Can Kia's EV6 Drive Europe's Longest Road? The FULL Challenge | Fifth Gear

Using Kia’s new 600hp EV6 GT, Fifth Gear will embark on an EV marathon of all EV marathons - driving the length of Norway, up the conveniently named E6, which also happens to be Europe’s longest road. The journey will start just north of the Swedish border, close to Oslo, and finish at the Northern tip of the country, which is well inside the Arctic Circle. It’s a distance of around 1500 miles and we’ve got just 2 days to do it in. In part one we meet the team, the car, look at the logistics, and get going.
Part One - The car (0:00)
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Part Two - Charging (7:53 )
Part Three - Hunt for Charging (14:47)
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[@fifthgearuk]

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[@gb6600]

Did you say hello to Bjorn then? 😂

[@stephenodonohue9876]

A tactical charging stop that was busy? Perhaps drive on 20km further for next charger... especially as one of the excellent route planners would have told you which chargers were full. Sloppy planning. Electric cars need a little organisation (which actually can be fun) and you wouldn't have had to turn off your a/c.

[@classicraceruk1337]

I notice you are doing this in Norway. This country just happens to have the best EV fast charging infrastructure in Europe.

[@jetvdna5449]

And the best Chinese EV are there too 🎉🎉

[@JamieEHunter]

He says that in the video.

[@patrickmaartense7772]

I drive 1200KM thru Germany and Austria with my Ev6 GT from Austria to Nether;lands and back many times, it takes just 12-14hrs depending on traffic. Loving the fast charge functionality. HDA at 150KM/h will make you charge every 200KM but it will be fast... doing 120KM/H you can do 250KM so on my stretch its either 4 or 5 charges. (at 20minutes each)

[@hos5809]

In Norway you can use the Tesla supercharger network on any EV. I have driven Trondheim - Narvik 897km in on day in February. Coldest legs down to -20celsius in a Polestar 2 - M23. 22deg in the cabin and no eco mode anywhere. Navigating between Tesla chargers was totally worry free. My first ever EV trip by the way, perfect for my use.

[@supernanny8375]

Sry to spoil the fun but having returned to watch a FG episode after a 12(!)yr absence is shocking. Mods changed, the cars changed. So what i see at 0:41 is (literally) 20yr old VBH with still 45yr old Tom Ford 😛🤣

[@cocofifty4]

Funny how they did a time equivalent and not a cost difference? I did a Birmingham to Oslo trip in a 2002 Audi A4 Turbo diesel in 2010. It cost me two full tanks of diesel and a little to spare Of driving 70mph. Cost of a full tank then was about £80.00. It’s about 1800km or 1200 mile run. I wonder what the cost would be today in a Ev?

[@jazzhands7771]

That bloke couldn't look more like an ageing hipster if he tried 😂😂😂

[@Alexandra-Rex]

Tromsø is not even Norway's northernmost city :P It should be, cause the others with the status of city are just towns, really.

[@PixelVogue]

Do it all again but this time with the GT button on lol

[@philabrahams383]

The northernmost city in Europe is Hammerfest, which is located in Norway. Not try the same thing in winter and see how you get on ?

[@regmac64]

They are very serious about their speed limits in Norway and have licence plate recognition. So you won't be booting it anyway unless you got special dispensation.

[@DBGE001]

50 mph in most sparsely populated areas, some dual carriage roads are limited to 62 mph, very rarely up to 69 mph.

[@heltutrolig7645]

Tromsø is NOT the most northern city in Europe.

[@vitovitale169]

I wonder if Jimmy would have been equally eager to invite Jason Plato or Vicki for a swim naked like he did at 17:42 with Grace dirty sod!

[@johnnycarruthers9737]

you sure the quality is 4k its very grainy.

[@GetRektTom]

You're right, looks like they upscaled 720p 😆

[@Chriswizzv12]

You were never going to let the Betamax car fail were you…..

[@maz87efr]

When you buy a GT car that's you can't put into GT mode or you won't get where your going.

[@gioradan4807]

There are speed limits. So none of the powerful cars can use their full power on these roads unless they break the law.

[@sixtyseven3337]

I love Fifth Gear, Tiff and that blonde lady 👍

[@DBGE001]

old sods

[@peterforshaw2560]

Costs me £3 to travel 100 miles in my mini ev, costs me £15 in my diesel Vauxhall estate🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ObiePaddles]

Don’t worry that it wasnt a real troll, there will be plenty in the comments.

[@srow1212]

But if you had driven it as a GT, you would not have made it in time. You would have had to charge a lot more often. So you're paying extra for the GT, but not getting the full use of the car.

[@honesty_-no9he]

Why would anyone rush through that scenery?

[@Wijkkie]

Why Norway.....Norway has the most fast chargers in Europe ! Do the same in Germany or France, Italy, is it the the same ?

[@pauljames2407]

A lot of us noticed your doing this in one of the best country’s for Ev’s if not the actual best. Plus the actual listed Uk price is £62,645 starting price , you think that’s cheap !!!!!!!!!! It’s a Kia !!! It doesn’t even have leather seats or electric seats or a sunroof. I like the Kia Ev 6 gt , But that price is nuts for a Kia. I own an Ev & have down so for a few years now. But in today’s world I would not buy another one. There is so much mis info from both sides but mainly us Ev people. What No one told me before I bought an Ev 1. You would need about 12 different charging cards or 25 plus charging Apps just to do long journeys. 2. I would lose min 50 miles off my range in the winter or cold weather just through heating the car & for the car to keep the battery safe. 3. No one told me I’d be paying for electric I don’t actual get to use. You see all chargers home & public lose electric through the charging process & you as a consumer pay for this. Home chargers eg AC chargers is normally around 15% & Public rapid chargers is around 5% lose depending on weather. You see when your at or on the way to a rapid charger some car pre heat there battery’s this is free you pay for this & the same when you are sat there for 30 to 50mins waiting for it to be charged with the heater on , it’s costing you money. No one gives the true costs From my own uses I have paid for & lost in just charging at home in a 12 month period I used 3600 kWh just charging my car so I paid for 540 kWh I never actually received into my battery. Some flats only use that in a year & I lost that amount just through charging my Ev. Crazy

[@S.J7777]

No one ever does these EV trips with a fully loaded car and kids in the back

[@classicraceruk1337]

Here we go to make the journey they had to switch off ancillaries. Lost the challenge before the first stop.

[@Griff_JR]

Wasn't all that planning and messing about at charge points fun on a long adventure journey. Less fun I imagine when you've had a call that a loved one is in the hospital, or get a call out to the office in the middle of the night, or when you come across a fantastic twisty road and think... Oh, wait! Where's the next available charge point.

[@davereedcouk]

In both those cases, you’d be setting out from home, where you’d have charged to full using your home charger (its a lot cheaper than public chargers). In other words, you’d have less anxiety than anyone that didn’t keep their petrol tank topped up every day.

[@Griff_JR]

@@davereedcouk when you say both, to 3 scenarios, I don't know which ones you mean. But you say you'd be setting out from home, where you'd have charged to full.....but! that's the point. You'd have only charged to full if the call came in after hours of charging. What if you'd planned your week, and had 20 miles of range left (as planned) and have just plugged in to charge up on a Friday night... And then get an emergency call after just 20 mins. Because sods law is never kind enough to drop things like that on you at a good time. In a petrol/diesel you'd have to dash to the station on way there and take literally seconds to put enough in to go back and forth. But if electric, couldn't charge at home as would take to long, so have to go find a quick charge and then hope that all goes well and isn't a queue. So actually, "you'd be starting from home" makes no difference to the arguement made. And it's not about whether their anxious, it's about what they can do in an emergency situation.

[@davereedcouk]

I obviously meant the two real scenarios, rather than spontaneously discovering a mountain road. If that happened, I’d be more worried about where that mountain suddenly appeared from. In terms of the car only having 20 miles of range left, I’m guessing you’ve never owned an electric car. You generally top it up each night, rather than running it down to low like you would a fossil car, to avoid having to detour to a petrol station. If for some reason I had just completed a 250 mile trip and only had a few miles left, then I’d still have the option of charging a bit as soon as I got home (which adds roughly 25 miles worth of charge each hour). That would be using peak rate electricity, but that’s still much cheaper and less polluting than petrol or diesel. @@Griff_JR

[@cosmincelau6157]

Who's the lady? 🤔I kept watching only for her

[@seanyboy3]

I'm not one of the greeting faced dafties that hate electric cars for no reason. I honestly do about 10 miles a week now. EV car prices don't stake up for otherwise I'd definitely consider one... None of that looked relaxing though.

[@GMTron]

We are doing a 1600km (1000 miles) trip 2 times per year in europe with a full car and a full 500l top box. It takes only 2 days and 16-17 hours regardless of the car that we use(petrol or diesel). An EV is not yet there for this trip and our new car budget...😢

[@patrickmaartense7772]

not true. I do 1200Km in a day netherlands to vienna 10 times per year in a Ev6 GT. sometimes even back and forth in a weekend.

[@phunk8607]

thats the distance just to traverse through 1 state of Australia...

[@findecycle6533]

Just over 1,000 miles in an EV and it requires 3 x 80% charges and 3 x 'top ups'. Doing that journey in my 1.5 na Honda would require one fill up, as I get around 550 miles out of a tank on a motorway journey at around 60 mph. With Climate Control on! The other thing to bear in mind is that although they always quote a maximum range, they only ever charge it to 80% as the other 20% takes far too long to do. Cannot remember the last timer I did not fully fill the tank at a petrol station (unless it was a hire car!) Also, IIRC, some manufacturers do not recommend charging your EV to 100% on a regular basis to protect the battery. So the 100% maximum range is really meaningless, it would be far more useful to quote the 80% range, as that would be the range you would be relying on the most.

[@WSKRBSCT]

£62K. I'll run out and pick up two! 🙄 This was an optimal run. You did Norway, which is all about this stuff, sparsely populated, and with low speed limits and what looked like zero traffic in summer. I've driven a Jeep Wrangler from Central Florida to London, ON, Canada (1315 miles) at Christmas in less than 20 hours, including eating and getting gas. Try that in this car and get back to me.

[@mrpoohbearlvr]

Yeah in actual cold,snow,, using the HVAC system ....they turned it off fairly early to get more range to get to a charge station. So was it hot or cold the rest of the way? And $80K US dollars? Gimme a break!!

[@davefitzpatrick4841]

Its actually a old video and you can get one of these used for around £43 here in the UK a massive trip would be 500 miles , having done long trips in fossil cars and Eve I always arrive felling fresher in a EV , this is also a performance car there are far better EV's for longer trips !

[@seinsmeld13]

Beautiful woman and country. I'll pass on the electric cars thank you. I want a car that fills up with petrol gas within 10 minutes.

[@ericanunda]

This video became shit when i realised you had to switch off the AC to get to the hotel. Why do I need to compromise comfort in a £60k car. Let me buy a comfortable an ICE for £30k and use the other £30k for fuel and maintenance for the next 6 years.

[@gajoaleatorio]

who's sheeeeeeee? GYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAT

[@DBGE001]

Fifth gear is a bit late to the party, in fact, more than one year too late to the party.

[@CanariesExplorer]

Unrealistic test as it was carried out in a country with low speed limits, no traffic jams, and an extensive fast charging infrastructure. A better test would have been, say, from Calais to south of Italy on high speed roads and less chargers. Any non Tesla would then be a real pain.

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

Lands end to John O’Groats

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

So glad I dumped my Lexus CT200H Now driving a 2008 XC70 D5 and no anxiety especially as there’s no such thing as climate change

[@user-ux9nu9qi6k]

Do crash test for this freaking car lol

[@S2000Y]

So the answer is yes you can, but you wouldn't want to.

[@philabrahams383]

Just give me a diesel car any day of the week over any EV

[@fatwalletboy2]

Are people still interested in cars moving into the EV era? And was the camera car following petrol or EV? Ill just pop out and blow 62k on this GT. Glad petrol will see me out.and that male presenter keeps saying everything twice....get the papers get the papers. Ive got visions of anyone with a high performance EV driving like miss daisy until they get with a few miles of their deatination then going like a bat for a bit of fun driving at the end.....

[@RiddleTime]

The camera car was running on coal.

[@cyril_ogude]

First

[@yips_way]

As soon as £60k+ for a Kia was followed by the word bargain I stopped watching.🤔

[@timbutton4990]

Err where was the charger at the end? We're not all fools Fifthgear, no discussion of fast charging & it's effect on battery life. If this episode persuades people to buy into the secondhand market here in the U.K you're doing them a disservice.

[@brianknowles1727]

Something is wrong when you think £61000 is cheap get real so out of touch.

[@TheBendalina]

26 min advert

[@rampageashton]

In my petrol X3M 3l twin turbo straight 6 510 hp. 0-60 3.8 secs will manage 27mpg on the motorway at 70. So 400miles per tank. Id do that journey in 18 hours in one day tops. And it sounds amazing. These Evs are utter shite. 3 over night stays 😂 3 full chages and 3 tops ups. Be cheaper to fly 😅

[@sixtyseven3337]

As an EV driver, I felt the presenters could have spoken more about things like miles per kWh, regen braking etc rather than the constant banter/small talk. I did enjoy the episode, but came away with not much benefit. Thanks anyway

[@rtfazeberdee3519]

Bloody contrived scripting like top gear. Bjorn Nyland has been doing 1000km challenges in lesser cars in 10.5 hours