New 2020 Kia e-Niro range expands with 180-mile entry-level model

The all-electric Kia e-Niro SUV line-up has been boosted in the British isles with the arrival of a new-appear 3 car line-up, incorporating a less expensive version showcasing a more compact 39kWh battery and significantly less potent electric motor for the 1st time. 

Up to now, the e-Niro has only been supplied in one particular specification and with a 64kWh battery, but the new 3 car line-up follows the trim construction of the hybrid Niro, with ‘2’, ‘3’ and ‘4+’ grade cars to choose from.

The new e-Niro two capabilities a new electric drivetrain using a 39kWh battery and a 134bhp electric motor, superior for a claimed array of one hundred eighty miles on a single charge according to WLTP principles. -62mph requires nine.5 seconds and best speed is 96mph. Hooked up to a 100kW charger, a -eighty per cent recharged requires fifty four minutes, while  at 50kW, Kia claims a fifty seven moment recharge to the same degree. 

It provides the starting off selling price of the product down to £29,595 immediately after the govt plug-in car grant. Standard equipment on the e-Niro two builds consists of an eight-inch central touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay integration, a seven-inch electronic instrument panel, a reversing digital camera, adaptive cruise control, rear parking sensors and computerized climate control. seventeen-inch alloy wheels, LED daytime working lights, additionally black cloth and leather are also integrated.

The e-Niro three is not readily available with the more compact battery pack, and alternatively works by using a 64kWh set-up feeding a much more potent electric motor rated at 201bhp. -62mph is slashed to 7.5 seconds, whilst best speed raises to 104mph and array jumps up to 282 miles on one particular charge.

Selling prices get started from £33,850 immediately after govt incentives. Like the e-Niro two, the e-Niro three product expands a tiny on the equipment discovered on the equivalent hybrid. As such, comprehensive black leather upholstery is discovered as is an eight-way electrically adjustable driver’s seat, whilst equally front seats attain heaters. Know-how is boosted with the fitment of a wireless charging pad for smartphones, a bigger ten.twenty five-inch central touchscreen show with navigation and stay targeted visitors monitoring, and the car can connection up with UVO Join – a smartphone application permitting homeowners to check the car remotely and give remote accessibility to a range of automobile capabilities.

At the best of the line-up is the e-Niro 4+, priced from £36,one hundred forty five and equipped with the 64KWh, 201bhp powertrain. A sliding power sunroof capabilities, whilst the 4+ product also gains LED headlights, memory operation for the driver’s seat and mirrors, heated rear seats additionally heated and ventilated front seats. The interior also gains ambient lighting and aluminium pedals, together with an uprated audio method from expert JBL. 11kW 3 period charging is normal. 

All new versions of the e-Niro are readily available to order now, with 1st deliveries focused for the final quarter of 2020. 

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