Kia has confirmed that it will launch a pair of electrified vehicles in the United States over the next couple of years.
The first cab off the rank will be a plug-in hybrid, arriving as part of the South Korean carmaker’s Plan S, an initiative to invest $25 billion by the end of 2025 in a range of electrified vehicles. Few specifics are available about this PHEV but we do have a bunch of information regarding Kia’s second U.S.-bound green vehicle, this time a dedicated EV.
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In a recent press release coinciding with ‘Earth Day’, product and technology PR manager Neil Dunlop and Kia’s long range product strategy manager Steve Kosowski revealed the EV will be based around the E-GMP platform shared with Hyundai.
The vehicle will have “a crossover design that really blurs the line between passenger cars, CUVs, crossovers, it’s a little bit car, a little bit crossover,” according to Kosowski. “In the end it will be a very stunning, dramatic new Kia EV, something that you’ve never seen before.”
Kia’s 2019 Futron electric coupe-crossover concept
The EV will have a range of about 300 miles (482 km) and charge up in less than 20 minutes, according to Kia. It’s difficult to say for sure how the vehicle will look but some speculate it could look similar to the Imagine by Kia concept that was unveiled in 2019.
A number of other electrified vehicles from Kia will launch in the coming years. These will include car-sharing vehicles, low-floor logistics vehicles, and delivery trucks with cooling and refrigeration equipment for fresh deliveries.
The ‘Imagine by Kia’ electric concept was shown last year in Geneva