Kia’s 2027 EV3 could be the affordable EV we’ve been waiting for
Kia has finally put a price on the EV3, and the number might actually surprise you. The entry-level trim starts at $31,385 in the US, including a $1,495 destination charge, making it the cheapest EV Kia sells here and one of the more wallet-friendly electric vehicle options you can buy right now. The EV3 has quietly been selling well in Europe and other overseas markets for almost two years now.
- ▪Kia has finally put a price on the EV3, and the number might actually surprise you.
- ▪The entry-level trim starts at $31,385 in the US, including a $1,495 destination charge, making it the cheapest EV Kia sells here and one of the more wallet-friendly electric vehicle options you can buy right now.
- ▪The EV3 has quietly been selling well in Europe and other overseas markets for almost two years now.
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Kia has finally put a price on the EV3, and the number might actually surprise you. The entry-level trim starts at $31,385 in the US, including a $1,495 destination charge, making it the cheapest EV Kia sells here and one of the more wallet-friendly electric vehicle options you can buy right now. Why did it take so long to get here? The EV3 has quietly been selling well in Europe and other overseas markets for almost two years now. But getting it to American driveways wasn’t so simple. Tariffs and the rollback of the federal EV tax credit threw a wrench into Kia’s original plans, especially since the EV3 was only being built in South Korea. Kia recently locked in a $649 million plan to build the EV3 in Mexico instead, and that’s what finally cleared the runway for a US launch.
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