Inovev forecasts 50,000 units per year of the new Kia EV5 SUV
- Korean carmaker Kia has unveiled the EV5, a mid-range, battery electric SUV. Like many of its competitors, it sits at the upper limit of the C-segment, bordering on the D-segment, measuring 4.61 meters long, comparable in size to the Citroën C5 Aircross or Opel Grandland. It is 7 centimeters longer than its internal combustion engine counterpart, the Kia Sportage. In fact, the Kia EV5 has been available in China for almost two years, as the Korean carmaker considers China a priority market for battery electric vehicles (10 000 sales on 9 months 2025).
- For Europe, this is the third new model unveiled by Kia since the beginning of the year, following the presentation of the EV4 sedan (C segment) and the PV5 minivan (D segment). The EV3 compact SUV (B segment) was presented last year.
- In terms of design, the Kia EV5 adopts the distinctive style of the EV3 and EV9. Based on the Hyundai-Kia group's E-GMP platform, it can accommodate five people (so as not to compete with the EV9, which seats seven) and features a 160 kW electric motor coupled with an 81.4 kWh NMC battery, with a higher capacity than the one used in China (a 60.3 kWh LFP), giving it a range of 530 km according to the WLTP cycle. The model uses the 400 V architecture used in the brand's battery electric compact models, rather than the 800 V architecture used in the EV6 and EV9.
- The Kia EV5 will be imported from China (it is also produced in Korea), unlike the EV4 sedan, which has just begun production in Zilina, Slovakia, despite the tariffs imposed on cars from China. Inovev forecasts a global production of 50,000 Kia EV5 units per year.