Kia is creating a giant, burly SUV powered by batteries, and the primary prototypes have been noticed.

The SUV is the manufacturing model of the EV9 idea unveiled on the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Present, and we’ll see it arrive at dealerships within the second half of 2023, probably as a 2024 mannequin.

The prototypes for the manufacturing EV9 level to an SUV with related styling to the putting present automobile, however with design particulars toned down. Kia execs have advised Motor Authority the EV9 idea represented about 80-90% of what we’ll see on the manufacturing mannequin.

The inside might be toned down considerably from the idea. Although floating screens for the instrument cluster and infotainment hub, much like what’s discovered within the up to date 2023 Kia Telluride, is probably going.

As for measurement, we are able to once more look to Kia’s Telluride mid-sizer for reference. The EV9 idea in L.A. measured about 194 inches in size, or about three inches lower than the Telluride, and this seems to have been maintained on the manufacturing EV9. Search for inside house to be better within the EV9 due to the electrical powertrain, and as is the case with the Telluride, third-row seats might be on provide.

Underpinning the car might be Hyundai Motor Group’s E-GMP platform. The platform options an 800-volt electrical system, bi-directional charging, and, in Kia’s EV6 GT, gives up a meaty 576 hp and 546 lb-ft torque.

Judging by a few of the specs of the EV9 idea, the manufacturing mannequin ought to have about 300 miles of vary and the flexibility to cost the battery from 10-80% in lower than half-hour. The fast cost might be potential when utilizing a 350-kilowatt charger.

Kia is about to leap into EVs in a giant manner. The automaker plans to have 14 EVs by 2027, together with electrical pickup vans. We will count on not less than two Kia EVs to be launched per yr from 2023 by means of to the tip of 2027.

Hyundai may even launch a number of EVs within the coming years. Certainly one of them might be a big SUV twinned with the EV9. The Hyundai might be referred to as the Ioniq 7, and we received a preview of it on the 2021 L.A. Auto Present within the type of the Seven idea.