For higher or worse, environmentally speaking, SUVs are the preferred class of car within the US, and with a few new photos and videos, Kia is teasing the manufacturing model of its upcoming EV9 electrical SUV. The EV9 might be attention-grabbing due to its gold star smaller sibling, the EV6, that launched in 2021 — and since we anticipate will probably be dimensionally just like monstrously giant SUVs just like the Telluride or Cadillac Escalade.
There aren’t an entire lot of three-row electrical automobiles available on the market but, not to mention full-size ones just like the EV9. Some present suburban family-hauling EV choices embody the Rivian R1S, Mercedes EQS, Mannequin X, and, with a supremely cramped third-row seating choice, the Mannequin Y.
The brand new media reveals off solely a silhouette of the EV9, which might be Kia’s second automobile (after the EV6) constructed on Hyundai’s shared Electrical World Modular Platform (E-GMP).
Kia first revealed the three-row idea EV9 in 2021, and now, this new teaser reveals what appears to be a extra sloped windshield, a barely reshaped bottom, animated entrance daytime-running LEDs, and flush door deal with cutouts. The total design might be revealed in mid-March, and extra stable particulars — hopefully together with pricing and availability — might be shared at Kia’s EV World Premiere occasion in late March.