• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Probably because Ford doesn’t make any good EVs, and Kia is actually trying pretty hard in that area and legitimately innovating.

    Ford in the US has the Mach-E, the F-150 Lightning, and the Transit cargo van. In the UK you guys get the weird electric Explorer that’s nothing like the normal explorer besides the name. The Mach-E and Electric Explorer, F-150 Lighting, and I assume transit are a 400v system which is… aging to say the least. Kias new EVs are based on an 800v architecture which theoretically means it’s much more efficient.

    That said I have no experience driving a Kia EV to compare it’s handling to another brand. But my co worker just traded in his BMW M4 for an EV-6 so that may change soon.