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Kia EV9 markups, Scout builds out, lack of EV experience: Today’s Car News

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Scout starts building its EV manufacturing home. And how much more than MSRP would you pay for a Kia EV9? Kia dealers are at it again, marking up the EV9 electric SUV by $7,000 or more, despite efforts from Kia to reel in price gouging earlier in the year. Many Americans still have no experience with EVs.

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Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production

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Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV). Kia will invest around one trillion KRW (approximately US$758 million) to secure 99,000 acres of land, with the company planning to start mass-production in the second half of 2025. Earlier post.)

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Kia unveils Concept EV5 in China

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Kia Corporation unveiled the Concept EV5 at Kia Chinese EV Day. The Concept EV5 also heralds a new design era for Kia and gives an intriguing glimpse into the aesthetic direction of the brand’s future fully electric models.

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Hyundai Motor Group starts building lunar exploration rover development model

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Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Following discussions with the various stakeholders, the Group decided the direction for the initial lunar exploration mobility development model.

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Hyundai Motor and Kia revamp R&D organization to make it more agile, flexible and independent like startups

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Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are reorganizing their joint research and development (R&D) organization to be able to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing global automotive industry, advance the transition to electrification and accelerate the development of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

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Kia targeting annual sales of 1.2M BEVs by 2030; 14 BEV models by 2027 including two electric pickup trucks

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Kia Corporation described its roadmap to 2030 at the company’s 2022 CEO Investor Day virtual event. The roadmap builds on Kia’s successful Plan S strategy first announced in 2020. Kia also announced its four key business targets for 2030. Kia plans to launch ts flagship electric vehicle the EV9 in 2023.

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Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production

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Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV).

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