Kia Delays Ev4 Sedan 'until Further Notice' In The U.s., Which Sucks For Fans Of Cool, Affordable Cars

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We've been eagerly anticipating nan motorboat of nan electric Kia EV4 sedan, which was revealed successful U.S. spec conscionable six months ago pinch an expected starting value of $35,000. We already knew we weren't going to get the awesome EV4 hatchback successful nan U.S., but now we mightiness not get nan EV4 astatine all. Following reporting from InsideEVs, Kia says nan EV4 sedan will beryllium "delayed until further notice" successful nan U.S., citing changing marketplace conditions for EVs. Surely nan truth that nan EV4 is built successful South Korea besides factored into this decision, arsenic there's a 15% tariff connected automobile imports, and that worldly is changing truthful often.

Kia had primitively said nan EV4 would beryllium connected waste successful early 2026, truthful this seems for illustration a very last-minute decision, and I uncertainty that nan EV4 is canceled present for good. As precocious arsenic this week I've seen photos of U.S.-spec EV4s driving astir California, truthful nan car is decidedly ready. Hyundai Motor Group already makes a batch of EVs and batteries successful nan U.S. — though Trump is doing his champion to forestall that — truthful there's a chance that a works present could beryllium re-tooled to nutrient EV4s. The EV4 is nary longer connected nan upcoming vehicles page of Kia's U.S. website, and there's nary substance system ratings connected nan EPA website, but it is astatine slightest still connected Kia's media website.

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This is simply a existent shame, arsenic nan EV4 looks for illustration a really awesome product, and it would've been 1 of nan astir affordable and appealing caller EVs connected sale. Kia has been really pushing styling boundaries lately, and the EV4 is truthful overmuch much absorbing than fundamentally each different compact car connected sale. Its interior feels a measurement supra its competition, too. The EV4 is built connected nan aforesaid E-GMP level arsenic cars for illustration nan EV6 and EV9, but dissimilar those 800-volt models, nan EV4 only has a 400-volt architecture. But it tin still complaint from 10%-80% successful nether 30 minutes, and Kia said it would connection a scope of 330 miles. Kia besides is moving connected an EV4 GT, which could person complete 400 horsepower.

The indefinite hold of the EV4 besides makes it look moreover little apt that we'll get the smaller, cuter EV3 successful nan U.S., and the bigger EV5 isn't disposable successful our marketplace yet either. In Kia's connection astir nan EV4, nan automaker says its "full scope of vehicles offer[s] meaningful worth and inspiring capacity to customers."