2024 Kia EV9 Revealed: The First Mainstream Electric Three-Row SUV

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From the article:

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• RWD Long Range
  • One single 150 kW (350 Nm) electric motor
  • Estimated 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) acceleration in 9.4 seconds

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The standard range / small battery version is 8.4. The large battery RWD version is approximately 285 Miles range. The article speculates (and I agree) that the standard range battery might not even be sold in the US, and 9.4 is close to 10 seconds. People will care about the difference between 7ish and 9ish seconds, because they will notice it.

Most people wont notice a difference between "4.5" and 5.3" seconds because both of those are fast. They will notice 9.4 seconds which is slower than a transit van.

As a sanity check, a Honda Pilot is 6.3 seconds, so definitely 9+ seconds would be considered slow for a third row SUV. The newer 4 cylinder base Highlander does it in 8.0 seconds and it's considered slow (vs competitors like Kia Telluride and Subaru Ascent at 6.9 as well as the previous V6 Highlander at 6.8-6.9).

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Given EVs generally are easier to give an acceleration advantage than an ICE, it's kind of bizarre why a lot of brands tend to release cars with less acceleration than typical ICE models of the same segment.

 

[T3SLAROD]

From the article:

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• RWD Long Range
  • One single 150 kW (350 Nm) electric motor
  • Estimated 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) acceleration in 9.4 seconds

=============================

The standard range / small battery version is 8.4. The large battery RWD version is approximately 285 Miles range. The article speculates (and I agree) that the standard range battery might not even be sold in the US, and 9.4 is close to 10 seconds. People will care about the difference between 7ish and 9ish seconds, because they will notice it.

Most people wont notice a difference between "4.5" and 5.3" seconds because both of those are fast. They will notice 9.4 seconds which is slower than a transit van.

So there are two versions of the slow battery and Kia will sell the one closer to 7 than 10, and again, if every noticed a 2 second difference no one would buy anything slower 0-60 than 6 seconds. Yet, a lot of commuters are best selling at 8-9 seconds…. So…. Maybe some people care more about other things other than 0-60? There’s a reason the Miata keeps selling year after year after year after year…

 

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As a sanity check, a Honda Pilot is 6.3 seconds, so definitely 9+ seconds would be considered slow for a third row SUV. The newer 4 cylinder base Highlander does it in 8.0 seconds and it's considered slow (vs competitors like Kia Telluride and Subaru Ascent at 6.9 as well as the previous V6 Highlander at 6.8-6.9).

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Given EVs generally are easier to give an acceleration advantage than an ICE, it's kind of bizarre why a lot of brands tend to release cars with less acceleration than typical ICE models of the same segment.

It is bizzare, they haven’t figured out how to balance the battery between range and acceleration.