Although Kia EV6 is not well-known in the Chinese market, it is very popular in mainstream automobile consumer markets such as Europe and North America.
Facing the world's largest consumer market for pure electric vehicles, Kia has also launched a pure electric vehicle strategy for the Chinese market.
At the recently held "2023 Kia China New Energy Strategy Conference", Kia unveiled its three pure electric models and announced a medium- and long-term electrification blueprint for the Chinese market. According to the plan, Kia will launch 6 pure electric models in the Chinese market by 2027; by 2030, it will achieve a sales target of 180,000 pure electric vehicles, accounting for 40% of the brand's total sales. As the pioneer of Kia China's pure electric strategy, the three pure electric vehicles unveiled at this strategy conference will be the first to be launched in the Chinese market. They are: Kia EV6, Kia EV9 concept car and Kia EV5 concept car. Below, we will provide a forward-looking interpretation of these three new cars.
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Kia EV6
As the first Kia pure electric vehicle based on Hyundai Kia Group’s E-GMP pure electric platform, although Kia EV6 is in the Chinese market It is not well-known, but this pure electric vehicle launched in 2021 is very popular in mainstream automobile consumer markets such as Europe and North America. It not only won the recognition of the 2022 European Car of the Year Award, but also won the 2023 North American Car of the Year Award - the Best Multi-Function Vehicle of the Year. The product strength is evident.
In terms of appearance, Kia EV6 adopts the style of a crossover multi-purpose vehicle, which is both sports car and SUV. This sporty crossover design makes it very consistent with the consumer aesthetics of the current market. .
For the interior, Kia EV6 uses an integrated curved dual-screen configuration of a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel + a 12.3-inch central control screen. The entire cockpit looks simple and sporty.
In terms of size, Kia EV6 has three models: basic version, GT-Line version and GT version. Among them, the body measurements of the basic version are 4680/1880/1550mm, and the wheelbase is 2900mm; the GT-Line version and the GT version are 4695mm in length, 1890mm in width, 2900mm in wheelbase, and 1550mm and 1540mm in height respectively. As the highest-performance version, the Kia EV6 GT version has a longer, wider and lower body.
Before the EV6 was launched, although Kia had launched a number of mass-produced pure electric vehicles, compared with the EV6 based on the Hyundai-Kia Group's E-GMP pure electric platform, those old Kia pure electric vehicles were The performance is no longer the same, and all this credit is due to the power of the E-GMP pure electric platform.
As a pure electric platform with an 800V electrical architecture, the E-GMP pure electric platform has patented technology that supports both 400V/800V dual charging specifications. No adapter is needed, and the vehicle can be charged at 800V or 400V. Charging on piles greatly reduces the limitations of basic charging piles on vehicle charging efficiency. At the peak charging power of up to 240kW, the vehicle can charge from 10% to 80% in just 18 minutes. Charging in 5 minutes can add 100 kilometers of battery life, basically saying goodbye to the charging and range anxiety problems of pure electric vehicles.
In terms of specific performance, Kia EV6 offers two battery capacity versions: a standard version of 58 kWh and a long-range version of 77.4 kWh. The power layout includes a single motor rear drive and a front and rear dual motor four-wheel drive. The maximum power outputs are: 58 kWh rear-wheel drive 170 horsepower, 58 kWh four-wheel drive 235 horsepower, 77.4 kWh rear drive 228 horsepower, 77.4 kWh four-wheel drive 325 horsepower, and GT version 585 horsepower (0-100kph acceleration in 3.5 seconds); according to actual measurements , the 77.4 kWh rear-drive 228-horsepower model has a maximum WLTP cruising range of 528 horsepower; the 77.4 kWh four-wheel drive 325-horsepower model has a maximum WLTP cruising range of 506 kilometers.
In response to the vehicle's low-temperature charging performance, Kia has upgraded the EV6's software. The new EV6 will preheat the battery pack when charging in low-temperature climates in winter, thereby improving charging efficiency. In addition, Kia EV6 also supports the function of output power supply.
According to the news, Kia will introduce the EV6 GT-Line version and GT version models in the Chinese market in the form of imports. Among them, the Kia EV6 GT version will be available for blind order in May this year and will be officially launched in August.
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Kia EV9
At the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2021, Kia released a pure electric SUV called Kia EV9. It is a medium to large pure electric SUV based on the E-GMP pure electric platform. At the same time as its appearance at the "2023 Kia China New Energy Strategy Conference", Kia also happened to release the mass-produced version of EV9 in overseas markets. Therefore, Kia EV9 is expected to be the second new Kia pure electric vehicle to be introduced into the Chinese market.
In terms of appearance, the mass-produced Kia EV9 basically continues the style of the EV9 concept car, using a large number of straight and hard line designs, which looks grand and avant-garde.
In the interior part, Kia EV9 adopts a dual 12.3-inch integrated dual screen design, and the entire interior looks simple and high-end.
In terms of size, Kia has not announced detailed size information of the EV9 production version, but it is expected that the size of the production version will be similar to the EV9 concept car, with the wheelbase remaining at 3100mm.
As a medium-to-large SUV, the most distinctive feature of the Kia EV9 production version is that the second row of seats in this model has a 180-degree rotation adjustment function, so that the second row and the third row of seats can rotate 180 degrees. Passengers in rows can sit face to face. At the same time, the new car also provides two seat layouts of six and seven seats respectively.
In terms of performance, Kia has not disclosed the power information of the EV9 mass production version yet.
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Kia EV5 concept car
As a pure electric SUV built for the global market, the Kia EV5 concept car can be regarded as the Kia EV9 concept car A smaller version of the car, it basically continues the design of the Kia EV9 concept car, both in appearance and interior.
Therefore, referring to the design of the Kia EV9 production version, the Kia EV5 production version is expected to be similar to it. The new car will also use straight lines to build the outline of the body, and the front face will adopt a closed grille design. In the interior, the production version of Kia EV5 will also be equipped with an integrated dual screen.
In terms of performance, as a product also based on the E-GMP pure electric platform, the power performance and endurance performance of the Kia EV5 production version are expected to be equivalent to the Kia EV6.
According to the news, the Kia EV5 mass-production version will be released this year, and it is expected to enter the Chinese market after the EV9 mass-production version.
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