- This marks the second yr in a row that Kia obtained the “Greatest EV” honor from MotorWeek, following the Kia EV6 win in 2023
In the present day, the 2024 Kia EV9 obtained the MotorWeek Drivers’ Alternative “Greatest EV” award for 2024. Final yr, the 2023 Kia EV6 additionally obtained the “Greatest EV” honor, together with the “Better of the 12 months” title.
“Because the model’s first all-electric, three-row SUV, the Kia EV9 continues to obtain reward for the automobile’s general excellence and execution throughout many elements,” stated Steven Heart, COO & EVP, Kia America. “We’re proud to obtain the ‘Greatest EV’ award from MotorWeek once more this yr for the all-new EV9.”
To find out the winners, the MotorWeek crew evaluates almost 150 automobiles based mostly on elements resembling worth, practicality, efficiency and gas effectivity. The workers then selects the perfect fashions in a wide range of way of life classes starting from household sedans to luxurious vehicles, giant utilities to pickups.
“Of the three all-electric automobiles that share our Greatest EV honor for 2024, there is just one that we’d say was really a sport changer this yr, and that’s the Kia EV9,” stated John Davis, creator and host of MotorWeek. “As the primary true fairly priced household dimension 3-row all-electric SUV to hit the market, the EV9 not solely units a brand new benchmark for EVs, however for household SUVs generally.
Constructing on Kia’s repute of delivering automobiles with segment-above excellence, the EV9 brings the three-row SUV into the EV period with accessible options that matter most: beneficiant inside quantity and cargo area, main automobile dynamics, wealthy inside appointments, and quick charging functionality.
