KIA’s third all-electric dedicated vehicle, the EV5, will be revealed at China’s AutoChengdu in August 25 and today we want to show you first pictures of the production version spied in China. Pictures of the prototype shows that like the EV9, it will be very closely to the concept car. Kia recently confirmed the vehicle price range, as well as the battery capacity of the EV5 to be sold to the domestic market and in China. The EV5 for sale in South Korea will be set within the standard 50 million won (US $ 38,000) range and the long range within 57 million won (US$ 43,800).
Kia’s compact SUV battery capacity to be
on sale in South Korea and other overseas markets will be larger than current
EV6 (which battery capacity is 77.4kWh) and will reach 82kWh, reaching more
than 600km in the case of the long range model. The overseas market will use a
NCM battery while the Chinese version will use LPF only.
Another information revealed regards the
charging system that this time will be based on a 400V system instead of an
800V high voltage system used on the rest of dedicated EVs from HMG. With an
800V system, you can use an ultra-fast electric vehicle charger with an output
of up to 350kW, but Kia has decided to go with a 400V system in order to make
it cheaper to buy.
Despite Kia initially make it clear that
the EV5 will be Chinese-only model with options to be sold in additional countries
in the future, Kia’s CEO Song Ho-seong turned around and said, “We will also
sell EV5 in South Korea and overseas.” and also pointed out that “The EV5 is
struggling with a variety of marketing measures to dissage the image of the EV5
as an SUV for China,” he added.
