Kia PV5 News

The electric car onslaught will continue in 2026 with the announcement of more than 20 new models in Australia.

An EV that is coming to Australia has broken a world record.

Kia’s new modular van is confirmed for Australia, with the PV5 electric passenger and commercial van to land in mid-2026.Designed on a new dedicated electric platform that will see other models follow, the 2026 Kia PV5 can be configured in many ways across passenger and commercial purposes, with features like a removable front passenger seat, stain-resistant interior materials and a walk-through configuration between the driver and cargo section on some versions.The PV5 sits between small and medium vans in terms of its size, bigger than a Volkswagen Caddy but smaller than a Toyota HiAce or Ford Transit Custom.Due in Australia in Q2 or Q3, 2026, the PV5 will be shown at Mobility Live in Sydney on October 15th and 16th this year.Kia Australia is yet to commence local suspension tuning and will confirm Australian specifications and pricing for the PV5 “in due course”.Kia in its global communications confirmed the PV5 will boast a range up to 416km and feature 30-minute 10-80 per cent fast-charging capability, with ‘up to 16 variants’ able to be configured for multiple purposes.Global specs show the PV5 being 4695mm long, 1895mm wide and 1923mm tall with an antenna, plus a 2995mm wheelbase.Outputs come in at 120kW and 250Nm, with battery sizes either 43.3 kWh, 51.5 kWh or 71.2 kWh. Passenger, Cargo and Chassis Cab body styles mean the PV5 can be anything from a personal transport, courier get-around, or even mobile base for a business.Kia worked with businesses like DHL Korea, Korea Post, healthcare provider GeoYoung and Milwaukee power tools to implement features and capabilities that would make the PV5 useful across a range of applications.It can also be used for leisure as a transport shuttle or camping van, and the PV5 has vehicle-to-load (V2L) capability to help in numerous situations.As well as the Electric-Global Modular Platform for Service (E-GMP.S) platform it rides on reducing production and development costs, Kia looked at further ways to reduce costs and make the PV5 more durable, including LED headlamps integrated into the front bumper, as well as panels like wheel arches or bumpers being divided into sections for easy replacement.

Kia is quietly assembling one of the most comprehensive electric car ranges in the world.The South Korean brand has just revealed its new PV5 electric van that’ll double as a cargo-carrying tradie vehicle and a people mover. A mysterious specialised conversion option will join the range too, but Kia hasn’t revealed what that might be.Kia has just shown us the PV5’s design, with full details to follow next week at the company’s EV Day where it will detail the recently revealed EV4 electric hatchback and sedan.These two cars will join the company’s current and coming range of electric SUVs, which include the EV2 small SUV, EV3 compact SUV, EV5 mid-size SUV and EV9 large SUV, as well as the hatch-cum-SUV EV6.Once these vehicles are all launched it will give Kia a player in nearly every major vehicle segment, as well as selling a full suite of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles.The PV5 has a futuristic look, with a short snout, tall and boxy silhouette and large sheets of glass.It follows a similar overall shape to the recently launched Volkswagen ID.Buzz, which resembles a shipping container on wheels that has an immense amount of cargo or passenger space inside.The passenger and cargo version look nearly identical, and while the cargo version has a slightly boxier design, the major difference is the two side opening tailgate doors as opposed to the single lift tailgate door of the passenger version.Kia will reveal technical details next week, but it is expected to be built on a slightly modified version of the E-GMP modular electric car platform that forms the basis of all Hyundai and Kia EVs.It is expected to have the same set-up as the EV3, which means a front mounted electric motor driving the front wheels and 400-volt charging architecture rather than the speedier 800-Volt set-up fitted to the EV6 and EV9.This is expected to help keep costs down, which will help it tackle the commercial vehicle segment and appeal to fleets.If it follows the same layout as the EV3 then it will have the option of a roughly 58kWh and 81kWh battery. Range is expected to be down on the equivalent EV3’s max of 600km, as the PV5 is blogger and likely heavier and will be required to carry a load.Kia has previously said it was targeting a €35,000 ($57,500) starting price, which would smash the competition in Australia.