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Kia opens its archetypal EV-only works successful South Korea to physique its entry-level EVs
Kia precocious held the opening ceremonial of its archetypal EV-only manufacturing installation successful Autoland Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
The caller EV-only plant, called "EVO" volition person an yearly accumulation capableness of 150,000 units. The brand's low-cost EVs, EV3 and EV4 volition beryllium the archetypal models to beryllium mass-produced successful the caller facility. The caller EVO works is besides the Hyundai Motor Group's archetypal EV-only facility.
Choi Joon-young, CEO, Kia, stated, "The completion of the Kia Gwangmyeong EVO Plant marks the archetypal measurement for Kia to go a starring electrical conveyance brand." In addition, a Kia authoritative besides stated, "EV3 and EV4 volition play a precise important relation successful popularizing electrical vehicles. We volition amusement you a caller past of electrical vehicles astatine the Gwangmyeong EVO Plant."
While accumulation of the EV3 has already begun, Kia volition statesman manufacturing the EV4 electrical sedan successful the archetypal fractional of 2025. The EV3 and EV4 volition beryllium Kia's 3rd & 4th pure-EV offerings, respectively - pursuing the EV6 and EV9. The South Korean carmaker describes the EV4 arsenic an "entirely caller benignant of EV sedan."
The EVO works from Kia volition beryllium utilized arsenic a cardinal accumulation basal for the brand's aboriginal EVs.
Kia precocious besides announced that it is partnering with Hyundai to make LFP batteries which volition assistance bring down the costs of its EVs.
Source: Electrek
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