Kia Australia has confirmed the EV4 medium sedan will officially launch this month, priced from $49,990 before on-road costs.
The South Korean brand’s answer to the Tesla Model 3 and BYD Seal will wear a starting price tag that slots in between both models – $54,900 and $46,990 respectively.
Available “later this month” alongside the delayed refreshed EV6, the new Kia EV4 will be offered in three variants with two battery sizes, offering up to 612 kilometres of claimed driving range. It adops a 400-volt class version of the Hyundai Motor Group’s Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP).
Only the sedan body style will be offered, with the hatchback version – including the dual-motor GT – unlikely to come to Australia since it is made in Slovakia for the European market. Therefore, it’d be too expensive to import due to a lack of a free-trade agreement with the country.
While the base Air has a host of standard inclusions, buyers need to step up to the mid-spec Earth for exterior vehicle-to-load (V2L), and the flagship GT-Line for a Qi wireless charging pad – features that are standard on the lower-priced Kia EV3 small SUV – although its equipment list is more akin to the EV5 medium SUV.
Unlike both models, a frunk is also unavailable.
Pricing
- Air Standard Range: From $49,990 before on-road costs
- Earth Long Range: From $59,190 before on-road costs
- GT-Line Long Range: From $64,690 before on-road costs
Eight exterior colours are offered with all except Clear White costing $600 extra.
Specs
Overseas model pictured above
The Air features:
- ~55kWh (58.3kWh gross) NMC lithium-ion Standard Range battery
- Up to 456km claimed driving range and 14.3kWh/100km energy efficiency (WLTP combined)
- Up to 10.5kW AC / 100kW DC charging
- Single front-mounted electric motor making 150kW of power and 283Nm of torque
- 17-inch alloy wheels with Kumho tyres
- Matte plastic side sill and wheel arches
- 490-litre boot (min)
- Onyx black interior with two-tone cloth seats
- Two-spoke steering wheel
- 12.3-inch touchscreen running Connected Car Navigation Cockpit (ccNC)
- Wireless/wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Built-in maps
- Kia Connect services and mobile app (free for up to seven years from activation)
- Over-the-air software update capability
- 5.0-inch two-zone climate control touchscreen
- 12.3-inch driver instrument display
- 4x USB-C and 1x 12-volt charging ports
- Interior V2L plug
- Six speakers
- Permanent one-pedal driving (i-Pedal 3.0)
- Auto emergency braking with vehicle, pedestrian, cyclist, junction turning, direct/oncoming lane change/side lane change detection
- Lane-keep and lane-centring assist
- Adaptive cruise control with auto lane change assist (Highway Driving Assist 2)
- Blind-spot assist
- Rear-cross traffic assist
- Door open warning
- Driver attention monitoring camera
- Road sign detection with overspeed warning
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Reversing camera
- Rear occupant alert (sensor type)
- Full LED headlights (multi-reflector type) and full LED tail-lights
- Auto wipers
- Auto up/down driver window
- Rear air vents
- Proximity key with auto-folding wing mirrors
Overseas model pictured above
The Earth adds:
- ~78kWh (81.4kWh gross) NMC lithium-ion Long Range battery
- Up to 612km claimed range and 14.9kWh/100km energy efficiency (WLTP combined)
- Up to 135kW DC charging
- 19-inch alloy wheels with Goodyear tyres
- Two-tone Misty Grey cloth and artificial leather seats with green accents
- 10-way driver’s seat electric adjustment with two-way lumbar support
- Heated front seats with mesh headrests
- Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
- Exterior V2L adapter
Overseas model pictured above
The GT-Line adds:
- Unique GT-Line front and rear bumpers with gloss black cladding and mirror caps
- Auto pop-out/in flush door handles
- Electric tailgate with hands-free opening function
- Two-tone black-white interior with full artificial leather seats
- Three-spoke steering wheel
- 10-way front passenger seat electric adjustment with two-way lumbar support
- Relax Mode (reclines the front seats, disables ambient lighting and the screen, and turns off air recirculation with a set time)
- Two-position driver’s seat memory
- Ventilated front seats
- Heated steering wheel
- Interior ambient lighting
- Qi wireless charging pad
- Head-up display
- Eight-speaker Harman/Kardon Premium branded system
- Rear AEB
- 360-degree camera system
- Blind-spot view cameras
- Door open warning with active locking intervention
- Remote Smart Park Assist (forwards/backwards with the key)
- Full LED headlights (projection type) with light cube design and adaptive matrix high beam function (Intelligent Front Lighting)
- Sunroof
- Aeroblade windscreen wipers
- Electric child rear door locks
- Tinted rear privacy glass
- Alloy sports pedal design
The announcement coincided with the launch of a new Kia EV range marketing campaign (last year’s was most complained about) and ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament, which Kia is a major sponsor of.
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