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I dunno, these new Kia EVs are pretty nice. They're everywhere in London. I don't even see any electric Fords.
Probably because Ford doesn't make any good EVs, and Kia is actually trying pretty hard in that area and legitimately innovating.
Ford in the US has the Mach-E, the F-150 Lightning, and the Transit cargo van. In the UK you guys get the weird electric Explorer that's nothing like the normal explorer besides the name. The Mach-E and Electric Explorer, F-150 Lighting, and I assume transit are a 400v system which is... aging to say the least. Kias new EVs are based on an 800v architecture which theoretically means it's much more efficient.
That said I have no experience driving a Kia EV to compare it's handling to another brand. But my co worker just traded in his BMW M4 for an EV-6 so that may change soon.
What? They're giving up their M4? That's huge!
I thought he was trading in his old Lexus SUV for it, but nope he traded in the fun car. To be fair he was daily driving that M4 and it had some hail damage he didn't want to have to get fixed.