Kia’s all-new 2022 EV6 crossover recently made GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS history, traveling 2,880.5 miles with the shortest charging time to cross the United States in an electric vehicle.

This cross country drive would be enough to trial the best of car/driver combinations, let alone an electric car. Fast charging times, and plentiful charging stations, have been the subject of much of the criticism. At least in the USA, EV owners have options, making their electric cars capable of doing a drive as long as the driver wishes.

During the seven-day trek from New York City to Los Angeles, the Kia EV6 was plugged in for a scant 7 hours 10 minutes and 1 second, beating previous record holder, Tesla, by more than five and a half hours (12 hours, 48 minutes, and 19 seconds).

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“The EV6’s record-setting run is the latest signal that Kia will be a leader in the popularization of electric vehicles,” said Russell Wager, vice president, marketing, Kia America. “All of Kia’s world-class engineering and experience in electric vehicles will be applied in the move to electrification. The same attention to detail, design, quality, technology and driving dynamics that Kia has become known for will be found in every new electric vehicle we bring to market.”

Arriving in showrooms in early 2022, EV6 is the first model to be launched under Kia’s Plan S strategy which puts electrification at the forefront of the company’s future. Kia’s first dedicated electric vehicle has achieved product carbon footprint certification and ‘Carbon Measured’ label from the global climate change and sustainability consultancy the Carbon Trust, becoming the first Korean vehicle manufacturer to achieve the certificate.

Australian buyers will be slightly more challenged in finding chargers, especially fast 350kw stations. We’ve used Chargefox ultra-fast chargers with Hyundai’s IONIQ5, and can confirm real world times for EV6’s sister got around 400km in 15 to 20 minutes.

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