Video Summary
The 2025 Kia EV3 is a front-wheel-drive vehicle with an 81-kilowatt-hour battery and a drag coefficient of 0.26. The car is front-heavy, weighing 1,100 kilograms on the front axle, and a total of 1,980 kilograms, which has been approved by Kia Bjørn. The drag means that cruising at 120 km/h is the same as cruising at 140 km/h. When a different drive mode is selected and the car restarts, it defaults to normal mode and has to be set back to eco mode. The car has an account profile that should save the settings; drive mode is not part of that.When accelerating in front-wheel-drive, the nose goes up slightly, and when decelerating, the nose dips down. This car is a bit bouncy but not super bouncy, but it is still nice comfort. It has a Harman Kardon sound system with balanced but slightly boomy bass; its details are not as good as a Haydn or Kef reference. A slight rattling in the doors and the base are audible. Its Auto Steer functions are a little nervous at higher speeds and could have added support for trailer hitch. A highway test with a twenty-kilometer-per-hour headwind resulted in a consumption of 253 watts per kilometer.
A 90 km/h test resulted in 16.5 kWh/100km. Korean cars generally have low rolling resistance and friction. Under reporting by 1.4%, the car reported 143.9 km driven, 1.40 in time, and 16.5kWh/100km when 14 km short of a 165 km/h. Actual range is slightly less than 500 km range, even on a 81 kWh battery, less than competitors.
