Making the Kia EV9 three-row electric SUV comfortable and quiet enough for Korea’s many tunnels has benefits for all markets.
South Korea is dotted with mountains and waterways that spawned a road network featuring miles and miles of tunnels and numerous bridges. A road trip across the country from Seoul in the west to the Sea of Japan on the east coast offers a chance to marvel at the engineering behind it all.
The rear-drive EV9 is rated to tow 2,000 pounds; the AWD version increases that capacity to 5,000 pounds.The 2024 Kia EV9 uses the E-GMP platform designed for EVs and made available to all the brands within Hyundai Motor Group. The platform provides a solid-driving vehicle: Korea lacks good twisting roads, but the large SUV had little body roll on the few curves we found.
Second-row passengers ride in style in power relaxation seats that recline with power leg rests, and the seats are also heated and cooled on the EV9 Land and GT trims. The front passenger seat slides forward to give the second-row passenger more room to stretch out. However, the person directly behind the driver is more limited in how far they can deploy the footrest.
, but North America is not on the list. U.S. regulations don't allow driving with passengers facing the rear, nor has this configuration been crash tested. So no, not even for tailgating at this time.where air circulation and comfort are notably lacking in the third row, the EV9 caters to teens who want to sit as far away from their parents as possible.
Our test vehicle's navigation system featured an extremely pleasant female voice. We vote she cross the ocean with the imports. But please, not as chatty—in Korea, the nav system warns about every bend in the road, downhill grade, speed change, camera, approaching end of an average speed zone so you can stay shy of 100 kph, fog area, animal protection zones, tricky intersections, and warnings against taking the wrong turn. American drivers won't be as receptive to that level of detail.
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