The redesigned 2023 Kia Niro EV will begin at over $40,000 however will get a rise in EPA vary to 253 miles.
As such, it soundly beats its bigger sibling within the Kia electrical lineup, the bottom EV6 Mild, in value and vary. The 2023 EV6 carries over its 232-mile EPA vary ranking however hasn’t but been priced; the 2022 model began at $42,695.
Autoblog first noticed pricing data that appeared on Kia’s client web site earlier than any announcement. The Niro EV is out there in Wind and Wave trim ranges, with a beginning value of $40,745 (together with a $1,295 vacation spot cost) for the bottom Wind model.
The Niro EV Wind comes pretty nicely outfitted with normal options like 17-inch alloy wheels, automated LED headlights, heated exterior mirrors, automated wipers, privateness glass, an influence tailgate, an eight-way energy driver’s seat, heated entrance seats, dual-zone automated local weather management, a ten.3-inch touchscreen (with wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto), 5 USB ports, a six-speaker Harman Kardon audio system, and Kia’s typical array of driver aids.
2023 Kia Niro EV
To additional improve the Niro EV’s inexperienced credibility, the Wind trim stage will get a mixture of material upholstery and an artificial leather-based comprised of eucalyptus leaves, with a synthetic-leather steering wheel wrap, limiting use of animal merchandise.
Beginning at $45,754 with vacation spot, the Wave trim stage provides options like a vehicle-to-load inverter for discharging energy to run gadgets or cost different vehicles, full synthetic-leather upholstery, fog lights, power-folding mirrors, an influence entrance passenger’s seat, reminiscence system, cooled entrance seats, a heated steering wheel, Kia’s Freeway Driving Help 2 system (which basically provides automated lane centering to adaptive cruise management) and Good Park automated parking help.
The EPA’s web site now additionally lists a 253-mile vary, confirming Kia’s authentic estimate, with effectivity rankings of 113 MPGe mixed (126 MPGe metropolis, 101 MPGe freeway). For now, there is not any hope of the EV tax credit score coming again for the Niro, which is assembled in Korea.
2023 Kia Niro EV
As with the outgoing technology, the 2023 Kia Niro lineup consists of hybrid and plug-in hybrid fashions alongside the Niro EV. In a assessment of the Niro lineup, we discovered it to up its effectivity credentials whereas additionally elevating refinement. The Niro Hybrid bought an mpg increase plus a value hike—and so, extra lately, did the Niro PHEV.
The 2023 Niro EV joins the lineup alongside the Kia EV6, which is priced about $2,000 greater. The Kia EV9 is on the way in which subsequent 12 months and can spherical out a Kia electrical crossover lineup in three automobile sizes.
