The all-electric Kia EV9 has not but been launched in Australia however to get locals excited for its impending debut, the South Korean automotive producer is displaying the Idea EV9 at Vivid Sydney.

Vivid Sydney is the world’s largest pageant of sunshine and features a dizzying array of shows all through the town. The Idea EV9 is at the moment on show in Round Quad close to the famed Sydney Opera Home and set on a stage that lights up and showcases the revolutionary design of the electrical SUV in all its glory.

“Because the world’s largest pageant of sunshine, music and concepts, Vivid Sydney attracts an enormous inflow of home and worldwide guests to the town,” Kia Australia common supervisor of selling Dean Norbiato stated. “We really feel honoured to showcase the Kia Idea EV9 for the primary time in Australia. As a model, we proceed to evolve our experiential choices to make sure we’re all the time representing Kia in a recent and revolutionary gentle.”

Becoming a member of the Idea EV9 as a part of the model’s show at Vivid Sydney is its most up-to-date and highly effective addition to its vary, the all-electric EV6 GT. It has been positioned atop a 9.5m LED ramp that makes it look as if it’s flying.

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On the conclusion of the occasion, the Idea EV9 will likely be displayed through the 2023 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup being collectively hosted in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20.

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Kia has confirmed that the EV9 will launch in Australia within the third quarter of this 12 months however pricing and availability particulars haven’t but been introduced. Nonetheless, all indicators level in direction of it being the model’s most costly mannequin, priced between AU$90,000 (~$59,000) and AU$120,000 (~$79,000). It’ll doubtless be provided in comparable configurations as it’s in abroad markets, together with a rear-wheel drive model with 201 hp and 258 lb-ft (350 Nm) in addition to a twin-motor model with 378 hp and 442 lb-ft (600 Nm).