America’s Most Underrated EV Starts At $42,900

A little more style and a lot more power—that describes the 2025 Kia EV6. Unveiled last year, Kia’s version of the popular Hyundai Ioniq 5 received a host of updates for the new model year. Now, we know how much those improvements will cost. On that front, there’s good news and bad news.

Let’s start with the good stuff. Stepping into a base model comes with almost no increase. 2025 Kia EV6 pricing starts at $42,900, $300 more than last year. That gets you into an EV6 Light with a 63.0-kWh standard-issue battery pack. The EV6 Light Long Range has an even smaller year-over-year increase of $250, starting at $46,200. For that, you get an 84-kWh battery and an estimated range of 319 miles with the rear-wheel-drive model. Adding all-wheel drive pushes the price to $50,300—a $450 increase from 2024. These figures don’t include Kia’s $1,475 destination charge.

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Considering the design changes and larger batteries, it’s a small bump to the price tag. Even in base trim, the EV6 Light has 19-inch wheels, power/heated front seats, and a 12.3-inch touchscreen. There’s no change to horsepower at this level; it starts at 167 hp and goes to 225 for the Long Range RWD. AWD goes to 320 combined hp and 446 pound-feet of torque. All trims now charge through the NACS plug.

Here’s the bad news. Go beyond Light and things get more expensive. The cheapest EV6 Wind is $1,600 more than last year. A GT-Line in RWD is $1,300 more. And if you want to taste supreme speed in the range-topping Kia EV6 GT, it’ll cost you an extra $2,200.

Here’s a complete price breakdown for the 2025 Kia EV6, including the $1,475 destination fee.

Aside from the battery upgrades, the biggest news in the EV6 world is a whopping 601 hp now available in the EV6 GT. That’s up slightly, but if you engage GT Mode the output jumps to 641 hp. It also gets simulated gear shifts with engine sound effects, just like its high-performance Hyundai Ioniq 5 N sibling.

While prices on higher EV6 trim levels are up quite a bit, it should be largely immune to automotive tariffs. Kia is building the EV6 at its plant in Georgia, so tariffs will largely depend on parts versus the entire vehicle.

Kia’s online configurator hasn’t yet switched over to the 2025 model. Expect it to be available later this year.