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Kia set to export this all-electric SUV at a price that undercuts Tesla

Baua Electric

South Korean automaker Kia has started production on its all-electric EV5 SUV for export in China, with the first markets targeted being Thailand and Australia, with Australia’s price expected to undercut Tesla’s Model Y. Kia’s top seller in Australia is the Sportage hybrid SUV with around 15,000 sales.

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New fka and Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds China best prepared for electric mobility among all automotive nations

Green Car Congress

The joint country comparison combines the three key areas of technology, industry and the market and enables an objective examination of the status quo in the field of electric mobility in China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the USA. Korea defends its third place in terms of technology. Technology.

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Kia EV9 sales are heating up in the US

Baua Electric

Kia’s new three-row electric SUV is gaining momentum in the US. A big reason behind Kia’s success is the launch of its first three-row electric SUV, the EV9. Kia’s electric SUV even outsold Toyota’s sole EV, the bZ4X, in its first sales month. Kia’s electric SUV comes in five trims. long but is about the same height.

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Kia’s new EV9 already outsold Toyota’s sole EV in its first full US sales month

Baua Electric

After launching the EV9 last fall, Kia’s first three-row electric SUV is already outselling the Toyota bZ4X. Kia EV9 sales nearly doubled that of Toyota’s electric SUV in its first full month on the US market. This enables the electric SUV to get up to 304 EPA-est miles range. Sales of Toyota’s electric SUV were only up 9.6%

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EV charging is changing, Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS

Charged EVs

To put these startling developments in context, Charged interviewed more than a dozen executives, engineers and analysts from automakers, DC fast charging network operators, charging hardware firms and other businesses. Kia (among others) is now promoting the same capability for its upcoming EV9 three-row electric SUV. Death of CCS?

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News: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The 3,800 team members, as Hyundai calls them, are building the all-new 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 that joins electric models of the GV60 EV and the Electrified G80 , both of which are assembled in South Korea. Charging on the 800-volt system should enable a 10% to 80% battery charge in 18 minutes on a 350 kW DC Fast Charger.

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Is Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 the ultimate EV? Fast charging, long-range, and affordable price

Baua Electric

Hyundai IONIQ 6 checks all the boxes as an affordable EV Hyundai introduced the IONIQ 6 electric sedan in South Korea in late 2022, with sales kicking off in the US in March 2023. Perhaps, more importantly, you can charge Hyundai’s electric sedan (10% to 80%) in as little as 18 minutes with 800V DC fast charging.