The moose test is one of the most demanding handling tests, using cones to simulate an evasive maneuver avoiding an obstacle in the road. It's an effective way of determining how well a car would respond to rapid changes in direction in an emergency. Over the years, we've seen cars fail the moose test spectacularly. Recently, the BMW M4 failed the test after it constantly oversteered into cones. By contrast, the Tesla Model Y looked surprisingly nimble, and now the Kia EV6 is the latest electric car to be put through the notorious moose test by KM77.

In the first test, the Kia EV6 approached the cones at an entry speed of 80 km/h (49.7 mph) with the regenerative system disconnected.

Despite clipping a couple of cones, the EV6 looked composed as it swerved around the cones, and the driver was impressed with the electric crossover's responsive steering. The tester noted that the ESC system did not reduce the speed of the car, making it impossible to avoid hitting the cones. After switching the regenerative braking to level three (out of four), the EV6 successfully completed the moose test without hitting any cones at 78 km/h (48.4 mph), which was the EV6's best attempt.

To put this into context, the EV6 passed the moose test at a higher entry speed than the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo (47.8 mph) and Volkswagen ID.4 (45.4 mph), but it wasn't faster than the Tesla Model Y (52 mph).

Even without regenerative braking, the results were almost as impressive, as the EV6 only hit one cone at 79 km/h (49 mph). Increasing the speed to over 81 km/h (50.3 mph) caused the EV6 to understeer. Overall, KM77 was impressed at how well the EV6 handled the moose test, noting that that the firm suspension does a great job of reducing body roll and that the Continental ContiPremiumContact gave "an extraordinary level of grip."

After the moose test, we get to see the EV6 handle a slalom test smoothly, at one point reaching 74 km/h (45.9 mph) with no loss of control.