Kia EV6 2025 News

Sorry, Swifties. While we appreciate the cultural phenomenon that is singer/songwriter, artist and philanthropist Taylor Swift, this is not a paean to a great pop star, but, rather, a reference to the year that marked Japan’s stellar ascension as the biggest threat to the established carmakers of that time. Their fear was existential as well as actual.

Kia has brought a facelift of its breakthrough electric car to Australia ahead of its official release.  The new-look Kia EV6 is on display at the Australian Open tennis tournament and gives a glimpse of what to expect come the second quarter of this year.

Australians aren’t buying as many EVs as they need to.

It’s been a long time since someone who’s not that interested in cars gushed to me about how much they like Tesla (it doesn’t help that the man in charge of Tesla has done less and less for his own reputation as time rolls on), so if Tesla isn’t the brand at the cultural forefront of electric cars then, who should be?