The most important, boldest, and costliest Kia ever to hit Australia is taking form.
The electrical EV9 SUV has been snapped sporting no camouflage for the primary time. Photographs posted on Instagram by nacional.collector present the automobile on Chilean roads, and it’s each bit as daring as we’d hoped.
A reveal is predicted to happen in March or April, forward of the EV9’s arrival in Australia late in 2023.
Though some particulars have been toned down (the 22-inch wheels and suicide doorways), the silhouette and light-weight design of the manufacturing automobile look pretty true to the idea.
The Idea EV9 measured in at 4930mm lengthy, 2055mm large, and 1790mm tall with a 3100mm wheelbase.
For reference, that’s 50mm shorter, 80mm wider, and 40mm taller than the Hyundai Palisade massive SUV. The Idea EV9 additionally has a 200mm longer wheelbase than the Palisade, for optimum inside room
Round 400 items are allotted for Australia, Kia Australia COO Damien Meredith confirmed earlier this 12 months.
The EV9 is the second Kia constructed on the e-GMP devoted electrical automobile (EV) structure, which underpins the EV6, in addition to the associated Hyundai Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6 and Genesis GV60.
Hyundai will convey out its personal model of the EV9 based mostly on the Seven idea revealed final 12 months.
Pricing and energy outputs haven’t been confirmed, however a market analysis survey despatched to Kia house owners and seen by Automotive & Driver suggests the EV9 will probably be supplied with single- and dual-motor powertrains.
5 variants have been detailed, beginning with a single-motor mannequin providing 149kW/339Nm and a claimed 0-96km/h time of 8.5 seconds; ranging to a dual-motor flagship with 386km of vary, 298kW and 651Nm, and a 0-60mph declare of 5.2 seconds.
Kia didn’t element the drivetrain specs of the Idea EV9, however claimed it has a variety of as much as 483km.
The idea could possibly be DC fast-charged at speeds as much as 350kW, which suggests it could possibly be zapped from 10 to 80 per cent in 20 to half-hour when linked to an appropriate public charger.