Great video Jerry. I think Kia are really killing it in terms of design for their whole range. On a side note you drove very close to my old house just off Cape Hill rd 😜 Anyone reading comments and looking for a vehicle in Auckland, can highly recommend Jerry at Ebbett. He’s the best there is when it comes to service and support 👍

@JerryPanandCars

12 күн бұрын

I thought I had another new huge fan reading the comment but glad to have you Josh:)

Good solid EV, roomy without being overlarge imv of this

Stumbled upon your channel randomly, its really good! keep up the good work

@JerryPanandCars

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for your support!

Great video! Been waiting for this

@JerryPanandCars

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for your support!

Jerry next time please make a consumption test at speed 60mph / 100km/h on eco mode

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try but cannot promise. With the distance I can drive in these videos, I find it unfair to use my consumption for others' reference.

We just test drove the Earth AWD EV5 today. All I will say is that we will be keeping our EV6!

Thanks for the review Jerry! On your follow up review in the future, would you please look into the vehicle-to-load and, if available, vehicle-to-grid/home function in the Kia EV5?

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I will try my best to do a video on how to charge and V2L in the future (not near future unfortunately).

Love your channel Jerry

@JerryPanandCars

15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the support!

Hey Jerry, great video. Did the rear seat have the drop-down tray table?

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I didn't see it but others are commenting on the "cushion thing" on the back of the rear seats. I will find out what that does.

Shouldn't the rear seats fold flat w/ additional flap to cover the small gap between seats and trunk space to create big flat cargo area?

i think you're the first to post a drive review of this car. been waiting for this. but i want to ask what's the red beeping thing on the screen when you drive?

@JerryPanandCars

13 күн бұрын

It’s the face / motion monitor. It flashes or beeps when you are not focusing on the road. I had GoPro on my head and it’s probably mistaking that as an human eyes.

571lt boot that's a great size!

Great review. I guess everyone was waiting for it. Looking forward to getting it launched soon in Australia. btw is it Rolex Explorer 40 you are wearing?😅

Can you post measurements of the boot dimensions?

An SUV! So exciting !!

@JerryPanandCars

15 күн бұрын

:( there are more coming

I wish we were getting this in the US. Right now we are getting the EV 9 which seems great, and is very similar but I have no need of 3 rows.

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

I'm assuming this is very unlikely to happen for the US since this car is built in Kia China factory. The US tariff on Chinese cars is now 100% :(

@Molishious

14 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars Yes, I heard we won’t get it. The EV 3 might make it to our shores, but that’s a bit smaller than I’d like. I’ll probably buy an Ioniq 5.

good rear wiper design

solid review.

@JerryPanandCars

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for your support!

Sounds like it really needs adjustable dampers so can be comfy around town or freeway but handle better on windy roads like you have in NZ and same in UK

Looking at other reviews looks like the double shelf in the back does not exist for this model? Did they remove it in the NZ market?

@JerryPanandCars

6 күн бұрын

All the reviews were probably based on the Chinese version. The NZ version doesn't have it :(

What is the sound system and how many speakers in Earth? Wireless apple CarPlay, ventilated charger?

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

The GT-Line gets 8 speakers Harman Kardon and all the other trims get 6 speakers non-branded. I haven't tested it much but it is normal not bad but not superb either. CarPlay is wired.

Anyone have a theory as to why there is and extra cushion on the passenger seat? Looks like it makes a bench seat, but the center console would make it an unusable place to sit. I guess it removes a gap where things can fall through between the passenger and the console.

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Yes, I noticed that when I rechecked the video as well. I have to go back and check next time. Thanks for pointing it out.

Anyone know why this is available in NZ but isn't going to make its way to Europe for another year or so? Clashes with EV3 launch in Europe?

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

I think that is due to EU's tax against Chinese manufactured cars? This car is actually built in Kia's Chinese factory.

It looks amazing, I just don't like the position of the ventilation options at all. You can't see them because they're behind the steering wheel

From what it looks like I see no ventilated seats nor the cooling/heating box and also no fingerprint sensor to start the car. Can you confirm if these are going to be part of the GT-Line only? I found a brochure off of the Kia website that is no longer available stating the Earth AWD is supposed to have these.

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

According to our brochure, only the GT-Line has those figures you mentioned.

@Hoochiemamma72

14 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars Damn, do you have a link to this brochure? I would love to see it in its entirety.

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

@@Hoochiemamma72 I don’t have the full spec just a colour brochure. Give me your email I can send you one. Or you can send an email to me.

@Hoochiemamma72

14 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars Email sent

Innovative and efficient

Please update about charging power, time and rate, in case you have free time. Thank you.

@JerryPanandCars

10 күн бұрын

Will do the video when there is a chance. Thanks

The wheels seem undersized compared to the rest of the body.. I was surprised to hear they are 19" Price is good, love the powered tail gate and size of the trunk+frunk though

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Thanks. I also find the whole car looks larger in person that the dimension suggests.

Can you make video show us how setup kia connect and pair it with phone . And show us intertanment in this car . Thank you

@JerryPanandCars

12 күн бұрын

Hi, it is certainly possible for a future video but not in the nearest future as it takes time to get to know these features. Thanks

@mohammedomar2983

12 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars Thank you for that .and it's ok just please keep this note with you . And i'm looking for your video. Thanks.

in Thailand, the shelf at the back of the car is only for the AWD (top) model unfortunately

@JerryPanandCars

6 күн бұрын

I see. Thanks for the information.

Steering looks quite soft but other than that I like it.

Does the battery pack drop down below the car body?

@dhhsvis4920

14 күн бұрын

only for china ev haha

@tatsanaia.1342

12 күн бұрын

@@dhhsvis4920 have u seen it for urself?

How do you change the rear wiper blade?

@Orange_Manbaby

13 күн бұрын

I think someone said put the car in service mode and it drops down.

@JerryPanandCars

11 күн бұрын

@@Orange_Manbaby yep, service mode.

@JerryPanandCars

11 күн бұрын

Engage service mode on rear wiper. It will drop

Great Review!!! Approximately how much is 0/100km/h? And how much is the top speed?

@JerryPanandCars

6 күн бұрын

Thanks. Not sure about the consumption and I haven't got enough time to test it either. There is also no top speed detail yet. The brochure of New Zealand spec is coming later.

@gregb1599

5 күн бұрын

Our AWD test vehicle when we first took it out said an eye watering 30kwh per 100km, after we reset it and drove at a normal speed, and changed it to km per kwh we got 3.9 km per kwh so not great, of course we are in Christchurch so temperature is much lower. But even so, we feel our AWD EV6 has better efficiency, which gets around 5km per kwh. At 60% battery capacity, it was showing 185km left from its 84kwh useable capacity battery.

한국에서도 얼릉 보고싶다

Can u move the car in/out of the parking space using the remote key?

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Yes, on this Earth Spec and also GT-Line spec. New Zealand of course

@tatsanaia.1342

14 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars lucky. For the TH spec, this feature gets chop off.

How much can that thing tow in NZ?

@JerryPanandCars

6 күн бұрын

Tow rating is 1250kg braked

@fnordpol

6 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars Not brilliantly much but even enough to pull of my camping trailer. Thanks! :)

What’s the Chinese build quality like?

@JerryPanandCars

10 күн бұрын

On bar with Korea-built Kia. I cannot see any difference.

@gregb1599

5 күн бұрын

It's not a patch on the EV6 in quality. We have an EV6, and both my wife and I were very disappointed with the EV5 having less noise insulation, a lot more hard plastics, poor efficiency, and, worst of all very annoying aids like over speed warning which Jerry disabled in the video as it's so annoying! And like most cars has to be disabled every single time you restart the car! Also, look down another annoying so-called safety feature driver attention will beep and annoy you! Be warned you had better have no plans to ever sell the car as depreciation is brutal! In just 18 months, our EV6 has lost 50% of its original price! Some dealers are selling the long-range Air EV6 cheaper than the Air EV5. Not to mention, the Tesla Model 3 and Y are still cheaper than the base EV5!

Ev3 in next?

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Love to do one but the EV3 won't arrive in New Zealand until 4th quarter of 2024.

Just wait until a kid in a child seat kicks mud into the USB port.

The wheels (rim+tire) look too small compared to the car.

@JerryPanandCars

Күн бұрын

I think it is due to the big boxy shape of the EV5. It doesn't look that small in person though.

Ev3 looks so much nicer 😮

@JerryPanandCars

6 күн бұрын

Different car./

@gregb1599

5 күн бұрын

EV3 hopefully will have better efficiency as the EV5 is less efficient than our EV6! It's possibly because the EV5 is higher than the EV6 so more drag. But the EV3 is similar height to the EV6 so that should help. Hopefully the Korean built EV3 will not have so many annoying so called safety features that are so annoying like the over speed warning sound and flashing even if you go just 1kph over the limit! Of that annoying driver attention system that will go off if you look down at your lower display for just a few seconds! None of that rubbish on the EV6!

@JerryPanandCars

5 күн бұрын

@gregb1599 bad news is all new Kia have it, Carnival, Sorento etc. Nothing to do with EV5. EV6 doesn’t have it coz it is an older car.

@gregb1599

5 күн бұрын

@JerryPanandCars Well, that sucks then. They must be export models as I saw a Korean market EV3 and no driver monitoring.

Made in Korea or China?

@Richard-sl8we

14 күн бұрын

Currently, for cars supplied to Australia and New Zealand, the EV5 is made in China; at a Kia owned and operated factory.

@JerryPanandCars

13 күн бұрын

China. EV5 isn’t even available in Korea yet.

Hi Jerry, why are you driving so fast on these small roads. It's a family SUV, not a sports car!

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

:( Sorry, I wanted to give the audience some insights on how it looks like on windy road although I doubt many will drive in this condition every day. My bad. I will slow down next time.

@geoffsemon7411

11 күн бұрын

I think it’s the perspective of the camera he’s using which looks like an X3? Makes it look faster than it is.

@JerryPanandCars

11 күн бұрын

@@geoffsemon7411 Thanks. That’s correct. I actually reviewed the video a few times. The camera is set to 30fps and that’s why the surrounding roads disappear quite fast. If it is set to 60fps, things around it will be much smoother.

@Richard-sl8we

11 күн бұрын

​@@geoffsemon7411 I was looking at the digital speedometer, I presume that's accurate?

@geoffsemon7411

10 күн бұрын

@@Richard-sl8we I saw the speedo which wasn't that fast but my comment was on the perspective the camera gives. I use a x3 when I'm paddling my surf ski and it always looks like I'm going faster than I am. ( If 10kmhr can look fast )

No US spec is a mistake

you might need to obey the speed limit on the road or test the car in a controlled environment

@andrewh1696

15 күн бұрын

I came here to say the same

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out. I will try and be a better driver next time.

In terms of evs, hyundai Kia Tesla are top 3

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

BYD, MG and other Chinese manufactures are also catching up, while, in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and other markets that is not Europe or North America.

@tonnny7908

14 күн бұрын

@@JerryPanandCars unless china's market is as free as others they will always be behind. In china, a lot of evs catch fire.

@Dom-bn1ru

10 күн бұрын

I trust BYD more than Kia or Hyundai, but that’s just me. BYD is so experienced in producing EV batteries, compared to Kia or Hyundai.

@tonnny7908

10 күн бұрын

@@Dom-bn1ru haha chinese need to prove themselves for at least 2 decades just like others did. There is no shortcut no matter how much you chinese try online. Plus china needs to open its market if it wants to enter others. Plus chinese media is not as open as others so non chinese have no reason to trust them more others.

@tonnny7908

10 күн бұрын

@@Dom-bn1ru nice try chinese 😀😀

EV5는 뉴질랜드에서도 LFP로 판매하네요. 한국에서도 LFP로 구매할 수 있으면 좋겠네요....뉴질랜드 예비오너들이 부럽네요ㅠ

@user-el2nl5qv7q

13 күн бұрын

Lfp is shit

Nice looking vehicle except those wheels. They are awful.

Why is everyone driving on the wrong side of the road, looks weird...

@Richard-sl8we

12 күн бұрын

It's not the wrong side of the road, it's the left side of the road.

@TheRaunz

12 күн бұрын

@@Richard-sl8we exactly, the wrong side. We need some global mandate to force countries to drive on the correct side.

Did u fart in it?

Never buy a frontwheeldrive car

@JerryPanandCars

13 күн бұрын

Why?

@mrclk6695

12 күн бұрын

Almost all cars are front wheel drive xD

@user-Aw4fodan

12 күн бұрын

?

@Dom-bn1ru

10 күн бұрын

Hahaha

Looks a bit lower quality inside than my model 3 which is 20k less in price

@Richard-sl8we

14 күн бұрын

Your opinion; for me Tesla has a poor quality interior and the ride comfort is too harsh. People in Australia have stopped buying them and there are 100's sitting in the sun at the port in Melbourne.

Ugly car, cheap steel material uou can hear from the door, bad sound noise proof as well, kia cars battery capacity decrease dramatically after two years , only 70-80% left, bad investment, tortally waste money on kia electric cars

@JerryPanandCars

14 күн бұрын

:( I cannot argue with first few things you mentioned and that's of course your opinion. For battery degradation though, this car has the LFP battery (sourced from BYD according to the news). It is way more durable with longer lifespan compared to the older NMC battery pack.

@williamjohns1490

14 күн бұрын

​@@Richard-sl8wewhere's your expert knowledge about LFP battery tech coming from? Probs just trolling and you actually know sweetFA

@williamjohns1490

14 күн бұрын

​@@Richard-sl8wewhere's your expert knowledge about LFP battery tech coming from? Probs just trolling and you actually know sweetFA

@Richard-sl8we

14 күн бұрын

​@@williamjohns1490 Apologies, I wanted to reply to "AntihuaGoxiba" who made a comment about the steel used by Kia and the battery. LFP batteries are excellent, best in the market currently.

@IoniqIonityIonna

12 күн бұрын

Keep lying dreamer. Kia is ev and design of the year. Even VW buys Mobis battery system and supercars buy NCM instead of cheap Chinese, a totally waste of money. NCM capacity decreases 20% slowly in 10 years. BYD battery range decreases dramtically, only 70% left right now in cold weather. Byd is the worst investment.