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from the world of electric vehicles. We'll start with news of Kia's EV5. Got some pricing on this

coming through today. This is their new mid-size SUV. They call it a mid-size SUV and you

won't be surprised to hear. This might sound a little bit like Captain obvious. It's bigger than an

EV3 and an EV4, but it's smaller than a six or a nine.

It's a different car to the EV6, actually. This is more like an EV9 that's been put on a hot wash

and shrunk a little bit. It's not a three row, but it is a reasonably sized SUV, at least for the

UK market. And it's priced well under 40K to start, and that's important because it means that you avoid paying that extra fee for the UK market. And it's priced well under 40K to start. And that's important because it means

that you avoid paying that extra fee for the UK's luxury tax bracket, still at £40,000,

which is still ridiculous. It serves as an electric alternative to Kiers Sportage SUV in their

lineup already. And it goes up against the new Tesla Model Y, which is fierce

competition. Perjose E3-O8 or 5-008, depending on spec. Schoda Eniac, the new Nissan

leaf at the lower end and the Nissan Aria on the higher specs of this, plus the ID4 and ID5

combo vehicles as well. This is 400-volt architecture

of Kia's EGMP electric platform, that's shared by the EV3. And honestly, that's fine.

Performance-wise, that's not what this vehicle is made for. So single motor is the option right now,

240 horsepower, naught a 62, 100k pH done in 8.4 seconds.

That's not why this vehicle exists.

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