Karma GS-6 PHEV Emerges In EPA Database: What's Its EV Range?

Turns out it will offer exactly the same range and efficiency as the Karma Revero GT.

Karma GSe-6

Mark Kane

By: Mark Kane

Dec 20, 2020 at 3:19pm ET

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Karma Automotive recently announced that it intends to offer a less expensive version of the Revero GT plug-in hybrid - the GS-6 - and in the recent days it emerged in the EPA database.

As it turns out, this new model has the same range and efficiency numbers as the Revero GT, which indicates that the powertrain is the same.

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The all-electric range of the 21" wheel version is 61 miles (98.1 km), which is a lot for a PHEV, but not that much considering its 28 kWh battery. The efficiency is not the strongest point of the model:

2021 Karma GS-6 PHEV 21" :: EPA Range rating by InsideEVs
[Charge Depleting 2-cycle, Charge Sustaining 5-cycle] All-electric
Combined
City
Highway 0-61 mi (0-98.1 km)
61 mi (98.1 km)
62 mi (99.8 km)
60.28 mi (97 km) EPA Energy consumption in EV mode (including charging losses): Combined
City
Highway 70 MPGe: 481 Wh/mi (299 Wh/km)
71 MPGe: 475 Wh/mi (295 Wh/km)
69 MPGe: 488 Wh/mi (304 Wh/km) EPA Energy consumption in HEV mode: Combined
City
Highway 26 MPG
27 MPG
25 MPG Total range (EV+HEV): 330 mi (531 km)

When we look closer into details, we can also note that those optional 22-inch wheels are really bad for efficiency. They eat 13% (or 7 miles) of all-electric range and 18% (or 50 miles) of the total range.

2021 Karma GS-6 PHEV 22" :: EPA Range rating by InsideEVs
[Charge Depleting 2-cycle, Charge Sustaining 5-cycle] All-electric
Combined
City
Highway 0-54 mi (0-86.9 km)
54 mi (86.9 km)
55.98 mi (90.1 km)
52.21 mi (84 km) EPA Energy consumption in EV mode (including charging losses): Combined
City
Highway 62 MPGe: 544 Wh/mi (338 Wh/km)
63 MPGe: 535 Wh/mi (332 Wh/km)
61 MPGe: 552 Wh/mi (343 Wh/km) EPA Energy consumption in HEV mode: Combined
City
Highway 22 MPG
22 MPG
21 MPG Total range (EV+HEV): 280 mi (451 km)