The Kia EV6 Makes This Look Easy Image: Kia We go on and on about how making cars is hard. Startup after startup crumbles away, particularly in the world of electric cars. Somehow, though, Kia makes it look easy with the EV6, its first ground-up, dedicated EV. Advertisement Image: Kia Kia, of course, has it easy. Much in the same way that the Kia Optima is just a Kia version of the Hyundai Sonata, or the Kia Telluride is just a Kia version of the Hyundai Palisade, the EV6 is a Kia version of the Hyundai Ioniq 5. How Kia got away with getting an extra number out of the transition, I do not know.