Side by side · 2027 and 2026

Genesis GV60vsKia EV6

306 mi EPA · 17 min 10–80%319 mi EPA · 17 min 10–80%
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The Genesis GV60 is rated 306 miles on the EPA test, the Kia EV6 319. A 10–80% stop takes 17 minutes in the Genesis GV60 and 17 in the Kia EV6. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.

At a glance

Genesis GV60 · GV60 RWD

306mi EPA

17min 10–80%

$52,525from

Kia EV6 · EV6 Long Range RWD

319mi EPA

17min 10–80%

$42,900from

The short answer

Two close cars, and the differences are in the details.

1

The Kia EV6 is rated 319 miles against 306 — 13 miles, 4% further. It uses 30.6 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Kia EV6 needs 29.6.

2

A 10–80% stop takes 17 minutes in the Genesis GV60 and 17 in the Kia EV6. On a 50 kW post it is 67 and 62 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.

3

The Genesis GV60 makes 360 kW against 168.

Which one, in one line

Pick the Kia EV6 ifit wins on range (319 mi against 306), running cost (29.6 kWh per 100 miles against 30.6), space (17 cu ft of boot against 15.3 cu ft).

The priceThe Kia EV6 is the cheaper to buy, listed from $42,900; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.

2027 · GV60 RWDGenesis GV60

Genesis GV60

SUV · 80 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range
306mi
Efficiency
3.27mi/kWh
DC peak
263kW
Boot
15.3cu ft
2026 · EV6 Long Range RWDKia EV6

Kia EV6

SUV · 74 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range
319mi
Efficiency
3.38mi/kWh
DC peak
233kW
Boot
17cu ft

Charging, raced

Two cars, one post, same clock

Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.

Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 198 kW for the Genesis GV60, 183 kW for the Kia EV6. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.

Kia EV6CCS121min
Genesis GV60CCS122min

At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 22 min in the Genesis GV60 and 21 min in the Kia EV6 — a gap of 2 minutes. At this post the station is the bottleneck, so the gap is smaller than the peak figures suggest: both are filling at the same rate, and one of them needs more energy.

Every figure

The numbers, with the version attached

A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.

Genesis GV60 and Kia EV6, US model years as labelled. Sources: fueleconomy.gov for the EPA rows, evstats.org for the catalogue figures, Euro NCAP for the stars.
MeasureGenesis GV60Kia EV6
Range and efficiency
EPA range306 mi2027 GV60 RWD319 mi✓2026 EV6 Long Range RWD
EPA efficiency3.27 mi/kWh3.38 mi/kWh✓
Energy per 100 miles30.6 kWh29.6 kWh✓
Battery, usable80 kWhGenesis GV60 Performance (MY25)74 kWhKia EV6 Long Range 2WD
Range left in the cold57%modelled envelope57%modelled envelope
Charging
DC peak263 kW✓233 kW
10–80% at peak17 min17 min
Average power, 10–80%(derived)198 kW✓183 kW
AC maximum11 kW11 kW
Full charge on 240 V8.1 h✓9 h
Fast-charge plugCCS1CCS1
Size and weight
Length178.9 in184.3 in
Width with mirrors84.6 in—
Height62.2 in61 in
Wheelbase114.2 in114.2 in
Kerb weight4,916 lb4,376 lb
Space and practicality
Seats55
Boot, seats up15.3 cu ft17 cu ft✓
Front trunk0 cu ft1.8 cu ft✓
Maximum cargo51.6 cu ft✓44.5 cu ft
Towing, braked3,527 lb3,527 lb
Heat pumpStandard EquipmentStandard Equipment
Performance and safety
Power360 kW✓168 kW
0–100 km/h4 s✓7.3 s
Euro NCAP stars55
Battery warranty8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km7 years / 93,206 mi7 years / 150,000 km
V2L / V2H3.6 kW AC · Not supported3.6 kW AC · Not supported
Price
Starts at$52,525US list price$42,900✓US list price
Top version$71,875$63,800✓
Per mile of range$172✓cheapest version$181cheapest version

How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.

What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.

Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.

Your numbers

What this pair costs you, on your drive

Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.

The drive

Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.

Genesis GV60
2

stops · 34 min charging

Kia EV6
2

stops · 34 min charging

The year

Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.

Genesis GV60
$1,284

$11 per 100 mi

Kia EV6
$1,242

$10 per 100 mi

The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.

Your priorities

A verdict you can argue with

There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.

Weighted result

Kia EV6

wins 6 of 7 measures on these weights

Genesis GV6017%
Kia EV683%

Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.

Questions

Short answers, then the reasoning

Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.

Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.

Which has more range, the Genesis GV60 or the Kia EV6?

The Kia EV6. The Genesis GV60 is rated 306 miles and the Kia EV6 319, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2027 GV60 RWD and 2026 EV6 Long Range RWD respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.

Which charges faster?

The Genesis GV60. Going from 10% to 80% takes 17 minutes in the Genesis GV60 (263 kW peak) and 17 in the Kia EV6 (233 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.

Do they use the same plug?

Yes. Both list CCS1 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.

Which is cheaper to run?

The Kia EV6, by about $118.44 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 29.6 kWh per 100 miles against 30.6. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.

Which has more space?

The Kia EV6: 15.3 cu ft of boot against 17 cu ft. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.

Which is cheaper to buy?

The Kia EV6 is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $42,900.00 against $52,525.00 for the Genesis GV60 — $9,625.00 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and incentives, so a dealer's number will differ; these are US list prices from the price sheet, not the catalogue's European figures.

Other comparisons

All comparisons

Every figure on this page comes from the same records the Genesis GV60 and Kia EV6 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.