The 2022 Kia EV6 has an emergency release lever for the charger hidden in the trunk

Hey Dad, what does this purple button do? My 5-year-old posits the question from one of his romps in the cargo hatch of our long-term 2022 Kia EV6. We’re plugged in at a local ChargePoint and killing time. He’s using the car as a jungle gym. I’m sipping coffee and enjoying some phone time. The question is mildly alarming. What the hell has he come across back there while I’m deleting work e-mails?

I open the cargo hold and darned if he isn’t right. There’s a circular cover on the passenger side of the trunk. Twist it, and there’s a purple button. It’s more of a level, really, and you have to pull it. This is a manual disengagement switch for the charger, the emergency release. Basically, if the charger gets stuck in your EV6, this decouples it.