Kia EV6 Conquers a Real-World, Cold-Weather Mountain Road Trip
Vehicle:
KIA EV6 Trip Type:
mountain trip Distance:
263 miles / 420.8 km
Trip Date:
2023-01-03
Starting Place:
San Francisco
Destination:
Reno
This is a very important trip blog if you’re considering driving through mountains and freezing driving conditions and relying completely on public chargers.
There are a lot of things that work differently when u driving uphill and in freezing conditions. Most of the apps and charging stations won’t work with range drastically dropping
Murilee Martin has been writing about his experiences driving EVs around the electron-driver-friendly Bay Area for close to a decade now,
Driving the Kia EV6 on this winter road trip was most enjoyable, but the charging experience was disappointing. We discovered a basic truth about public EV charging stations: Lots of them don’t work.