Kia’s first dedicated electric vehicle’CV’ will be unveiled for the first time in the world next month and will be released in the domestic market in July. This model is equipped with a highway driving assistance function (HDA2) corresponding to the second stage of autonomous driving, and secures a driving distance of 500km when fully charged and 100km when charging for 4 minutes. In addition, it is known that it will boast a powerful instantaneous power of 3 seconds from stop to 100km/h.
On the 9th, through the online’CEO Investor Day’, Kia revealed its core business, detailed strategies, and mid- to long-term financial and investment goals of its future plan’Plan S’. At this meeting, Kia announced plans to sell 1.6 million eco-friendly cars annually in 2030 and increase the proportion of eco-friendly cars to 40% of the entire lineup. In the case of electric vehicles, it proposed a plan to sell more than 880,000 units in 2030. Kia plans to strengthen its electric car lineup starting with the brand’s first dedicated electric car CV. In addition, as part of the plan for accelerating electrification, it plans to launch 7 exclusive electric vehicles by 2026, one year ahead of the previous one, and build a full lineup of 11 electric vehicles along with 4 derivative electric vehicles.
Kia’s exclusive electric vehicles are equipped with the best-in-class single-charge driving distance, driving performance, and space convenience using the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle platform E-GMP, and advanced technologies, including autonomous driving technology, are preemptively applied. It is expected to be equipped with.
Kia expands the application of AVNT (Audio, Video, Navigation, Telematics terminals) to the model, expands the wireless software update (OTA, Over The Air) service of the infotainment system, and can selectively purchase software functions according to customer needs ( FoD, Feature on Demand) service expansion was planned. In addition, CV announced that it will have a strong marketability such as 500km or more of driving distance when fully charged, 100km of driving distance when charging for 4 minutes, and 3 seconds until reaching 100km/h.
It is expected that the new car design expected through domestic and overseas spy shots will show an innovative look by combining the traditional sports utility vehicle and the hatchback style. The overall design is expected to combine the style of the Futureron concept and the Imagine by Kia concept, which were unveiled at the 2019 China International Expo and Geneva Motor Show.
The front part of the new car is equipped with full LED lamps long left and right, and a dynamic, muscular lower part and a chrome shell hood. In addition, the smooth A-pillar exerts the effect of a floating roof, and the character line on the side selects a design that goes up toward the rear to create a lower and sleek appearance. The most striking design feature of the CV pure electric vehicle is that it is equipped with an ultra-slim LED tail lamp at the rear, which is known to produce a future-oriented appearance.
Foreign media predicted that if Kia launched a CV pure electric vehicle on the market, it would have to compete fiercely with various competing models such as Tesla Model 3 and Polestar 2. It also emphasized that competition with Hyundai Motor’s 45 all-electric car, Volkswagen ID.4, and Skoda Enyak is also expected depending on price and specifications.
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