3-row EV tops 300 miles on less than 100 kwh

Kia on Thursday confirmed remaining EPA vary estimates for its 2024 EV9 electrical SUV—they usually’re higher than initially focused. 

The 2024 Kia EV9 will return as much as 304 miles of EPA vary with its 99.8-kwh battery pack, Kia revealed, within the EV9 Gentle Lengthy Vary. And the bottom EV9 Gentle, with its 76.1-kwh battery, will return 230 miles. 

Each of these fashions are single-motor rear-wheel-drive variations, with remaining vary figures 4 and 5 miles higher than Kia’s most up-to-date targets.

Kia notes that the ultimate numbers for dual-motor all-wheel-drive variations of the EV9 signify much more spectacular positive aspects—as much as 27 miles and 11% higher than Kia’s earlier estimates for the top-of-the-line GT-Line AWD, as an illustration. The GT-Line will get a remaining 270-mile score, whereas the AWD, long-range Wind and Land trims on the center of the vary each earn 280-mile vary scores.  

2024 Kia EV9

The EV9 is ready for bidirectional charging, and at launch it’s going to doubtless be the one EV within the U.S. market with automaker-supported {hardware} available (through Wallbox) permitting each performance for dwelling backup energy and assist for V2G tech serving to stabilize the grid. On a CCS-format DC fast-charger permitting energy exceeding these fashions’ 236-kw peak, the EV9 can get from 10-80% in 25 minutes.

Kia revealed full EV9 pricing details earlier this week. The lineup begins at $56,395 for the EV9 Gentle and spans to $75,395 for the top-trim GT-Line AWD. Preliminary EV9s will come from South Korea beginning late this yr, however Kia will begin making these electrical SUVs at West Level, Georgia, beginning in 2024—doubtless making them eligible for the total $7,500 EV tax credit, in all probability as an instant dealership rebate. 

2024 Kia EV9

The model is opening the reservation banks for the EV9 on October 16, and it says that those that achieve this by November 27 could get “a collection of presents” after the acquisition or lease is finalized, together with a cellular charger, three years of complimentary upkeep, and a yr of digital companies. 

Kia can be wrapping in a credit score of 1,000 kwh of charging at Electrify America. So for consumers of the EV9 Gentle Lengthy Vary, in mild of those new scores, that’s greater than 3,000 miles.