher. He’s only had an EV for a few months- it takes longer than that to get over range anxiety. Prob took me a whole year to not charge to 80% at every highway stop (plenty of them, always one open, never had a charging issue).
You misunderstood or l miscommunicated. I am the OP with the YLR, driving since February and no range anxiety any longer. Having access to Tesla charging and being able to charge at home has erased my concerns.
Our driver, the guy with the EV6 for only a few months, talked about his range anxiety.
The reasons we didn’t get the EV6 or Ionic 5 and went with our Y: tax credits and charging network. Buying last February was a different place than buying today.
Yeah I got all that. He’ll get over the range anxiety soon. He could have bought out a lease and gotten the tax credit- there are ways around that. The Kia dealer had that plan all laid out if we wanted to do it. It’s not their money so what do they care? It makes them more competitive to make it easy to do.
I got over my range anxiety in 72 hours.
Yes, it looks very nice.
You can get the tax-credit using the lease loophole.
Did he elaborate on the charging for free/say where he does? I’d be curious about the details. I used to drive for uber/my account is still active (I’ll occasionally do a trip here or there with my Tesla).
I don’t currently have an CCS adapter since the CCS fast charging stations near me cost more than superchargers do (and I don’t need them much anyways). Free DC fast charging would be cool though. (I’m assuming it’s at a specifc brand of station and you probably have to actually drive enough to reach whatever level which I currently don’t)
He mentioned it being a fairly new car so the EV6 gets free charging with Electrify America. I am guessing that’s what op is talking about?
He didn’t elaborate other than to say clearly the free charging was because he drove a lot for Uber (we had called using Uber Green).
I really liked the car and think it is a better city car than the Y. Our Y is definitely more for road trips and suburban driving
If You think that’s nice you should check out the genesis gv60
I have Ioniq5 and it’s really nice. I sat in a Model Y and the ride was terrible, felt every little bump in the road and gave me back/neck pain. Ioniq5 feels much roomier inside too. I can enter the passenger door and scoot over to the driver side because there’s so much open space in the floor. Never been in an EV6 but it looks cramped with the middle console in there.
We’ve taken our 23 YLR on long trips and it rides smoothly. The earlier Ys and those with different wheels types are different.
I like the Ionic 5 a lot and think our test drives showed both cars to ride about the same. When we purchased our car the Ionic 5 was a lot more expensive and we had to wait for months longer than with the YLR. Our old Honda was not going to last that long.
I know most people get really attached to a car or a brand. I’m not like that. The Ionic 5 is a great, fun car. The Y is as well.
Kias are usually pretty good cars. My brother swears by them.
EV6 driver here.
Never had range issues. I’ve put on 6k in 3 months. We’ve made a few road trips.
I’m also never at a charger more than 10 minutes. We plug in and get the fuck out, because that’s how it works when you have 800v charging. I’ve never wished for the slow tesla charging (lol 400v at 150 kw) in my road trips, because I had 350 kw at 800v the entire trip every single time I was outside my home area.
It’s also significantly more comfortable in the front seats than a tesla model X (dad has one). I can’t say for the back seats, because I haven’t sit in the back of either. The front seats are excessively roomy if you’re not over 6’5". Above that depend on if it’s torso or leg that your height is mostly concentrated.
There’s no phantom breaking that plagues every tesla model. It doesn’t exist. So you’re not going to randomly get rear ended because Musk couldn’t tell the difference between a speed limit sign an the road number.
You also have an openable sunroof on higher trims, something tesla hasn’t figured out yet despite being a thing for literal generations.
You got the green one? Very nice.
Yeah. I love it in the green. I wash it weekly and put ceramic wax on it a month back, so you know it sparkles.
Not sure how often I need to redo the wax, but probably going to in like 3 or 4 weeks
I love the look of the EV6. It was on my short long for an EV. Unfortunately, it was just too small and cramped for me. (I’m 6’4”.) The MY was much roomier. However the ride in the MY was horrible.
Which is quieter? I haven’t driven the model Y but the model 3 I drove had a lot of wind and road noise. It’s been a few years though, so maybe the model 3 refresh is much improved.
It was just an Uber trip that was mostly on Boston roads, with a short distance on interstate 93 for a few exits. I didn’t notice any wind noise in the EV6. This wasn’t a very long trip.
My Model YLR was new February 23 and has 19" wheels with what I guess is the improved suspension. It has a very comfortable ride, and almost no wind noise at highway speeds.
Both 2023 Ys I’ve driven are much quieter than any model 3 I’ve been in.
They have double glazed windows on every door
Really it’s the whistles. Every 3 I’ve driven had highway speed whistles.
Newer model Ys are much quieter than older ones, they did a lot to improve interior noise. The model 3 refresh is supposed to have similar changes to make it quieter as well, that’s not in the US yet though, it’s expected in 2024.