Welcome back to EV News Daily and welcome to a special bonus edition of the podcast.

The Kia EV-V-3 is the latest global model from the brand, which alongside Stablemates Hyundai Agenesis,

are committed to making very compelling electric vehicles.

Well, many times in recent weeks, I've alluded to the fact that I think the Kia Reby 3 is going to be a massive

success and potentially the standout sales success of 2025, or at least outside of China,

because what happens inside China can just defy all sorts of the usual sales rules.

So I figured I should make a stand-alone podcast making my case,

my argument, for why the Kia EV3 could be a success, my best arguments. I'll compare it to the

competition as well and which vehicles it's up against and some of the choices you might want to

cross shop and make. So welcome along to the podcast. Here is a look at the some of the choices you might want to cross shop and make. So, welcome along to the

podcast. Here is a look at the history of the Kia EV3 and the basic specs of the vehicle. So we

first got to see the Kia EV3 back in 2023 when it was first introduced as a concept alongside

the EV4 and the EV5. The EV3 is built on a 400-volt version of Kia's

electric, global, modular platform. That's EGMP. It uses their fourth-generation battery

technology. And there are two variants introduced. A standard range battery and a long-range battery.

The small battery,

if you want to call it small, is not particularly small. It's 55 kilowatt hours usable and 58.3 nominal kilowatt hours. And so there's like a three kilowatt hour buffer there. The long range

version has a slightly bigger buffer. It's 78 kilowatt

hours usable and 81.4 kilowatt hours gross. So here we are with a vehicle that we already know

is going to be targeting, well, typically families, I would say, and we'll get onto the cars that it

competes against in the minute.

But even if you start with saying, well, the Kia EV3 is going to compete with the Kia Nero EV.

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