The Kia EV3 is the Korean brand’s new small electric SUV, with funky and chunky styling inspired by the larger EV5 and EV9 . The EV3 will go on sale in Korea in July, Europe later in 2024, and in other markets in 2025. CarExpert understands it’ll arrive in Australia during the first half of 2025.
Electric vehicle (EV) demand may be cooling in some markets, but Kia is preparing a volley of EVs for volume segments. This includes not only the EV3 and previously revealed EV5 crossovers, but also the EV2 and EV4. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.
Kia aims to sell 200,000 EV3s annually, across markets as diverse as the US, Europe and Korea. The EV3 measures 4300mm long, 1850mm wide and 1560mm tall on a 2680mm wheelbase, making it slightly shorter than the Niro EV . It sits on a front-wheel drive version of Kia’s E-GMP platform, though Kia has confirmed a dual-motor all-wheel drive version is coming.
The EV3 will also be offered in GT guise, however Kia hasn’t confirmed when we’ll see it. In the meantime, both Standard Range and Long Range models use a front-mounted electric motor with 150kW of power and 283Nm of torque, good for a 0-100km/h time of 7.5 seconds.
Kia says this grunt is sent to the ground smoothly thanks to Electric Dynamic Torque Vectoring Control. The EV3 Standard Range has a 58.3kWh battery, while the Long Range has an 81.
4kWh battery. All models have a 400V electrical architecture. Kia claims the EV3 wi.
