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Kia has revealed UK pricing and specifications for the 2023 model year Soul EV line-up.
In 2021, Soul EV registrations were up 28% compared to the previous year.
Now, Kia is widening the customer appeal of the Soul EV with the availability of an exciting, revised, two-grade model tier structure. A new ‘Urban’ specification joins the ‘Explore’ grade to offer buyers a fresh choice of highly equipped, distinctively styled models, including a new ‘medium-range’ battery for the first time.
UK customer deliveries for the new Soul EV models commence during Q4 2022, with prices starting at £32,795 for the ‘Urban’ grade with ‘medium range’ battery pack, with ‘Explore’ specification fitted with the ‘long range’ battery pack costing £38,995.
For the first time in the UK, Kia is offering a 39.2kWh battery pack in the Soul EV ‘Urban’, with a maximum (WLTP Combined) range of 171 miles, or up to 252 miles in a city setting.
It can take just 54 minutes to recharge the battery pack from 0-80% using an 80kW rapid charger, while a 7.2kW home charger will replenish the battery from 0-100% in six hours and 10 minutes. For owners without a dedicated home charger, a domestic plug socket can recharge the Soul EV from 0-100% in 18 hours.
The car is powered by a 100kW (134bhp) electric motor, producing a maximum torque of 395Nm. The ‘Urban’ model is mated to a single-speed automatic transmission and can achieve a top speed of 97mph, with a 0-62mph acceleration figure of 9.9 seconds.
The Soul EV is the smallest of Kia UK’s current three battery electric vehicle line-up, joined by the recently launched all-new Niro EV and the sensational EV6 flagship.
In 2023, the production version of the EV9 will expand the trio and will become the largest battery electric vehicle yet in Kia’s exciting plans to launch 14 EV models by 2027 globally. 10 of the vehicles will be built on the new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) architecture, and four derivative EVs will be based on other models.