Ken Jervis A4 12pp Newsletter November 2022 - Flipbook - Page 10
Electric Vehicles charging on!
The Kia Electric Vehicle (EV) range is expanding and improving all the time, with increased travelling ranges, more
charging points and support throughout the UK.
Here’s a look at some of the latest developments, starting with 2 epic road trips in the fully electric Kia EV6.
MAX ADVENTURE IN THE KIA EV6
from Fen to Fell and 16 Countries in 89 hours
The Max Adventure team have taken
on some incredible expeditions
including driving to Siberia in builder’s
vans, over the Himalayas with classic
cars, crossing the Sahara with injured
military veterans and driven the
coldest, hottest and toughest roads
on the planet with Hollywood actors
Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill and Adrien
Brody for an award-winning ‘Driven
to Extremes’ TV series on Discovery
Channel.
FROM FEN TO FELL
For this challenge, the team drove
a Kia EV6 from Britain’s lowest road
to Britain’s highest road on a single
charge.
The Kia EV6 ‘GT Line S’ AWD
completed the 209-mile drive with
an ascent of 2791 ft - finishing with a
range of 107 miles remaining.
If that wasn’t enough, they then
decided to continue to Britain’s highest
pub, the Tan Hill Inn. That’s a 31-mile
trip with the car descending 2,300 ft.
before climbing to 1,732 ft. and the
historic pub.
It proved a fitting end to the challenge
as the car had left Britain’s lowest pub,
the Admiral Wells in Peterborough at
the start of the day with a full charge.
At the end of the challenge, having
covered 239 miles in the day, the Kia
EV6 still had a remarkable 86 miles
remaining as indicated range. The
5 mile descent from Tan Hill added
another 10 miles to the range, a
testament to the efficiency of the car’s
energy recuperation system.
KIA EV6 GOES FROM OSLO TO LISBON FOR THE
DRIVEN TO EXTREMES EURO EV MARATHON
A month later in September, the team
completed the Driven To Extremes
Euro EV Marathon by driving a
Kia EV6 Air from Oslo, Norway, to
Portugal, beating their original target
by arriving in just 3.75 days - having
added an extra country to its itinerary.
Covering 16 countries and 3,174 miles
(5,109 kms) in a little over 89 hours,
the challenge was designed to show
how easy it is to cover huge distances
in a short time using a standard EV
and existing charging infrastructure.
The team improved on the time set
by racing legend Sir Stirling Moss,
who undertook the drive in 1952, by
47 minutes. This is understood to
be the first time the route has been
attempted in a fully electric vehicle.
To ensure the team had the best
possible chance of completing the
challenge in time it used ‘Kia Charge’.
This offers easy access to chargers
across the UK, Northern Ireland and
Europe. ‘Kia Charge’ allows owners
to choose from 23 charge point
operators in the UK via a single
account, and dozens more across
Europe.