Bitauto original If you mention Kia’s electric cars, I think everyone may not have any impression. After all, Kia's electric vehicles have not been unveiled in the country before. My impression of Kia's electric cars comes from last year's World Cup. As a sponsor, Kia brought the EV6 GT to Qatar and to the world. Not long ago, my colleague also tested this EV6 GT, and the 0-100km/h acceleration was 3.49 seconds. It can be said that the excellent performance of Kia's electric vehicles also makes me expect more from them. So today we’ll take a look at whether Kia’s two electric concept cars can be more surprising.
EV9 concept car
EV9 should be Kia's future flagship electric SUV model, built on the E-GMP platform and positioned as a pure electric mid-to-large SUV. In fact, before we photographed this EV9 concept car, Kia had already released official photos of the EV9 production car, which made our shooting somewhat put the cart before the horse. However, given that Kia’s domestic new energy strategy is different from overseas, the pace is slower. Some are understandable. From the comparison between the official pictures of the production car and the concept car, we can see that the production model highly restores the concept car in appearance design, so let’s first take a look at what this EV9 concept car looks like.
The overall design of the EV9 concept car is wide and powerful, and more hard and straight lines are used to outline the vehicle's sense of power. The front face of the vehicle adopts the usual closed air intake grille of electric vehicles, and the light assemblyThe shape is very unique, with vertical + folded line headlights and star-shaped iconic lights, which can bring strong recognition.
On the side of the body, the line design of the EV9 concept car is still tough, and the visual experience is also very tall, giving it a sense of familiarity as a hardcore SUV model. Moreover, the vehicle's rims also reach 22 inches, giving people a full sense of power. In addition, the EV9 concept car also adopts a double-door design and is equipped with electronic rearview mirrors. However, these will not be retained in the production version. Of course, as a concept car, this design is quite outstanding.
The shape of the rear of the EV9 concept car is quite simple, without too many line designs. The unique vertical strip taillight design has a very good visual effect and is sufficiently recognizable. Moreover, the shape of the rear of the car has basically been retained in the production car. As far as exterior styling is concerned, the production version of the EV9 is basically a replica of the concept car, and the avant-garde and even unique styling will still leave a deep impression on people.
In terms of interior, the design of the EV9 concept car is more simple and direct. The long center console is only equipped with a unique steering wheel and a 27-inch large central control screen, and there is no other mechanism other than that. In addition, the EV9 concept car adopts a three-row, six-seater seating layout, which maximizes the use of the interior space and allows passengers in all three rows to have ample space. The concept car can rotate the first-row seats backward 180 degrees, and the second-row seats fold into tables, allowing first- and third-row passengers to communicate face-to-face. However, there will obviously not be such a design on the mass-produced version of the EV9. However, the second-row seats of the mass-produced EV9 can rotate 90 degrees or 180 degrees, which is convenient for getting in and out of the car and can also achieve some connection with the rear row. interactive.
Although there is no information about vehicle performance yet, the EV9 concept car has an 800V high-voltage fast charging system, and the charging power can reach 350kW. With the support of this system, it only takes 6 minutes to recharge 100km of battery life, from 10% to 80%. %The fastest time is 20 minutes. And as Kia's first model equipped with a highway autonomous driving system (HDP) in China, EV9 is expected to achieve L3 autonomous driving.
EV5 concept car
In fact, the EV9 concept car has been unveiled overseas, and even the production version of the car has been released with official images. The EV5 concept car we are talking about is the real world debut, and its production version will meet us in China earlier than the EV9 production version.
The design inspiration of the EV5 concept car still comes from Kia’s concept of “unity of opposites”.I believe that the fashionable design style will still satisfy the preferences of many young people. The front face still uses the design of a closed front grille, but the shape pays tribute to Kia's classic tiger roar grille. Kia also named this new front face design the digital tiger roar design. The headlights adopt Kia’s iconic star-shaped headlight design, incorporating the concept of a constellation map into the simple and bright front face. At the same time, the vehicle also adopts a through-type light strip design, which can completely ensure the recognition of the front face.
The line design on the side of the car body is quite tough, and the straight lines are also full of sculpture, which further highlights the strength of the vehicle. However, although it is called EV5, in terms of visual appearance, it is much larger than the previous EV6 GT. But this is nothing. In recent years, the inherent concept of dividing vehicle levels according to numerical size has actually been weakened a lot. After all, there are too many new cars with unique positioning.
The EV5 concept car also uses a double-door design. Of course, this design is not expected to be retained in the production version. The rear design of the car is still square, especially the right-angled taillights are sufficiently recognizable. The roof spoiler that emphasizes aerodynamics also makes the EV5 concept car more full-dimensional.
In terms of interior design, the EV5 concept car is also simple, with no more mechanisms except the steering wheel and central control screen. Moreover, a variety of environmentally friendly materials are used in the EV5 concept car's cabin. For example, seaweed extract, recycled plastic, and "leather-free" and other environmentally friendly materials are used on the seats, doors, dashboard, and ceiling.
Although the body size is not small, there are only four seats arranged in the car, which still leaves ample seating space and a large trunk for the passengers in the car. In addition, the right seats in the front and rear rows can also be rotated 90 degrees to meet more daily use scenarios.
Editor's comment: In fact, judging from these two concept cars, Kia's new energy vehicle strategy is already ready to come out. Kia's new energy vehicles, which have not made any big moves in China before, may also officially enter the market. As far as we know, the production version of the EV5 concept car will be launched in the Chinese market in November this year, and the production version of the EV9 concept car will be launched in the Chinese market in November this year. You will have to wait until 2024 before it will be launched in China. From the perspective of concept cars, the design and practicality of Kia's new energy vehicles are quite good, so let us wait for the arrival of the production version.
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