Kia EV3: The One We’ve Been Waiting For?

Jack heads to Korea to spend a day with perhaps Kia's most significant electric car yet: the EV3. With immense claimed range, standard equipment aplenty and all the charm and desirability of its bigger siblings, could this be the new king of electric family cars?

00:00 Introduction
1:30 Speedy design overview
4:33 Chungju lake
5:13 Handling and performance
6:46 Standout details
9:54 Interior highlights
13:06 Real world range and efficiency
15:42 Back seat price comparing
18:41 The verdict

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[dundas]

Something I think is worth mentioning is that bigger batteries are not just for people who need to travel longer distances. For some people like me it's also about less need for recharging. I live in a flat with no access to a home charger and my work commute is around 20 miles per day. It actually makes much more sense for me to get a larger battery so I didn't have to charge it as often, and with the bigger capacity I have more leeway as to when to charge. Just mentioning this because commentators frequently mention that EVs are a problem for people without home chargers, but rarely mention the larger battery size as a way to mitigate this.

[mikashki]

Re: heat pump for colder climates, it seems to be standard for most EV3 trims in Finland. Only the entry level Air trim has it as an optional extra, but all the other trims have it as standard. Good job on that Kia Finland.

[SarangGupta]

"None of that swoopy no-headroom coupe rear end" Oh spot on! So glad you understand this thing about car design. More car manufacturers should do this.

[jwvandegronden]

This is clearly the new benchmark. I love everything about this car; it's design, the design cues internally and externally, the orange details are excellent, _finally a light interior rather than the grim boring black ones, the mat silver rather than the piano black, the buttons!_ *THE BUTTONS!!*

Lovely car, phenomenal range, great looks and not too ridiculously large, at a price point almost of that of an ICE car! *Thank you KIA!* And thank you Jack for yet another excellent and enjoyable watch!

[stefan]

KIA is going to sell a lot of these, it ticks all the boxes for people who want a great looking, well made and practical EV.

[hyunk]

I already got EV3 and same colour with this video in Korea.

There are a total of 3 trims in Korea.
Air, Earth and GT-Line, and each trim has a standard range and long range.
The charging system of EV3 is a 400v (to charge 10% to 80% about 31mins)
and a heat pump is standard on all trims.

Although the same specifications may not be released in all countries and then It's a bit disappointing that
the heating system isn't standard in other countries, too. We are confident that it is a car that is satisfactory for the price.
Because many basic convenience features are included on EV3.

Just one example:
The driver's seat and passenger seat are basically equipped with a heating seat and a cooling seat,
and the second row has a heating seat, but not a cooling seat.
I think hard to find any car in this similar price range with these features as standard.
Also you can drive an average of more than 600km based on long range.

One more thing is that you can use the V2L system. You can use the Outlet anytime, anywhere, inside or outside of EV3.

Anyway, thanks for the video =)

[shikoku]

4:07 I picked up a 3 year old Soul EV last year and was delighted to find that the previous owner had missed about 4 bits of that blue stuff when I gave it a deep clean, second hand ASMR is even more satisfying!

[TonyMounsey]

I have watched many EV3 videos on YouTube over the last few weeks and I found this the best review of the many I have watched. Yesterday (22/02/2025) I ordered a 58.3kWh Air spec following a test drive - don't drive enough miles to be tempted to shell out an extra £3K. I told James, the salesperson, that it is without doubt the best car I have ever driven. Although I have been driving for 60 years I have only owned less than 20 cars. I agree with Jack (and most other reviews) that this car is almost flawless (flaw free cars don't exist in the real world).

[Enhydra_l]

“How big is that cricket?!” With the cicadas going cracked me up.

[GJS]

Nice to see an interior that isn't the unremitting black of many manufacturers. The all-black, including roof-lining, interiors are a pet-hate of mine. Makes me feel claustrophobic like I'm in a cave or something. Give me nice, bright, light-coloured, airy interiors any day!

[jonblacklock]

Totally agree about the heat pump. I’d adjust the Northern European specs to include heat pump as standard. I’d make it part of the marketing to give winter range in comfort as a selling point.

[micksear]

After driving a Polestar 2 on lease for a few years, I bought an e Niro second hand, which is a quietly excellent car, and fantastic value second hand. I'll be keeping an eye on these second hand as a replacement when the time comes.

[eganfo]

The EV3 looks awesome. My Kia Sportage hybrid also had auto steer and I could modulate the speed on my own.

[AFXGuru]

Ordered mine yesterday!!!! Awesome stuff young Jack :)

[andresilva]

Yay! Buttons! Think I would make my choice on that aspect more than anything else.

[alexiz]

Good commentary about the heat pump Jack. 100% agree.

[mjp]

That cricket was a cicada, and it just wasn't supporting Arsenal.

[ASCFranca]

The cruise control in the KIA models I’ve driven is indeed insanely good!

[AshlynnCairns]

Watching you for ages now, and you just keep leveling up.

[rickhurstyoutube]

Would love to see what some of these cars look like with the seats folded down - how flat they go, can you (or a slightly shorter person) lay down in it, could you throw a bicycle in there etc. That, price and range are the things I'm most interested in!