The 2026 Kia EV4 will be the brand’s first electric car and will be sold in the US. The 201-hp front-wheel-drive EV will come with two different battery sizes. The bigger 81.4-kWh pack is expected to give the car a range of 330 miles. When it hits American stores at the end of this year or the beginning of 2026, the EV4 car will likely start at $35,000. If sedan fans want a cheap EV, they can only choose between the $44,130 Tesla Model 3 or the $38,900 Hyundai Ioniq 6. With its new EV4 small car, which will be on sale later this year or early next year, Kia hopes to reach a bigger market in that area. The EV4 should start at around $35,000, and the EV6 should go up to $43,995. The EV4, EV6, and soon-to-be-released EV3 all use the company’s well-known E-GMP design. The EV4 sedan is longer than a Honda Civic car (186.2 inches vs. 111.0 inches), and the Kia’s wheelbase is about the same as the Accord’s (111.4 inches). There is a deep and roomy 17-cubic-foot cargo area and a wide rear seat behind the EV4’s trunk lid that has been opened up. However, the EV4 will not be coming to the United States. However, a hatchback version will be made and sold there. When you look inside, the EV3 and its platform-mate, the EV4, look a lot alike. The HVAC information is shown on a 5.3-inch strip next to a 12.3-inch screen that faces the driver. Next to it is a second 12.3-inch touchscreen that handles the entertainment system and other settings for the car. The 30-inch screen that takes up most of the fabric-covered control panel is filled with the three screens. The aggressive-looking front and back fascias and 19-inch wheels that make up the GT-Line visual package will be an option, but they will not improve the performance. The 400-volt architecture of the EV4 should keep costs low compared to the 800-volt design of the EV6. The EV4 takes in electrons at a rate of 11 kW over a Level 2 link. Kia didn’t say how fast DC fast charging works, but it said it would take 31 minutes to charge the 81.4-kWh battery from 10% to 80%. A smaller 58.3-kWh battery can be used to get the same charge in 29 minutes. Campers and people who lose power can use the battery to power a variety of electronics, according to Kia. It’s not clear how this will work for customers, but the chance to get power back on the grid is being promoted. The EV4’s front motor makes 201 horsepower no matter what size battery it has. Kia says this makes it possible for the car with the bigger battery to go from 0 to 62 mph in 7.7 seconds. It should take 7.4 ticks for the smaller type of battery to finish the job. 201 horsepower is shared by both the EV3 and the Kia Niro EV. This is the same motor that speeds the EV to 60 mph in 6.7 seconds. The EV4’s base weight hasn’t been announced by Kia yet, but it should be about the same as the Niro EV, which weighs 3,715 pounds. If so, you can expect a time of about 60 mph. Customers might be more interested in driving range. The EV4 can go an amazing 390 miles on the European WLTP test cycle, which is way too hopeful. With the bigger battery, the EPA range will be 330 miles. In the same test done in Europe, the smaller battery is said to have a range of 267 miles, but EPA standards say it’s more likely 225 miles. South Korea will start making models for the Korean market in March. At the same Korean plant, US models should start coming off the line by the end of this year.
