{"id":248459,"date":"2023-12-14T05:49:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T05:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=248459"},"modified":"2023-12-14T05:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T05:49:41","slug":"mg-zs-ev-owner-test-drives-compares-all-evs-between-50l-to-1-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/mg-zs-ev-owner-test-drives-compares-all-evs-between-50l-to-1-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ZS EV owner test drives & compares all EVs between 50L to 1 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kia EV6 AWD is the runner-up for those who want an IONIQ 5 but with blistering performance, albeit at a hefty 20L premium.<\/h2>\n

BHPian Kevinrevvz<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

I have been one of the early adopters of EVs in India with the first generation MG ZS EV and I have been truly taken aback by the rapid and exponential growth of EV technology, infrastructure and sales in India in the last couple of years. I had the pleasure of driving a Hyundai IONIQ 5 recently and I was shocked that Hyundai could offer such a high-end car at a great price point. Then I checked out the Kia EV6 AWD and was shocked by the sub 5s 0-100 but an otherwise identical cousin to the IONIQ 5. This slowly led me to drive pretty much every single EV available in the market to study the state of the EV market in our country. The luxury segment has seen significantly more buzz than the budget ones with every car improving by leaps and bounds from the previous offering from their respective marques. However, the Hyundai Kia cousins stood out which led me to compare it with 3 other similarly priced EVs and 3 more flagship EVs priced almost three times as much as the IONIQ 5.<\/p>\n

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Impressed with E-GMPs:<\/h2>\n

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The Hyundai Kia Genesis E-GMP platform cars such as the IONIQ 5 and EV6 may seem expensive at first glance coming from the house of mainstream Korean cousins but they manage to provide a groundbreaking value for money quotient. The quality, packaging, space, performance, efficiency, range, refinement, comfort, technology and optimisation on offer are more akin to cars that cost three times as much, such as the Mercedes EQE, BMW iX and Audi Q8 ETron rather than the similarly priced competitors such as the Volvo XC40\/C40 Recharge, Mercedes EQB and BMW iX1 which are based on an ICE platform and offer noticeably inferior packaging, space, efficiency and range in comparison.<\/p>\n

Comparison to similarly priced competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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These vehicles offer a stellar package compared to the competition owning the ground-born electric platform, efficient motors and power optimisation as well as mostly in-house components. The Kia EV6 offers 4kWh more usable battery capacity, sporty modern styling, stiffer suspension and an AWD option whereas the IONIQ 5 offers Neo-Retro styling, comfort-oriented suspension and a RWD option only. The Kia EV6 is brought in as a CBU whereas the IONIQ 5 is a CKD resulting is a big price gap between otherwise identical cars.<\/p>\n

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