EV uptake has been taking off in Australia this yr with over 65,000 EVs hitting the roads within the first 9 months. One EV phase that doesn’t make up lots of the gross sales numbers is the 7-seater SUVs. This has lately modified with Kia showcasing its EV9 SUV at a number of occasions throughout Australia.
Now, a number of sightings of this 7-seater electrical SUV have been reported by electrical automobile lovers. The primary one among these was a white EV9 that was shared on X by bpdean15.
This automobile was seen at a set of site visitors lights within the outer Sydney suburb of Fortress Hill. It additionally reveals the big daytime operating lights that run on both aspect of the automobile’s entrance bumper.
Nicely, what do we’ve right here ??? – noticed in Fortress Hill @LudicrousFeed @Rizflip pic.twitter.com/hwOqm1edmD
— RidingBikes 🚴🚗⚡️☀️🔋 (@bpdean15) October 18, 2023
Quickly after that, a second EV9 was noticed within the Iceberg inexperienced color and shared by Mike Shipton on Fb earlier than being re-shared on X by ZappedAU.
One other EV9 noticed in Sydney. Seems like this one is likely to be at @kiaaustralia head workplace.
Additionally one other recent registered one.
Photograph courtesy to Mike Shipton from Fb. @LudicrousFeed @Rizflip pic.twitter.com/3hKPlkoWxv
— Zapped 🇦🇺 🚗⚡ (@ZappedAU) October 19, 2023
This one was parked subsequent to Kia’s 7-seater ICE automobile, the Sorento which provides a little bit of a comparability of the scale of the EV9.
Dimensions-wise, the Kia EV9 is available in at 5,010 mm in size, 1,980 mm in width and 1,755 mm in peak.
The registration data of this explicit automobile reveal that it has solely been on the NSW roads for lower than every week and weighs 2.6 tonnes.
For the native market, the EV9 features a standard-range RWD variant which has a 76.1 kWh battery pack together with a long-range all-wheel-drive variant which packs a 99.8 kWh battery.
This lately noticed EV9 in Iceberg inexperienced color is more likely to be the AWD model with a 99.8 kWh battery pack.
Extra particulars on the native specs are to be introduced within the coming weeks when the Kia EV9 is anticipated to be launched.
With extra 7-seater EV choices changing into out there within the coming months, it’s anticipated to do effectively with consumers taking a look at a bigger premium SUV. We stay up for test-driving it when it lands regionally within the coming months.
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Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception stories and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, notably EVs and desires to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.