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CTOnews.com, July 19, Kia EV9, released in March this year, is by far the largest electric vehicle in Kia and the first three-row electric SUV in Kia.

According to the Korea Economic Daily, Qiya began delivering the EV9 on the domestic market in South Korea on June 19, while the electric SUV received more than 13000 orders in the first eight days of its launch and delivered 1334 vehicles in June.

A senior Kia executive said more than 50 per cent of bookings came from new customers of the brand, and a similar situation occurred with Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric SUV.

Last week, Kia announced a new investment of more than $200m (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 1.434 billion yuan) to expand its plant in West Point, Georgia, to make room for EV9 assembly. The EV9 will become Kia's first electric car assembled in North America in the second quarter of next year.

Based on Hyundai's 800V E-GMP platform (IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6 and EV6), the Kia EV9 can be recharged from 10 to 80 per cent and increase mileage by 148 miles (238.18 km) in 25 minutes.

EV9 uses Kia's latest automotive technologies, such as the group's state-of-the-art highway driving navigation, OTA updates, on-board generator function (V2L) and digital car keys based on UWB ultra-wideband.

The EV9 is said to provide "true SUV capabilities", including a 7.8inch ground clearance, 81.9cubic feet of cargo space at the back of the first row, up to 5000 pounds of traction and available torque vector dual-motor all-wheel drive.

The EV9 standard comes with 76.1 kWh battery (fourth generation) and 215 hp (160 kW) motors; you can also choose a 99.8 kWh battery model with a range of up to 300 miles, or a dual motor 379hp vector all-wheel drive with 516lb-ft of torque.

Although Kia has not yet released prices for the US market, the long-lasting version of the EV9 starts at about $65000 to $70000 based on European prices, and the standard model starts at about $60000 (currently about 430000 yuan).

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