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Photos and Specs for the Upcoming Kia EV5 GT Surfaced On a Chinese Government Website

The Truth About Cars

The specs back that up, as it sports two electric motors, with 215 horsepower and 229 pound-feet of torque up front and 98 horsepower and 125 pounds of torque in the back. Motor 1 pointed out that the crossover will get a 400-volt architecture instead of the 800-volt system in the EV6 and EV9, giving it slower charging times.

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EVs with sodium-ion batteries are rolling off production lines in China – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

kWh) and a shorter range (251 km), but it sports a lower price tag: RMB 58,800 ($8,300) compared to RMB 62,800-66,800. Many Chinese automakers are developing sodium-ion batteries. The compact JMEV EV3 comes in several variants—lithium-ion versions have a battery pack capacity of 31.15 kWh and a range of 301 km (CLTC).

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Kia Soul EV review: the cheap electric car Australia missed out on

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Charge speed’s only up to 77kW, but about 300km range can be added at a public fast charger in 45 minutes. Kia Australia would have had to bring it in a fair bit less than that to compete with the current crop of Chinese electric cheapies. Its EV credentials are solid.

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Tokyo 2023 revisited: Every electric concept debut from the best motor show in years

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Maybe Tesla and the Chinese aren’t just going to just roll over the rest of the auto industry after all. Hopefully not because it’s run out of charge. Even as Honda introduced its plans for driverless robot vehicles, the Prelude was intended to remind everyone that it would not be giving up on its sports heritage.

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