- Kia has begun revealing European pricing for its Kia EV3, one of its cheapest electric cars yet.
- Already on sale in its home territory of Korea, order books for the EV3 in Europe are set to open this month, with deliveries starting later this year.
- The EV3 will also be coming to the USA, but at an unconfirmed later date.
Kia EV3 priced as an alternative to the Volvo EX30
Prices published on Kia’s UK site show that for the ‘Air’ standard range model, on-the-road pricing starts at £32,995 ($42,000). This grants you a drivable range of 267 miles, but spend a couple thousand more, and pricing for models with the larger 81.4kWh battery pack starts at £35,995 ($45,850). This drastically improves range, with the capability to travel 372 miles – leading in its segment. Meanwhile, the most expensive EV3 comes in at £43,895 ($55,900) on the top-of-the-range ‘GT-Line S’ extended range model, which also comes with a built-in heat pump.
This pricing comes just moments after Volvo added a new ‘core’ trim level to its similarly-sized Volvo EX30 EV, which now starts at £32,850. There’s an increasing selection of EVs available around this mark, with the Hyundai Kona Electric also being a similarly priced alternative. While this is already looking to be a great budget EV, the manufacturer plans to bring in even lower-price EVs in the coming years – particularly crucial, when rivals such as Ford are promising a sub-$30k electric car by 2027.
