We have been eagerly anticipating the launch of the electrical Kia EV4 sedan, which was revealed in U.S. spec simply six months in the past with an anticipated beginning worth of $35,000. We already knew we weren’t going to get the superior EV4 hatchback within the U.S., however now we’d not get the EV4 in any respect. Following reporting from InsideEVs, Kia says the EV4 sedan might be “delayed till additional discover” within the U.S., citing altering market circumstances for EVs. Absolutely the truth that the EV4 is inbuilt South Korea additionally factored into this resolution, as there is a 15% tariff on car imports, and that stuff is altering so usually.
Kia had initially mentioned the EV4 can be on sale in early 2026, so this looks like a really last-minute resolution, and I doubt that the EV4 is canceled right here for good. As not too long ago as this week I’ve seen photographs of U.S.-spec EV4s driving round California, so the automotive is unquestionably prepared. Hyundai Motor Group already makes a variety of EVs and batteries within the U.S. — although Trump is doing his greatest to forestall that — so there’s an opportunity {that a} plant right here might be re-tooled to provide EV4s. The EV4 is not on the upcoming automobiles web page of Kia’s U.S. web site, and there is not any gasoline economic system scores on the EPA web site, however it’s at the least nonetheless on Kia’s media web site.
It is a rattling disgrace
This can be a actual disgrace, because the EV4 appears like a very nice product, and it could’ve been one of the reasonably priced and interesting new EVs on sale. Kia has been actually pushing styling boundaries recently, and the EV4 is a lot extra fascinating than mainly each different compact automotive on sale. Its inside feels a step above its competitors, too. The EV4 is constructed on the identical E-GMP platform as automobiles just like the EV6 and EV9, however in contrast to these 800-volt fashions, the EV4 solely has a 400-volt structure. However it may well nonetheless cost from 10%-80% in underneath half-hour, and Kia mentioned it could provide a spread of 330 miles. Kia is also engaged on an EV4 GT, which might have over 400 horsepower.
The indefinite delay of the EV4 additionally makes it appear even much less seemingly that we’ll get the smaller, cuter EV3 within the U.S., and the larger EV5 is not obtainable in our market but both. In Kia’s assertion concerning the EV4, the automaker says its “full vary of automobiles provide[s] significant worth and provoking efficiency to prospects.”