- Kia EV3 gives accessible, sustainable electrical mobility as a part of elevated SUV expertise
- World-first cutting-edge applied sciences allow clients to unlock new dimensions from EV3, enhancing driving and possession expertise
- Kia’s i-Pedal know-how gives extra relaxed, environment friendly driving fashion
- Sensible Regenerative braking system delivers stress-free metropolis driving
- Driving Vary Information ‘coaches’ drivers for higher effectivity
- Breakthrough in thermal administration know-how provides EV3 battery effectivity and charging time edge over rivals, even in harsh situations
- Automobile-to-Load charging highlights how EV3’s modern know-how can improve clients’ interactions with their automobiles
When Kia unveiled the EV3 in Could this 12 months, the model showcased a car that will make easy, sustainable mobility extra accessible. To ship on that dedication, Kia’s new compact all-electric SUV options industry-leading know-how, a WLTP driving vary of as much as 600km and fast-charging functionality.
The EV3’s game-changing mix of attributes means clients needn’t be involved with making the transition from an inner combustion engine (ICE) automobile to an electrical car (EV).
Kia’s improvement crew was decided to create an all-electric SUV that will increase the bar for what’s anticipated of a compact electrical mannequin. Reaching this meant drawing up a completely new set of parameters, comparable to clever regenerative braking and the flexibility to energy or cost exterior units, comparable to tenting gear, enabling clients to take pleasure in a variety of way of life and driving options beforehand unavailable on this sector.
Pioneering world-first know-how sits on the coronary heart of the EV3, with Kia’s engineers making certain these improvements carry real advantages to the EV3’s occupants.
i-Pedal improvements
Kia is continually innovating and has developed its regenerative braking know-how for the EV3 with its upgraded i-Pedal 3.0 and Sensible Regenerative 3.0 programs. These applied sciences take the idea of one-pedal driving to the subsequent degree to ship higher enjoyment and effectivity.
The most recent i-Pedal 3.0 know-how gives the driving force far more flexibility and management by separating the extent of regenerative braking from the complete stopping management operate. Full one-pedal driving can now be utilized in all regenerative braking modes, whereas i-Pedal 3.0 can be utilized optionally in Reverse and also will keep in mind the beforehand chosen degree when the car is turned off. The system may be chosen by a less complicated means of pulling the left-hand steering wheel paddle for a couple of second.
Regenerative braking ranges are rated from 0 to three, with essentially the most substantial Degree 3 braking ideally suited for driving in heavy start-stop visitors, the place drivers might have to gradual the automobile rapidly. This has additionally been optimized with a extra linear calibration for smoother outcomes.
Degree 2 gives barely much less braking drive, an excellent setting on a winding street, enabling drivers to essentially have interaction with the driving expertise by slowing the SUV easily for corners with out touching the brake pedal. This sustainable strategy can extract extra driving vary from every battery cost.
On an extended motorway journey, drivers would possibly favor Degree 1 and even Degree 0, which permits the EV3 to glide when lifting off the accelerator. These regenerative braking ranges present extra comfort-focused deceleration. i-Pedal on Degree 0 permits the EV3 to coast totally, whereas bringing the same deceleration price to Degree 1 at decrease speeds.
Sensible tech for stress-free driving
The Kia EV3 is the primary automobile to characteristic Hyundai Motor Group’s Sensible Regenerative System 3.0 know-how. This clever system gives the driving force with a digital co-pilot that may scan the street forward and reply to conditions with lightning-fast reactions.
The Sensible Regenerative System is engaged by holding the right-hand steering wheel paddle for greater than a second and integrates autonomous driving know-how with regenerative braking.
When the driving force releases the accelerator pedal, the system makes use of sensors to detect the space to the car forward and navigation info to mechanically decelerate to a protected velocity, if essential.
Whereas Kia’s earlier Sensible Regenerative System relied solely on GPS info, this newest model incorporates a greater variety of navigation-based knowledge, unlocking an array of benefits for the driving force.
For instance, when the EV3 approaches a decent flip or a curve within the street, a velocity restrict lower, a velocity bump or a roundabout, the automobile will mechanically decelerate to an acceptable velocity, making for a extra relaxed, environment friendly and protected drive.
Sensible Regenerative System 3.0 can relieve the stress of negotiating a busy, unfamiliar metropolis heart by relieving psychological pressure on drivers. Whereas Kia’s earlier system may mechanically gradual the car to 9 km/h, the most recent know-how can carry the EV3 to an entire cease, offering even higher flexibility.
Reassuring vary and superior aerodynamics
Kia’s engineers imagine in growing know-how to create a greater, extra sustainable world. However additionally they know that some folks – particularly these new to electrical mobility – nonetheless fear about driving vary. That’s why the event crew went to nice lengths to make sure that the EV3 is without doubt one of the most impressively environment friendly and confidence-inspiring EV to drive.
Many elements can have an effect on a car’s all-electric driving vary, however the one which figures most prominently in clients’ minds continues to be the battery. Consequently, Kia’s engineers have geared up the EV3 with the most important battery in its class. The 81.4 kWh fourth-generation unit additionally boasts roughly 22 % larger power density in contrast with the Niro EV, which shares the identical 400V structure, and delivers a best-in-class all-electric vary of 600 km (WLTP commonplace).
Limitless hours have been spent within the wind tunnel to hone the EV3’s aerodynamic efficiency, together with subtleties such because the SUV’s optimized wheel shapes and the improved rear mixture lamps. There are additionally new facet sill undercovers, together with eight elements masking the underbody, which contribute to cleaner underfloor airflow and decreased drag.
Mixed with optimized headlamp and entrance bumper cowl profiles, wheel hole reducers, an optimized wheel arch design, a shallower roof spoiler angle, aerodynamic strakes on the rear bumper cowl and improved entrance wheel deflectors, the EV3 glides easily by the air with a drag coefficient of simply 0.26Cd.
The EV3’s physique throughout the rear wheel arches can also be narrower than throughout its entrance wheel arches, making a boat-tail form and higher electrical driving vary – one thing that drivers will certainly admire, particularly on lengthy journeys.
On-board effectivity coach
Whereas the EV3 is full of know-how to extract most vary from each battery cost, how homeowners drive could make an enormous distinction, too. That’s why Kia has made it straightforward to attain this with its ‘Driving Vary Information’ know-how.
Situated within the instrument cluster, the Driving Vary Information is simple to grasp at a look. It shows the utmost and minimal driving ranges achievable relying on driving fashion, and an estimated vary primarily based on previous driving effectivity.
When the EV3 is being pushed effectively, a inexperienced gauge on the knowledge cluster fills in the direction of the utmost mark. If the automobile’s effectivity potential is just not being maximized, this gauge turns orange and shows a decreased potential driving vary. This real-time show encourages drivers to take pleasure in a extra environment friendly driving expertise.
Environment friendly driving in all situations
When growing the EV3, Kia’s designers and engineers by no means overpassed their mission to make the compact all-electric SUV extra accessible to extra folks. This meant considering of all attainable use circumstances and testing the EV3’s ultra-advanced know-how in among the harshest areas conceivable on the planet, comparable to Arjeplog throughout the Arctic Circle in Sweden.
The EV3 is the primary car on this planet to deploy a simultaneous warmth absorption system, enabling it to recycle waste warmth not simply from the car, but in addition exterior air to optimize effectivity. The EV’s superior warmth pump know-how considerably improves its means to guard battery efficiency and cost rapidly in chilly climate.
Due to the introduction of a singular high-thermal-efficiency sheath heater and low-temperature charging software program, EV3 homeowners spend a lot much less time ready for his or her car to cost.
The EV3’s battery can also be geared up with a liquid cooling system, which is used throughout charging to optimize battery thermal administration and improve charging speeds. The EV3’s speedy charging time is as much as 12 minutes sooner than the Niro EV, enabling charging from 10 to 80 % capability in 31 minutes (Lengthy Vary mannequin, underneath 350kW quick charging situation).
Due to the world’s first extremely environment friendly and super-compact THIN HVAC (heating, air flow and air-conditioning) system, the EV3 delivers constant cabin situations in all situations, maximizing consolation. The cleverly packaged system provides front-seat passengers an additional 6 cm of room within the footwell when put next with a traditional HVAC system, because of the 33 per cent discount within the unit’s top.
Accessible superior know-how
The EV3’s spacious inside gives a residing space-like setting for occupants to take pleasure in when travelling, or enjoyable when the car is stationary. Chopping-edge connectivity options allow them to have interaction with the digital world in additional immersive methods than ever earlier than.
Kia is the primary producer to carry Automobile-to-Load (V2L) charging to the compact EV SUV section. This characteristic permits the automobile to energy exterior units and permits clients to maximise the EV3’s accessibility.
Even whereas ‘off-grid’ from electrical infrastructure, homeowners can use the EV3 to cost and energy home equipment comparable to a laptop computer, a espresso machine, a small fridge or perhaps a film projector. That is yet one more instance of how the modern know-how developed by Kia’s engineers for the EV3 can improve clients’ experiences on each journey.
Kia plans to introduce an all-wheel drive (AWD) variant in addition to a GT mannequin, increasing the vary of selection for patrons past the present two-wheel drive (2WD) fashions.
