- EPA rankings are out for the 2024 Kia EV9 three-row electrical SUV.
- We additionally examined an EV9 GT-Line on our real-world 75-mph freeway vary check.
- The EV9 completed a real-world results of 240 miles, simply shy of its 270-mile EPA score.
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The EPA has simply launched professional vary numbers for the brand new 2024 Kia EV9, and we even have our personal check effects to offer extra context for a way some distance you’ll be expecting to move on a price within the new three-row electrical SUV in the genuine international. The federal government says that the EV9 can commute between 230 miles and 304 miles, relying at the configuration, and our consequence for the dual-motor GT-Line trim degree with the bigger battery pack compares beautiful favorably to the EPA score for that mannequin.
We completed a results of 240 miles in our loaded GT-Line check automotive, which comes with a dual-motor setup offering 379 horsepower and a 99.8-kWh battery pack. The EPA score for this mannequin is 270 miles—understand that it is a blended determine, whilst our check is for freeway riding at 75 mph—that means that the EV9 completed 88 p.c of its EPA estimate.
That is a greater proportion than the real-world effects for a number of different EV SUVs we now have examined, such because the Rivian R1S and Cadillac Lyriq (each 72 p.c of EPA estimate) and Nissan Ariya (82 p.c of EPA estimate). On the other hand, some EVs—most commonly from German manufacturers—have outperformed their EPA rankings in our trying out, so the EV9 is not reasonably on that degree. Nonetheless, it is an excellent consequence given how giant and boxy the EV9 is, as it could be cheap to suppose that the sort of massive car would do worse relative to EPA figures at upper speeds.
If you need extra vary out of your EV9, go for the rear-wheel-drive Gentle mannequin with the larger battery pack, which is EPA-rated to ship 304 miles. The AWD Wind and Land trims are rated at 280 miles, whilst the bottom RWD Gentle mannequin with the smaller, 76.1-kWh battery pack is rated at 230 miles. We stay up for trying out those different variations and seeing what sort of real-world vary effects they ship.
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Regardless of being raised on a gradual vitamin of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or possibly on account of it—Joey Capparella nevertheless cultivated an obsession for the car trade during his adolescence in Nashville, Tennessee. He discovered a approach to write about automobiles for the varsity newspaper all the way through his faculty years at Rice College, which in the end led him to transport to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first skilled auto-writing gig at Automotive Mag. He has been a part of the Automotive and Driving force workforce since 2016 and now lives in New York Town. Â
