And with a long queue of buyers already willing to shell out well over £60,000 for an EV6 GT, spending such a considerable sum on a car with a Kia badge on the nose doesn’t seem like the problem it might have been just a couple of years ago.Īt more than five metres long and almost two metres wide, the range-topping seven-seat EV will sit above the existing EV6 and forthcoming EV5 in the Kia model range. With a very premium tech list that includes a digital key stored on your smartphone and over-the-air updates, the EV9 certainly feels very upmarket. This version of the car comes with the 99.8kWh battery, while a third option exists in the form of a Long Range RWD car that combines a 201bhp motor with the larger pack this is the variant Kia claims a range of 336 miles for, whereas the dual-motor version gets a maximum range of 308 miles. An optional boost function – available as an over-the-air (OTA) update – increases torque and reduces the 0-62mph time to 5.3 secs. The four-wheel-drive variant, meanwhile, almost doubles the power output to 380bhp and 600Nm of torque, slashing the benchmark sprint to six seconds flat. The base rear-drive car uses a 215bhp/350Nm electric motor and will accelerate from 0-62mph in 9.4 seconds, and is equipped with a 76.1kWh battery. That tech should ensure a 10-80 per cent charge in just 25 minutes when plugged into a 350kW charger. The EV9 will be offered with rear and dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrains, all featuring the brand’s innovative 800-volt electric architecture built into the E-GMP platform that’s shared with the EV6. Rivals for EV9 range from the upcoming Volvo EX90, the all-electric Range Rover and the BMW iX - although the Korean offering undercuts all three of these models significantly on price. Order books for the EV9 will open on 6 July and Kia says first customer deliveries should be expected in early 2024.
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