Evaluate: 2023 Kia Telluride
The 2023 Kia Telluride has been up to date with new styling and a brand new X-Professional trim, which provides off-road functionality. Fox Information Digital Autos Editor Gary Gastelu opinions.
The Kia EV9 is a front-runner for the title of chillest electrical SUV.
The brand new mannequin occurring sale late this yr has a novel resolution to killing time on the charging station.
The EV9 will be ordered with two rows of climate-controlled seats with energy leg extensions that may all be positioned in a reclined “Rest Mode” concurrently.
Nevertheless, its 800-volt structure can deal with 230 kW public charger speeds and fill the battery from 10% to 80% in 25 minutes, so you will not want greater than a cat nap.
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The 2024 EV9 GT-Line HAS 379 hp. (Kia)
The EV9 is slightly longer than the Kia Telluride, has three rows of seats complete and might be accessible in six- and seven-passenger variations.
The 2024 EV9 might be accessible with two rows of reclining seats with footrests. (Kia)
Swiveling second-row seats beforehand proven on a South Korean EV9 haven’t been confirmed for the U.S.
Kia has proven an idea model of the EV9 with swiveling second-row seats. (Kia)
It comes customary in a rear-wheel-drive mannequin with 215 hp and both a 76.1 kWh or 99.8 kWh battery pack, the latter offering about 300 miles of vary between costs.
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A high-performance EV9 GT-Line may even be provided with an all-wheel-drive system rated at 379 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque that may tow as much as 5,000 kilos.
The EV9 might be accessible in a mannequin with a 300-mile driving vary. (Kia)
The EV9 has a full suite of digital driver aids, together with lane-centering adaptive cruise management and a extra superior Lidar-based system might be added to the choices sheet at a later date.
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Full specs and pricing for the EV9 might be launched nearer to when it goes on sale later this yr as an import from South Korea, earlier than manufacturing begins at Kia’s West Level, Georgia, meeting plant in 2024.
