MY25 · Long Range RWD
Side by side · MY25 and MY26
Hyundai IONIQ 6vsKia EV4
614 km WLTP · 18 min 10–80%612 km WLTP · 31 min 10–80%
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The Hyundai IONIQ 6 is rated 614 km on the WLTP cycle, the Kia EV4 612. A 10–80% stop takes 18 minutes in the Hyundai IONIQ 6 and 31 in the Kia EV4. Every figure below names the badge it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Hyundai IONIQ 6 · Long Range RWD
614km WLTP
18min 10–80%
A$72,000from
Kia EV4 · Earth
612km WLTP
31min 10–80%
A$49,990from
The short answer
The Hyundai IONIQ 6 is the quicker car to charge.
1
The Hyundai IONIQ 6 is rated 614 km against 612 — 2 km, 0% further. It uses 13.7 kWh to cover 100 km where the Kia EV4 needs 13.3.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 18 minutes in the Hyundai IONIQ 6 and 31 in the Kia EV4. On a 50 kW post it is 65 and 68 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Kia EV4 is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$49,990 against A$72,000 for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 — A$22,010 at the starting point, before on-road costs.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Hyundai IONIQ 6 ifit wins on range (614 km against 612), charging (18 minutes against 31).
The priceThe Kia EV4 is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$49,990; both are list prices before on-road costs and incentives.
MY26 · Earth
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 181 kW for the Hyundai IONIQ 6, 110 kW for the Kia EV4. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Kia EV4CCS231min
Hyundai IONIQ 6CCS222min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 22 min in the Hyundai IONIQ 6 and 31 min in the Kia EV4 — a gap of 9 minutes. The station is capping the quicker car here, so the gap is narrower than the peak figures suggest — at a faster post it widens again.
Every figure
The numbers, with the badge attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per 100 km, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a taller body and a heavier car are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Hyundai IONIQ 6 | Kia EV4 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| WLTP range | 614 km✓MY25 Long Range RWD | 612 kmMY26 Earth |
| Efficiency | 7.3 km/kWh | 7.52 km/kWh✓ |
| Energy per 100 km | 13.7 kWh | 13.3 kWh✓ |
| Battery | 77.4 kWh | 81.4 kWh |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 350 kW✓ | 128 kW |
| 10–80% at peak | 18 min✓ | 31 min |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 181 kW✓ | 110 kW |
| AC maximum | 11 kW | 11 kW |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS2 | CCS2 |
| AC plug | Type 2 | Type 2 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 4,855 mm | 4,730 mm |
| Width | 1,880 mm | 1,860 mm |
| Height | 1,495 mm | 1,485 mm |
| Kerb weight | 2,020 kg | 1,912 kg |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot | 401 L | 490 L✓ |
| Performance and warranty | ||
| Power | 168 kW✓ | 150 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 7.4 s✓ | 7.8 s |
| Drive | RWD | FWD |
| Battery warranty | 5yr unlimited km / 8yr 160,000km | 7yr unlimited km / 8yr 160,000km |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | A$72,000list, before on-road | A$49,990✓list, before on-road |
| Dearest version | A$88,000 | A$64,690✓ |
| Per km of WLTP range | A$117.26/kmcheapest version | A$81.68/km✓cheapest version |
| Drive-away | A$84,000–A$88,500where the feed lists it | A$62,500–A$66,000where the feed lists it |
How to read the mixed rows. Range, efficiency, battery and charging come from one badge — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. The catalogue stores one record per badge, so where two figures come from different badges the row names the one it used.
What WLTP is not. It is a laboratory cycle at a fixed temperature, with the air conditioning off and a gentle acceleration profile. It exists so two cars can be compared on the same test, not so a driver can predict a highway run. Expect less on a 110 km/h trip, and less again in winter.
What this page does not claim. No ANCAP crash rating: the catalogue carries none, and a column of dashes would read like a failure rather than a gap. Prices are manufacturer list before on-road costs; the drive-away band appears only where the feed publishes one.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the WLTP figure.
- Hyundai IONIQ 6
- 2
- Kia EV4
- 2
stops · 36 min charging
stops · 62 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the WLTP label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Hyundai IONIQ 6
- A$1,028
- Kia EV4
- A$998
A$7 per 100 km
A$7 per 100 km
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Kia EV4
wins 4 of 6 measures on these weights
Hyundai IONIQ 641%
Kia EV459%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The connector guide covers the plugs, and the vehicle guide the rest.
Which has more range, the Hyundai IONIQ 6 or the Kia EV4?
The Hyundai IONIQ 6. The Hyundai IONIQ 6 is rated 614 km and the Kia EV4 612, each on the longest-range badge of its current model year — MY25 Long Range RWD and MY26 Earth respectively. WLTP is a laboratory cycle run at a fixed temperature with the air conditioning off, so treat the figure as a way to compare one car with another rather than a prediction for a highway run in summer.
Which charges faster?
The Hyundai IONIQ 6. Going from 10% to 80% takes 18 minutes in the Hyundai IONIQ 6 (350 kW peak) and 31 in the Kia EV4 (128 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS2 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Kia EV4, by about A$30.00 a year at 15,000 km and A$0.50 per kWh. It uses 13.3 kWh per 100 km against 13.7. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Kia EV4: 401 L of luggage space against 490 L. Makers measure boot volume by different conventions — some to the window line, some under the parcel shelf — so read the direction as reliable and the size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Kia EV4 is the cheaper of the two, listed from A$49,990 against A$72,000 for the Hyundai IONIQ 6 — A$22,010 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before on-road costs, options and any incentive, so a dealer's drive-away number will differ.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Hyundai IONIQ 6 and Kia EV4 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.