Here we've got the all new Kia EB9 and it has a level of thought and care that I just did not
know that Kia was capable of and this thing is absolutely fantastic. I love the direction
they're going in. Overall, I think this car looks great. They managed to make it like an
electric vehicle, but at the same time, it doesn't look too stupid and bubbly. It's also really
impressive how they've been able to make it both boxy and aerodynamic. This has a drag coefficient
of 0.28, which means it cuts through the air really well and it's also nice and quiet in the
cabin. Although that said, you have to remember that the force of drag is the frontal area,
times the coefficient of drag, so it still is not going to be the most efficient ever.
In this awesome blue color, I was expecting this thing to be getting plenty of attention,
especially since these have just arrived here in Canada, but only one person did a double take
and Buddy was getting out of his EV6, so you can be pretty down low in this thing.
That said though, let's look at the front. In here we have a little bit of room, about enough for a
purse, maybe some personal items, but not quite enough for a full-on backpack, but I do appreciate
that they have at least something up here. Below the hood, we have what Kia calls their dynamic
welcome lights, which look really sweet and are incredibly annoying because this right here,
we have what's called their focus pattern, as you can see there's a bunch that aren't even lit
up in here, and to change that you have to give them $250 as a microtransaction. So if I see anything
other than the default patterns right here, you are a chump, you're an idiot. Moving to the side,
we have these really cool aero rims right here, which I think stand out quite a bit compared
to the stupid diamond cut rims that you find on everything else, and also these tires do have foam
insulation in them to help with NVH, which really aids just how quiet this thing is in the cabin.
Also, it's really freaking long. This thing's over five meters long, so check if it will fit
in your garage. You might have to move some shelves. This being an EV, they had to do something funky
with the door handles, and these ones right here that just pop out actually work really quite well.
Around the back, I continue to like the styling, like these lights right here, and we also have a
great big power lift gate that opens to reveal a trunk that's really not all that big. In here,
we have enough room for about two backpacks and an alex, but that can be improved. Fortunately,
if you only want to transport four people, you can put the rear seats down and gain that space back,
and if you only want to transport two people, the front ones can go down too, giving you just this
massive flat space right here, where you might not be able to put a piece of plywood, but you can
put quite a bit of stuff. As a bonus, back here, we get a full 120 volts, 15 amps, and there's a
second one up there for a total of 3,600 watts, if you want to put a whole gaming rig in here or
several. Around the side, we have our charging port, and now I wasn't able to actually find the
exact specs on this right here. Either way, you're able to go 10% to 80% in just 24 minutes, which
is really impressive for something with nearly 100 kilowatt hours of battery. This being a
three row SUV, I'm guessing the rear seats are essentially useless, but let's give it a little
look here. Okay, not too bad, not too bad. Oh, oh, okay. Honestly, I'm pretty impressed. I have
decent headroom. The seat goes forward and backwards. I have charging back here, and with these captain
seats all the way forward, I actually have pretty decent legroom, like my knee is touching, but I'm
six foot, and I was expecting to just be not able to sit back here at all. This chair all the way
forward, can I sit in it still? Damn, not bad. Aside from hitting my head on the camera, I'm
actually pretty comfy. It's tight. It's definitely tight, but you can fit six actual full grown
adults in here. I'm kind of shocked. If you don't have people in the back though, these seats are
awesome. They are heated, they are cooled, they are full motion back, forward, up, and down. These
are better than the majority of seats I've sat in in the front of cars, let alone the middle. Also,
there's a little footrest, which is way too small for me. Here we've got a sunshade that blocks the
sun and the haters, and up here we have a control panel, which is pretty average, but what's really
interesting is they actually have two completely separate HVAC systems for the front and the back,
so if you're doing stuff up there, like you don't have anyone in the back, it can fully turn this
one off for better efficiency. Finally, we've got a nice little bit of storage right here,
where I was able to put all of my turnips and potatoes when I forgot a bag at the farm market.
Hopping into the front seats, these are some of the best seats I have ever sat in, and with a
single button press, I can go into lounge mode. Oh yes. I don't entirely understand why you want
lounge mode, but it is pretty neat when you do it the first couple of times. That said though,
aside from the gimmicks, these are the best seats that I have ever sat in. We have this little mesh
thingy on the back of the headrest that feel a lot like those fancy Mercedes pillows, and just
so much adjustment. We've got bolsters, we've got your arse, and even massage seats up here.
It is like nothing I have felt in IKEA by a mile. In here overall, the quality of the materials is
exceptional. We don't have piano black crap everywhere. There is some kind of glossy plastic
here that's scratching a bit easily, but everything else is great. We've got these nice fabrics,
we've got the fake leathers, we've got plastics that are textured in such a way that I think they're
going to wear really well compared to what we've been seeing in the past, and we also have proper
climate controls. We have temperature here, fan rate there, and none of that junk climate and media
in the same spot stuff that Kia has been doing for the last little while. This is so much better
with my only small gripe being that you completely block all of the HVAC information with the wheel
and your hand. It took me a really long time to figure out that it's all right here. The infotainment
is pretty standard Kia Hyundai stuff, and it's overall just excellent. They have some of the best
and easiest to use stuff in the game, and of course you're just going to be plugging in Apple
CarPlay or Android Auto anyway. Storage in here is also great. We have a normal glove box, which
somehow is a selling point in EVs right now. A tiny little compartment that's a bit big enough
for sunglasses here, and a nice little area here that's large enough for a DJI transmission kit,
or your purse. Turning on the EV9 is a little bit strange. We've got a power button on a stock
for some reason, and you just give it a little twist here, and it allows us to drive straight
into the Segway to our sponsor. Before we set off, I want to quickly show it out to 360 camera on
this, which is just exceptional. It is an optional upgrade, but I would recommend it. Like there was
a Model Y that could knock it into a super small parking space, but using this thing right here,
I was able to. Now even though this thing's 5,800 pounds, we have 380 horsepower, 516
foot pounds of torque, which is pretty quick.
This thing does a 0-100 in 5.3 seconds, and if you want to get the all-wheel drive version,
that does go up to 6, but that still is quite rapid. That said though, the 200 horsepower
rear-wheel drive version takes over 9, so maybe splurge for the all-wheel drive,
or the GT where you can do this. It's pretty fun given how freaking huge it is. The biggest
difference though with this convert to every other Kia that I've been in is that the suspension is
set up exceptionally. This thing is very, very heavy, and you can tell, but at the same time,
we're going over a really bumpy road. Right now, it's nice and quiet in here, there's zero rattles,
and it's just really nice and comfy. It's so nice that Kia was able to take what this car is intended
to do, which is just faring around children, being comfy, and really, really nail that in a way that
I feel like they have not in the past. We don't have any fancy air suspension, adaptive dampers,
none of that. It is just very simply well-tuned, well thought out, and good job guys. By hitting the
paddles on the back of the steering wheel, you can change how much regenerative braking you get,
although I would suggest sticking to level three, because that's where you get the most, and I just
really like regen braking, or go all the way to eye pedal, which gets you full regen braking,
and you can do full one pedal driving with this, where without touching the brake, you can come
to a full stop. One thing to note, though, is that when you enable eye pedal, it disables the
disconnect actuator system. That's a disconnect on the front axle that separates the wheels from
the electric motor. Doing that gains you six to eight percent efficiency, so you will have longer
range if you're not in the eye pedal, but that said, I found the range to be pretty good in this,
and I've just used eye pedal the whole time, I like it. All right, we've got some corners here,
we can just dipper in, give it a little bit of gas, and it feels really, really good. It's
obviously not a sports car. We have 5,800 pounds of mass, and Kia are not magicians,
so you can definitely feel it, and if you're going around corners that are bumpy at higher speeds,
it can get a little bit confuzzled, but that said, the steering is really accurate,
really responsive, and you're able to take corners at speeds that you do not expect for
this thing to be able to do. Again, great job, Kia, on suspension tuning of this thing.
In here we have the 14 speaker surround sound system from Meridian, and it is fantastic. It plays
all the way down to 30 Hertz, so not quite the bassiest bass, but it is clean down to 30 Hertz.
It also has excellent, not staging, but surround soundedness. It's a large car,
so they're able to just really bring it out and immerse you in the sound. My only complaint is
that the staging isn't perfect. I do find that the center channel just kind of collapses to the
mid that's right here, which is a little bit unfortunate. I do really wish that the center
channel had collapsed to the center, but that said, it's pretty darn good.
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for a year, working great. Another area that's excellent are the assists. This has adaptive
cruise, which goes down to zero kilometers an hour, and it's just overall really smooth,
really confidence inspiring. I quite like it. It also has auto lane centering and lane keep assist,
both of which work quite well. Although that said, I think that I work better. So for the most part,
I turned it off, but maybe you'll like it. Also great is the range. The GT line that we have right
here is good for 505 kilometers. If you're not into the gas too much, or if that's not enough for you,
the rear wheel drive can go for 563 kilometers if you don't care about getting chopped by Priuses.
And finally, the price. Now in Canada, we get quite a good deal on these. This one right here that
we're in, the absolute top trim is $81,000 Canadian, but if you're in the States, the same
chop trim is $76,000, which is a lot more expensive. So overall, the Kia EV9, it's fricking fantastic.
I cannot believe how much Kia has improved on their formula of like the EV6, which was just
didn't really do it for me. And now we've arrived here to something that I hope all of the design
decisions get carried over into their other cars. The climate control and stuff, just so much better.
The ride quality is exceptional and it's just so comfy, so quiet, so easy to use. If you're looking
for something to just be a very simple electric car for your everyday life, it's great. I really
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