Kia’s new high-performance EV will pack over 600hp, report says

As the primary to experience on the Hyundai Motor Group’s next-gen “eM” electrical automotive platform, Kia’s upcoming EV, codenamed “GT1,” is predicted to be a long-range, high-performance machine.

The Hyundai Motor Group, together with Kia and Genesis, revealed its plans to turn into a prime three international EV-producing powerhouse by the top of the last decade after a giant yr in 2022.

A giant a part of the success is because of Hyundai’s first devoted EV platform, E-GMP, which serves as the bottom for the automaker’s present lineup of electrical automobiles, together with the Hyundai IONIQ 5 SUV, IONIQ 6 sedan, Kia EV6, EV9 SUV, and the Genesis GV60.

The platform has already enabled Kia’s strongest manufacturing automotive but, the Kia EV6 GT. With as much as 576hp and 0 to 60 mph in 3.4s, the EV6 GT beat a Ferrari Roma and Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder off the road (and it prices half the worth of the Porsche Taycan GTS).

In keeping with a brand new report out of South Korea, Hyundai has already completed specs for main drivetrain elements, together with the battery and motor for its first EV to experience on the next-gen platform.

Kia high-performance EV has +600hp, +430 miles vary

South Korea’s ET News reviews Hyundai Motor Group will set up a large 113.2 kWh battery and two electrical motors (200 kW + 250 kW) for 603 whole hp (450 kW) for its subsequent era “eM” platform, due out in 2025 on the earliest.

The GT1 will surpass Kia’s EV6 GT, its present quickest manufacturing automotive, with a most output of 576hp (430 kW).

The primary automobile to experience on the platform is codenamed Kia “GT1,” a high-performance EV with 434 miles (700km) to 497 miles (800km) vary.

Driving on Hyundai’s next-gen “eM” EV platform, the GT1 is an E-segment passenger automobile. Hyundai has beforehand stated that the eM platform is being “particularly developed for EVs throughout all segments” whereas boosting vary by 50% in comparison with present EVs.

The 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 5 presents as much as 303 miles EPA-est vary, so a 50% improve would counsel over 450 miles on the brand new platform.

If the report is correct, 113.2 kWh battery capability could be among the many highest of mass-produced passenger EVs in main markets. For instance, the Mercedes Benz EQS options 107.8 kWh, the Tesla Mannequin S has 100 kWh, and the Kia EV9 has 99.8 kWh.