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Kia’s three-row, battery-electric EV9 has earned excessive reward from reviewers, testers, and house owners. Inside EVs captured the overall theme with its evaluate titled, Kia EV9 – Really Implausible. That is a kind of uncommon fashions that comes alongside on occasion that just about everybody within the automotive world agrees is a superb automobile to purchase and personal. That’s why we monitor it so carefully. This week, we discovered that the Kia EV can have meaningfully decrease MSRPs on two of its 5 trims, and Kia has held the (very low) worth of its entry trim of the EV9 for the brand new yr.
Kia just isn’t alone in having the ability to handle the present commerce negotiation interval. In April, many manufacturers noticed decrease common transaction costs.
Let’s not go any additional and not using a take a look at this pricing chart we created based mostly on Kia’s just-announced pricing for 2026 vs. the prior yr’s worth ranges. To be clear, these are record costs, not ultimate client prices. 
As you’ll be able to see, the value of the bottom unit is unchanged, and the Wind can also be the identical for the brand new mannequin yr. The Mild SR does have a rise. Nonetheless, the 2 “finest” trims now price much less. The highest trim is $2,000 decrease for the brand new yr. Along with providing decrease MSRPs for the brand new yr, the EV9 Dusk Version package deal is obtainable in 6-passenger and 7-passenger seating configurations as a no-cost choice.
Different no-cost enhancements to the Kia EV9 line are:
-Dusk Version on Land affords design and efficiency enhancements
-Dusk Version on Land provided with each 6-passenger and 7-passenger seating configurations
Torque Information retains it actual once we report the buyer prices of vehicles. This story reviews on Kia’s prompt retail worth modifications. We appeared exhausting for a flim-flam and couldn’t discover one. The Kia Vacation spot cost stays at $1,495 for the brand new mannequin yr. Shopper prices may even embody supplier doc charges. Incentives and trade-in prices may even be a part of a client’s total buy price of an EV9.
So, how did Kia handle to carry the road on many of the EV9’s trims for the brand new mannequin yr in mild of all of the scary tariffs the lamestream media needs to fret you over? Effectively, constructing the EV9 in Georgia was one sensible manner Kia took motion upfront to assist trade-war-proof its EV9. Kia America’s headquarters is in Irvine, California, so search for that to finally change because it has for many sensible automakers like Toyota and Tesla, who each bailed out of the high-tax state. The place the automobile is constructed and the place the main elements are created have a big influence on the buyer price throughout occasions of commerce negotiations. Kia all the time deliberate to in-source the EV9. Like Toyota and Mazda, Kia noticed the writing on the wall, and when it launched this new mannequin to the U.S. market, it opted to construct it the place it sells it.
This is what SeungKyu (Sean) Yoon, President and CEO for Kia North America and Kia America, mentioned about in-sourcing the EV9 again earlier than President Trump regained the White Home from President Biden.
At the moment’s launch of the Kia EV9 in Georgia is the newest instance of Kia’s dedication to the U.S. market and the state of Georgia. Via Plan S, Kia is poised to be a pacesetter within the e-mobility sector for years to come back. Having achieved prestigious accolades similar to World Automotive of the 12 months, World EV of the 12 months, and North American Utility Car of the 12 months, EV9 will likely be in wonderful palms with the workforce members at Kia Georgia, and their monitor report for assembling award-winning, world-renowned merchandise speaks for itself.
The primary U.S.-built Kia EV9s rolled off the manufacturing line on Might 30, 2024. Opened on Nov. 16, 2009, Kia Georgia is positioned on 2,200 acres in West Level, Ga. The plant has an annual capability of 350,000 autos. The plant mass-produces the high-volume trims of the Kia Telluride SUV, Kia Sorento SUV, Sportage SUV, and the all-electric EV9 SUV. Along with supplying autos for the U.S. market, Kia Georgia additionally exports a few of the autos produced within the American plant to the Arabian Peninsula.
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John Goreham is a long-standing member of the New England Motor Press Affiliation and an skilled automobile tester. John accomplished an engineering program with a give attention to electrical autos, adopted by 20 years of labor in high-tech, biopharma, and the automotive provide chain earlier than turning into a information contributor. He’s a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE int). Along with his eleven years of labor at Torque Information, John has revealed hundreds of articles and evaluations at American information shops. He’s recognized for providing unfiltered opinions on automobile matters. You may join with John on LinkedIn and observe his work on his private X channel or on our X channel. Please word that tales carrying John’s by-line are by no means AI-generated, however he does make use of grammar and punctuation software program when proofreading and he additionally makes use of picture era instruments.
Picture of Kia EV9 at a Tesla Supercharger courtesy of Kia.
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