- All-electric, three-row Kia EV9 named the Edmunds Prime Rated Higher of the Best and Edmunds Prime Rated Electrical SUV for its first 12 months in manufacturing
- Kia Sportage Hybrid named the Edmunds Prime Rated SUV for the second 12 months in a row
In the mean time, the all-new 2024 Kia EV9 and the 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid acquired 2024 Edmunds Prime Rated Awards. The model new all-electric, three-row Kia EV9 was named the Edmunds Prime Rated Electrical SUV and was further acknowledged with Edmunds Prime Rated Higher of the Best award for its first 12 months on sale. The 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid was honored as a result of the Edmunds Prime Rated SUV for the second 12 months in a row, and in its second 12 months in manufacturing.
“We’re proud to acquire these awards for the all-new Kia EV9 and the succesful Kia Sportage Hybrid, every being glorious examples of Kia’s a lot of pathways to electrification,” acknowledged Steven Coronary heart, COO and EVP, Kia America. “With the fairly a couple of accolades that the EV9 has already acquired – along with this honor from the Edmunds group of specialists – we’re excited to proceed celebrating the mannequin’s first all-electric, three-row SUV.”
Edmunds Prime Rated Award winners are chosen by the Edmunds editorial group based totally on educated opinions gathered all through its car testing and ranking course of, along with outcomes from the Edmunds EV Range Check out™ and Edmunds EV Charging Check out™ for EVs in consideration. The Edmunds Prime Rated Higher of the Best award is given on the editors’ discretion and considers the auto’s have an effect on, innovation and relevance to car prospects.
“Few cars have ever impressed our check out group higher than the Kia EV9. We’ve waited a really very long time for a three-row electrical SUV at a further accessible value, and Kia has established a extreme benchmark,” acknowledged Alistair Weaver, Edmunds’ Editor-in-Chief. “It fantastically fuses the right attributes of the latest electrical cars with the practicality and adaptability of a traditional three-row. If that’s the manner ahead for American family transport, then the long term is vivid.”
The EV9 is a touchstone celebrating Kia’s imaginative and prescient for an electrified future as a mobility chief. Establishing on Kia’s reputation of delivering cars with segment-above excellence, the EV9 helps ship the three-row SUV into the EV interval with accessible choices that matter most: generous inside amount and cargo space, towing performance, foremost car dynamics, rich inside appointments, and fast charging performance.
