By Adeniyi Onifade
World famous automaker, KIA, has revealed details of its final intensive testing programme which was conducted on the KIA EV9 ahead of its planned debut in 2023.
The all-electric KIA EV9 will become the brand’s flagship model and will revolutionize the large electric SUV segment, while accelerating KIA’s brand transformation and affirming its leadership in sustainable electric mobility.
Now in the final testing phase, the EV9 has been relentlessly subjected to a gruelling verification programme on a four-wheel drive hill climbing and a rough terrain track, as well as a deep-water wading test, to ensure maximum reliability, even in the most challenging conditions.
Developed over a period of 44 months to set new standards in design, performance, range, driving dynamics, technology and comfort, every facet of the EV9 is currently being pushed to the limits of durability at KIA’s global Namyang Research and Development Center in Korea.
KIA’s high-speed, handling, and low-friction tracks place every element of the EV9’s performance and road-holding under the strictest scrutiny.
At the same time, the unforgiving cobbles of the Belgian road enable KIA’s engineers to subject the EV9’s ride comfort and build quality to the harshest possible trials. In addition to the test programme at Namyang R&D center, like every KIA model, the EV9 has also been subjected to a punishing testing regimen in locations all over the globe.
KIA first gave the world a preview of its newest flagship model in the form of the KIA Concept EV9, unveiled at AutoMobility LA in Los Angeles last year.
Personifying ‘Opposites United,’ the brand’s groundbreaking new design language, the EV9 production model will represent the pinnacle of what is possible with an SUV. Developed on the company’s advanced Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), the KIA EV9 will usher in a new era in sophisticated, high-technology sustainable mobility.
Taking a bow in the first quarter of 2023, the KIA EV9 will follow in the footsteps of the brand’s ground-breaking all-electric EV6, which has garnered numerous critical accolades, including the highly prestigious European Car of the Year 2022 award.