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Kia is engaged on not less than two pickup vans and this rendering reveals how one in every of them might seem like had been it to be impressed by the Telluride SUV.
This rendering has been delivered to life by SRK Designs and a clip shared to YouTube reveals the method in morphing the Telluride right into a pickup truck. Whereas we’re very keen on how the Telluride appears, it’s unlikely that Kia’s pickup would look so just like the SUV.
Certainly, a handful of spy pictures surfaced of the Kia pickup in early November and these confirmed that if something, it might extra intently resemble the Kia Mohave bought in Korea. The prototype that was snapped had headlights nearly similar to these of the Mohave, full with the identical LED daytime operating lights in addition to the automaker’s newest iteration of its tiger nostril grille.
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It’s unclear if the similarities between the primary Kia pickup and the Mohave will lengthen past the styling division. The Mohave relies on a ladder-frame chassis that would go well with a pickup truck fairly effectively. Nonetheless, provided that the 2 forthcoming pickups from Kia will likely be electrical autos, it appears extra seemingly that they are going to be underpinned by the Hyundai Motor Group’s Electrical International Modular Platform (E-GMP) underpinning the likes of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, Kia EV6, and Genesis GV60.
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If so then we count on the 2 pickups to be provided in a variety of totally different guises with distinctive powertrain configurations. Vary-topping variants will seemingly function electrical motors each entrance and rear whereas rear-wheel drive solely variations are additionally potential.
Kia has remained tight-lipped about its two deliberate electrical pickups however has confirmed they’re among the many 14 new BEVs it’s going to introduce by 2027.