Kia PV5 7-Seat Drops to £35,495 With UK EV Grant — SkimNews
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- Kia confirmed all grades of the PV5 Passenger 7-seater qualify for the UK Government's £1,500 Electric Car Grant, dropping the starting OTR price to £35,495 ($47,000).
- The PV5 Passenger 7-seater, launched in June with a 2-2-3 layout, offers best-in-class legroom up to 1,732mm and headroom up to 1,075mm.
- The 7-seat variant ships exclusively in the UK with a 71.2 kWh long-range battery, delivering up to 246 miles of WLTP range and 10%–80% DC fast charging in under 30 minutes at 150 kW.
- Kia became Europe's fastest-growing top 10 passenger-car brand YTD through August 2026, registering 377,078 vehicles (up 9% year-over-year) and sitting as the UK's #2 EV brand behind Tesla through the first nine months of 2026.
- Kia will launch the PV7 in 2027, a larger electric van with seating for up to nine passengers.
Why it matters: UK families shopping for a large electric people mover get a £1,500 price cut on a 246-mile 7-seater, bringing the PV5 under £35.5k. The grant lands as Kia cements its #2 UK EV-brand position behind Tesla and stacks every EV it sells in Britain — EV2, EV3, EV4, PV5 — onto the ECG ahead of the larger 9-seat PV7's 2027 launch.
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