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Here we've got the all new Kia EB9 and it has a level of thought and care that I just did not

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know that Kia was capable of and this thing is absolutely fantastic. I love the direction

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they're going in. Overall, I think this car looks great. They managed to make it like an

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electric vehicle, but at the same time, it doesn't look too stupid and bubbly. It's also really

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impressive how they've been able to make it both boxy and aerodynamic. This has a drag coefficient

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of 0.28, which means it cuts through the air really well and it's also nice and quiet in the

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cabin. Although that said, you have to remember that the force of drag is the frontal area,

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times the coefficient of drag, so it still is not going to be the most efficient ever.

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In this awesome blue color, I was expecting this thing to be getting plenty of attention,

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especially since these have just arrived here in Canada, but only one person did a double take

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and Buddy was getting out of his EV6, so you can be pretty down low in this thing.

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That said though, let's look at the front. In here we have a little bit of room, about enough for a

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purse, maybe some personal items, but not quite enough for a full-on backpack, but I do appreciate

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that they have at least something up here. Below the hood, we have what Kia calls their dynamic

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welcome lights, which look really sweet and are incredibly annoying because this right here,

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we have what's called their focus pattern, as you can see there's a bunch that aren't even lit

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up in here, and to change that you have to give them $250 as a microtransaction. So if I see anything

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other than the default patterns right here, you are a chump, you're an idiot. Moving to the side,

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we have these really cool aero rims right here, which I think stand out quite a bit compared

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to the stupid diamond cut rims that you find on everything else, and also these tires do have foam

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insulation in them to help with NVH, which really aids just how quiet this thing is in the cabin.

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Also, it's really freaking long. This thing's over five meters long, so check if it will fit

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in your garage. You might have to move some shelves. This being an EV, they had to do something funky

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with the door handles, and these ones right here that just pop out actually work really quite well.

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Around the back, I continue to like the styling, like these lights right here, and we also have a

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great big power lift gate that opens to reveal a trunk that's really not all that big. In here,

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we have enough room for about two backpacks and an alex, but that can be improved. Fortunately,

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if you only want to transport four people, you can put the rear seats down and gain that space back,

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and if you only want to transport two people, the front ones can go down too, giving you just this

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massive flat space right here, where you might not be able to put a piece of plywood, but you can

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put quite a bit of stuff. As a bonus, back here, we get a full 120 volts, 15 amps, and there's a

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second one up there for a total of 3,600 watts, if you want to put a whole gaming rig in here or

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several. Around the side, we have our charging port, and now I wasn't able to actually find the

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exact specs on this right here. Either way, you're able to go 10% to 80% in just 24 minutes, which

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is really impressive for something with nearly 100 kilowatt hours of battery. This being a

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three row SUV, I'm guessing the rear seats are essentially useless, but let's give it a little

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look here. Okay, not too bad, not too bad. Oh, oh, okay. Honestly, I'm pretty impressed. I have

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decent headroom. The seat goes forward and backwards. I have charging back here, and with these captain

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seats all the way forward, I actually have pretty decent legroom, like my knee is touching, but I'm

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six foot, and I was expecting to just be not able to sit back here at all. This chair all the way

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forward, can I sit in it still? Damn, not bad. Aside from hitting my head on the camera, I'm

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actually pretty comfy. It's tight. It's definitely tight, but you can fit six actual full grown

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adults in here. I'm kind of shocked. If you don't have people in the back though, these seats are

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awesome. They are heated, they are cooled, they are full motion back, forward, up, and down. These

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are better than the majority of seats I've sat in in the front of cars, let alone the middle. Also,

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there's a little footrest, which is way too small for me. Here we've got a sunshade that blocks the

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sun and the haters, and up here we have a control panel, which is pretty average, but what's really

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interesting is they actually have two completely separate HVAC systems for the front and the back,

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so if you're doing stuff up there, like you don't have anyone in the back, it can fully turn this

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one off for better efficiency. Finally, we've got a nice little bit of storage right here,

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where I was able to put all of my turnips and potatoes when I forgot a bag at the farm market.

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Hopping into the front seats, these are some of the best seats I have ever sat in, and with a

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single button press, I can go into lounge mode. Oh yes. I don't entirely understand why you want

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lounge mode, but it is pretty neat when you do it the first couple of times. That said though,

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aside from the gimmicks, these are the best seats that I have ever sat in. We have this little mesh

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thingy on the back of the headrest that feel a lot like those fancy Mercedes pillows, and just

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so much adjustment. We've got bolsters, we've got your arse, and even massage seats up here.

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It is like nothing I have felt in IKEA by a mile. In here overall, the quality of the materials is

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exceptional. We don't have piano black crap everywhere. There is some kind of glossy plastic

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here that's scratching a bit easily, but everything else is great. We've got these nice fabrics,

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we've got the fake leathers, we've got plastics that are textured in such a way that I think they're

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going to wear really well compared to what we've been seeing in the past, and we also have proper

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climate controls. We have temperature here, fan rate there, and none of that junk climate and media

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in the same spot stuff that Kia has been doing for the last little while. This is so much better

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with my only small gripe being that you completely block all of the HVAC information with the wheel

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and your hand. It took me a really long time to figure out that it's all right here. The infotainment

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is pretty standard Kia Hyundai stuff, and it's overall just excellent. They have some of the best

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and easiest to use stuff in the game, and of course you're just going to be plugging in Apple

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CarPlay or Android Auto anyway. Storage in here is also great. We have a normal glove box, which

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somehow is a selling point in EVs right now. A tiny little compartment that's a bit big enough

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for sunglasses here, and a nice little area here that's large enough for a DJI transmission kit,

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or your purse. Turning on the EV9 is a little bit strange. We've got a power button on a stock

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for some reason, and you just give it a little twist here, and it allows us to drive straight

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into the Segway to our sponsor. Before we set off, I want to quickly show it out to 360 camera on

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this, which is just exceptional. It is an optional upgrade, but I would recommend it. Like there was

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a Model Y that could knock it into a super small parking space, but using this thing right here,

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I was able to. Now even though this thing's 5,800 pounds, we have 380 horsepower, 516

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foot pounds of torque, which is pretty quick.

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This thing does a 0-100 in 5.3 seconds, and if you want to get the all-wheel drive version,

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that does go up to 6, but that still is quite rapid. That said though, the 200 horsepower

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rear-wheel drive version takes over 9, so maybe splurge for the all-wheel drive,

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or the GT where you can do this. It's pretty fun given how freaking huge it is. The biggest

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difference though with this convert to every other Kia that I've been in is that the suspension is

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set up exceptionally. This thing is very, very heavy, and you can tell, but at the same time,

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we're going over a really bumpy road. Right now, it's nice and quiet in here, there's zero rattles,

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and it's just really nice and comfy. It's so nice that Kia was able to take what this car is intended

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to do, which is just faring around children, being comfy, and really, really nail that in a way that

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I feel like they have not in the past. We don't have any fancy air suspension, adaptive dampers,

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none of that. It is just very simply well-tuned, well thought out, and good job guys. By hitting the

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paddles on the back of the steering wheel, you can change how much regenerative braking you get,

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although I would suggest sticking to level three, because that's where you get the most, and I just

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really like regen braking, or go all the way to eye pedal, which gets you full regen braking,

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and you can do full one pedal driving with this, where without touching the brake, you can come

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to a full stop. One thing to note, though, is that when you enable eye pedal, it disables the

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disconnect actuator system. That's a disconnect on the front axle that separates the wheels from

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the electric motor. Doing that gains you six to eight percent efficiency, so you will have longer

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range if you're not in the eye pedal, but that said, I found the range to be pretty good in this,

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and I've just used eye pedal the whole time, I like it. All right, we've got some corners here,

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we can just dipper in, give it a little bit of gas, and it feels really, really good. It's

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obviously not a sports car. We have 5,800 pounds of mass, and Kia are not magicians,

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so you can definitely feel it, and if you're going around corners that are bumpy at higher speeds,

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it can get a little bit confuzzled, but that said, the steering is really accurate,

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really responsive, and you're able to take corners at speeds that you do not expect for

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this thing to be able to do. Again, great job, Kia, on suspension tuning of this thing.

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In here we have the 14 speaker surround sound system from Meridian, and it is fantastic. It plays

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all the way down to 30 Hertz, so not quite the bassiest bass, but it is clean down to 30 Hertz.

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It also has excellent, not staging, but surround soundedness. It's a large car,

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so they're able to just really bring it out and immerse you in the sound. My only complaint is

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that the staging isn't perfect. I do find that the center channel just kind of collapses to the

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mid that's right here, which is a little bit unfortunate. I do really wish that the center

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channel had collapsed to the center, but that said, it's pretty darn good.

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By the way, we just released these hats on lttstore.com. This one's a prototype that I've been wearing

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for a year, working great. Another area that's excellent are the assists. This has adaptive

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cruise, which goes down to zero kilometers an hour, and it's just overall really smooth,

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really confidence inspiring. I quite like it. It also has auto lane centering and lane keep assist,

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both of which work quite well. Although that said, I think that I work better. So for the most part,

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I turned it off, but maybe you'll like it. Also great is the range. The GT line that we have right

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here is good for 505 kilometers. If you're not into the gas too much, or if that's not enough for you,

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the rear wheel drive can go for 563 kilometers if you don't care about getting chopped by Priuses.

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And finally, the price. Now in Canada, we get quite a good deal on these. This one right here that

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we're in, the absolute top trim is $81,000 Canadian, but if you're in the States, the same

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chop trim is $76,000, which is a lot more expensive. So overall, the Kia EV9, it's fricking fantastic.

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I cannot believe how much Kia has improved on their formula of like the EV6, which was just

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didn't really do it for me. And now we've arrived here to something that I hope all of the design

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decisions get carried over into their other cars. The climate control and stuff, just so much better.

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The ride quality is exceptional and it's just so comfy, so quiet, so easy to use. If you're looking

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for something to just be a very simple electric car for your everyday life, it's great. I really

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like it. Just like I really liked you from watching this video, hit like, get subscribed,

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