Why does Europe get all new electric cars? After the electric SUVs, EV3, are already a senior seller in Europe, Kia doubles with new models, such as EV5 and EV4. Thanks to the new definitions, Kia pushes EVS in Europe while the United States leaves the back stove.
What is EVS that KIA is launched in Europe and the United States?
After the launch of EV3 in late 2024, Kia Compact Electric SUV began “with an explosion”, as the most popular retail in the United Kingdom in January.
During the first half of the year, Kia Ev3 EV remained best -selling in the UK among retail clients, With approximately 6,300 registrations. Including commercial vehicles, the fourth most popular EV was generally.
Kia is looking to build on her success with a wave of new EVS on the road. After opening orders from the EV4 hatchback in June, its first electric opening, KIA presented Fastback, or a sedan, less than two weeks later.
After that, last month, we received the first look at the promotional EV5, which is the European version of the Tesla Model-size Electric Suv from KIA, which was offered for sale in China since 2023.
Kia plans to start EV4 deliveries in Europe in September. Hatchback will be the first EV KIA to build in Europe in its Zilina factory in Slovakia. Kia said this step would accelerate delivery. However, sedan will remain in South Korea.
EV5 will reach Europe later this year. Kia Ev5 is launched in North America in early 2026, but it will be “exclusive to the Canadian market.”
Next year, Kia EV2 will offer the smaller and reasonable prices. EV2 will sit down the EV3 as a new electric car for beginners in Kia.
Outside EV4, which Kia will launch in the United States in early 2026, no other models of the United States have been confirmed. Although a test was monitored in the United States again this week, the latest official version of KIA said specifically that EV5 would be exclusive to the Canadian market in North America.
EV4 will arrive, but only as a sedan. It will contain up to 330 miles of driving and a built -in NACS to charge Tesla.
Kia has not yet revealed the prices, but the EV4 is expected to start with about $ 35,000. In the UK, the opening starts from 34,695 pounds ($ 47,700) with a command group of 388 miles. Fastback, or Sedan, ranges from 40,895 pounds ($ 55,000) with a driving range of up to 380 miles.
This does not even touch PV5, the first electric car in Kia. KIA launches PV5 passengers and goods throughout Europe, but whether it will reach the United States still in the air.
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Kia’s decision to give Europe priority to the United States thanks to the new tariffs of the Trump administration on vehicle imports. Imported vehicles from South Korea are subject to a 15 % tariff.
Moreover, Federal Tax Credit of $ 7,500 is scheduled to end at the end of September, which will make the US EV market more competitive.
Kia electric car sales have already dramatically decreased this year. During the month of July, KIA sold nearly half of the EV9 and EV6 models as it did in 2024. The Korean cars giant is expected to compensate EV’s slower sales in the United States with new models that reach Europe.
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