WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.680 Here we've got the all new Kia EB9 and it has a level of thought and care that I just did not 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.640 know that Kia was capable of and this thing is absolutely fantastic. I love the direction 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:15.120 they're going in. Overall, I think this car looks great. They managed to make it like an 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:21.280 electric vehicle, but at the same time, it doesn't look too stupid and bubbly. It's also really 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:26.160 impressive how they've been able to make it both boxy and aerodynamic. This has a drag coefficient 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:31.680 of 0.28, which means it cuts through the air really well and it's also nice and quiet in the 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:37.680 cabin. Although that said, you have to remember that the force of drag is the frontal area, 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:42.560 times the coefficient of drag, so it still is not going to be the most efficient ever. 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:47.040 In this awesome blue color, I was expecting this thing to be getting plenty of attention, 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:52.960 especially since these have just arrived here in Canada, but only one person did a double take 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:58.160 and Buddy was getting out of his EV6, so you can be pretty down low in this thing. 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:04.000 That said though, let's look at the front. In here we have a little bit of room, about enough for a 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.840 purse, maybe some personal items, but not quite enough for a full-on backpack, but I do appreciate 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:16.240 that they have at least something up here. Below the hood, we have what Kia calls their dynamic 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:22.000 welcome lights, which look really sweet and are incredibly annoying because this right here, 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.680 we have what's called their focus pattern, as you can see there's a bunch that aren't even lit 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:32.000 up in here, and to change that you have to give them $250 as a microtransaction. So if I see anything 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:37.040 other than the default patterns right here, you are a chump, you're an idiot. Moving to the side, 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:42.400 we have these really cool aero rims right here, which I think stand out quite a bit compared 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:47.920 to the stupid diamond cut rims that you find on everything else, and also these tires do have foam 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:54.080 insulation in them to help with NVH, which really aids just how quiet this thing is in the cabin. 00:01:54.080 --> 00:01:59.120 Also, it's really freaking long. This thing's over five meters long, so check if it will fit 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:03.600 in your garage. You might have to move some shelves. This being an EV, they had to do something funky 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:08.880 with the door handles, and these ones right here that just pop out actually work really quite well. 00:02:08.880 --> 00:02:13.120 Around the back, I continue to like the styling, like these lights right here, and we also have a 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:19.680 great big power lift gate that opens to reveal a trunk that's really not all that big. In here, 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:25.440 we have enough room for about two backpacks and an alex, but that can be improved. Fortunately, 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:30.480 if you only want to transport four people, you can put the rear seats down and gain that space back, 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:35.520 and if you only want to transport two people, the front ones can go down too, giving you just this 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:40.080 massive flat space right here, where you might not be able to put a piece of plywood, but you can 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:46.800 put quite a bit of stuff. As a bonus, back here, we get a full 120 volts, 15 amps, and there's a 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.920 second one up there for a total of 3,600 watts, if you want to put a whole gaming rig in here or 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:56.320 several. Around the side, we have our charging port, and now I wasn't able to actually find the 00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:03.600 exact specs on this right here. Either way, you're able to go 10% to 80% in just 24 minutes, which 00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.320 is really impressive for something with nearly 100 kilowatt hours of battery. This being a 00:03:08.320 --> 00:03:13.200 three row SUV, I'm guessing the rear seats are essentially useless, but let's give it a little 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:22.080 look here. Okay, not too bad, not too bad. Oh, oh, okay. Honestly, I'm pretty impressed. I have 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:28.240 decent headroom. The seat goes forward and backwards. I have charging back here, and with these captain 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:33.840 seats all the way forward, I actually have pretty decent legroom, like my knee is touching, but I'm 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:39.040 six foot, and I was expecting to just be not able to sit back here at all. This chair all the way 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:44.640 forward, can I sit in it still? Damn, not bad. Aside from hitting my head on the camera, I'm 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:50.560 actually pretty comfy. It's tight. It's definitely tight, but you can fit six actual full grown 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:56.400 adults in here. I'm kind of shocked. If you don't have people in the back though, these seats are 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:02.640 awesome. They are heated, they are cooled, they are full motion back, forward, up, and down. These 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:07.760 are better than the majority of seats I've sat in in the front of cars, let alone the middle. Also, 00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:12.800 there's a little footrest, which is way too small for me. Here we've got a sunshade that blocks the 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:18.800 sun and the haters, and up here we have a control panel, which is pretty average, but what's really 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:23.760 interesting is they actually have two completely separate HVAC systems for the front and the back, 00:04:23.760 --> 00:04:28.080 so if you're doing stuff up there, like you don't have anyone in the back, it can fully turn this 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:32.560 one off for better efficiency. Finally, we've got a nice little bit of storage right here, 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:36.480 where I was able to put all of my turnips and potatoes when I forgot a bag at the farm market. 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:42.480 Hopping into the front seats, these are some of the best seats I have ever sat in, and with a 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:49.920 single button press, I can go into lounge mode. Oh yes. I don't entirely understand why you want 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:55.200 lounge mode, but it is pretty neat when you do it the first couple of times. That said though, 00:04:55.200 --> 00:05:01.120 aside from the gimmicks, these are the best seats that I have ever sat in. We have this little mesh 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:07.360 thingy on the back of the headrest that feel a lot like those fancy Mercedes pillows, and just 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:13.200 so much adjustment. We've got bolsters, we've got your arse, and even massage seats up here. 00:05:13.200 --> 00:05:19.520 It is like nothing I have felt in IKEA by a mile. In here overall, the quality of the materials is 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:24.960 exceptional. We don't have piano black crap everywhere. There is some kind of glossy plastic 00:05:24.960 --> 00:05:30.480 here that's scratching a bit easily, but everything else is great. We've got these nice fabrics, 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:35.600 we've got the fake leathers, we've got plastics that are textured in such a way that I think they're 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:41.280 going to wear really well compared to what we've been seeing in the past, and we also have proper 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:47.840 climate controls. We have temperature here, fan rate there, and none of that junk climate and media 00:05:47.840 --> 00:05:52.160 in the same spot stuff that Kia has been doing for the last little while. This is so much better 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:59.520 with my only small gripe being that you completely block all of the HVAC information with the wheel 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:05.040 and your hand. It took me a really long time to figure out that it's all right here. The infotainment 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:11.040 is pretty standard Kia Hyundai stuff, and it's overall just excellent. They have some of the best 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:15.440 and easiest to use stuff in the game, and of course you're just going to be plugging in Apple 00:06:15.520 --> 00:06:21.520 CarPlay or Android Auto anyway. Storage in here is also great. We have a normal glove box, which 00:06:21.520 --> 00:06:26.400 somehow is a selling point in EVs right now. A tiny little compartment that's a bit big enough 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.800 for sunglasses here, and a nice little area here that's large enough for a DJI transmission kit, 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:38.720 or your purse. Turning on the EV9 is a little bit strange. We've got a power button on a stock 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:43.520 for some reason, and you just give it a little twist here, and it allows us to drive straight 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:48.560 into the Segway to our sponsor. Before we set off, I want to quickly show it out to 360 camera on 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.520 this, which is just exceptional. It is an optional upgrade, but I would recommend it. Like there was 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:59.680 a Model Y that could knock it into a super small parking space, but using this thing right here, 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:06.800 I was able to. Now even though this thing's 5,800 pounds, we have 380 horsepower, 516 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:22.080 foot pounds of torque, which is pretty quick. 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:33.920 This thing does a 0-100 in 5.3 seconds, and if you want to get the all-wheel drive version, 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:40.320 that does go up to 6, but that still is quite rapid. That said though, the 200 horsepower 00:07:40.320 --> 00:07:47.520 rear-wheel drive version takes over 9, so maybe splurge for the all-wheel drive, 00:07:48.080 --> 00:07:56.240 or the GT where you can do this. It's pretty fun given how freaking huge it is. The biggest 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:02.000 difference though with this convert to every other Kia that I've been in is that the suspension is 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:08.960 set up exceptionally. This thing is very, very heavy, and you can tell, but at the same time, 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:16.000 we're going over a really bumpy road. Right now, it's nice and quiet in here, there's zero rattles, 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:23.520 and it's just really nice and comfy. It's so nice that Kia was able to take what this car is intended 00:08:23.520 --> 00:08:30.480 to do, which is just faring around children, being comfy, and really, really nail that in a way that 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:35.920 I feel like they have not in the past. We don't have any fancy air suspension, adaptive dampers, 00:08:35.920 --> 00:08:42.480 none of that. It is just very simply well-tuned, well thought out, and good job guys. By hitting the 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:46.960 paddles on the back of the steering wheel, you can change how much regenerative braking you get, 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:51.760 although I would suggest sticking to level three, because that's where you get the most, and I just 00:08:51.760 --> 00:08:57.600 really like regen braking, or go all the way to eye pedal, which gets you full regen braking, 00:08:57.680 --> 00:09:02.560 and you can do full one pedal driving with this, where without touching the brake, you can come 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:07.440 to a full stop. One thing to note, though, is that when you enable eye pedal, it disables the 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:13.280 disconnect actuator system. That's a disconnect on the front axle that separates the wheels from 00:09:13.280 --> 00:09:19.600 the electric motor. Doing that gains you six to eight percent efficiency, so you will have longer 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:24.320 range if you're not in the eye pedal, but that said, I found the range to be pretty good in this, 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:29.120 and I've just used eye pedal the whole time, I like it. All right, we've got some corners here, 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:36.160 we can just dipper in, give it a little bit of gas, and it feels really, really good. It's 00:09:36.160 --> 00:09:42.480 obviously not a sports car. We have 5,800 pounds of mass, and Kia are not magicians, 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:48.320 so you can definitely feel it, and if you're going around corners that are bumpy at higher speeds, 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:54.400 it can get a little bit confuzzled, but that said, the steering is really accurate, 00:09:54.400 --> 00:10:01.040 really responsive, and you're able to take corners at speeds that you do not expect for 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:08.080 this thing to be able to do. Again, great job, Kia, on suspension tuning of this thing. 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:14.240 In here we have the 14 speaker surround sound system from Meridian, and it is fantastic. It plays 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:23.040 all the way down to 30 Hertz, so not quite the bassiest bass, but it is clean down to 30 Hertz. 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:29.120 It also has excellent, not staging, but surround soundedness. It's a large car, 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:34.800 so they're able to just really bring it out and immerse you in the sound. My only complaint is 00:10:34.800 --> 00:10:41.120 that the staging isn't perfect. I do find that the center channel just kind of collapses to the 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.520 mid that's right here, which is a little bit unfortunate. I do really wish that the center 00:10:45.520 --> 00:10:51.040 channel had collapsed to the center, but that said, it's pretty darn good. 00:10:57.280 --> 00:11:03.760 By the way, we just released these hats on lttstore.com. This one's a prototype that I've been wearing 00:11:03.760 --> 00:11:09.760 for a year, working great. Another area that's excellent are the assists. This has adaptive 00:11:09.760 --> 00:11:15.280 cruise, which goes down to zero kilometers an hour, and it's just overall really smooth, 00:11:15.280 --> 00:11:21.120 really confidence inspiring. I quite like it. It also has auto lane centering and lane keep assist, 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:26.480 both of which work quite well. Although that said, I think that I work better. So for the most part, 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:32.080 I turned it off, but maybe you'll like it. Also great is the range. The GT line that we have right 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:39.280 here is good for 505 kilometers. If you're not into the gas too much, or if that's not enough for you, 00:11:39.280 --> 00:11:45.600 the rear wheel drive can go for 563 kilometers if you don't care about getting chopped by Priuses. 00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:52.000 And finally, the price. Now in Canada, we get quite a good deal on these. This one right here that 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:58.400 we're in, the absolute top trim is $81,000 Canadian, but if you're in the States, the same 00:11:58.400 --> 00:12:09.360 chop trim is $76,000, which is a lot more expensive. So overall, the Kia EV9, it's fricking fantastic. 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:15.520 I cannot believe how much Kia has improved on their formula of like the EV6, which was just 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:22.000 didn't really do it for me. And now we've arrived here to something that I hope all of the design 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:29.520 decisions get carried over into their other cars. The climate control and stuff, just so much better. 00:12:29.520 --> 00:12:37.360 The ride quality is exceptional and it's just so comfy, so quiet, so easy to use. If you're looking 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:44.640 for something to just be a very simple electric car for your everyday life, it's great. I really 00:12:44.640 --> 00:12:49.120 like it. Just like I really liked you from watching this video, hit like, get subscribed, 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:52.480 and just have a fantastic all day. See you later.