2022 Kia EV6 Long-Term Update | Cold snap

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — I had our long-term Kia EV6 during a brutal cold snap at the end of the year, where we saw nearly a week where the daytime temperatures didn’t reach above freezing, and a couple consecutive days where the high didn’t crest 15 degrees and the wind blew mercilessly. We didn’t get much snow, but the previous days’ precipitation had slicked sheer. I didn’t put a lot of miles on the EV6 during this spell, but I did some quick supply runs once the roads has been salted and our household’s Christmas lull had broken. Here are a few things I noticed.

The only mechanical issue I had with the cold was that the folding power mirrors wouldn’t unfold on account of the crust of ice encasing them. It was only a minor thing. I simply had to give them a little nudge before I drove off to get them back where they should be. There’s an option to disable the “welcome mirrors” from activating when the vehicle unlocks.

But I had the vehicle set to unlock as I approached. I did, however, giggle when I heard them creak open any time I walked past the car in my driveway with the key fob in my pocket. Such a sad sound. Upon returning to work after the holiday, Road Test Editor Zac Palmer asked if I had issues with the pop-out door handles. I hadn’t. Despite the difficult time the mirrors were having with the cold, the door handles never failed to deploy.