If there are manufacturers that sometimes lack relevance, then it cannot be said that this applies to Kia. And it is not for nothing that the Korean manufacturer multiplies launches and other announcements, while actively working on the development of its electrification. The firm will indeed have to stop selling thermal cars from 2035, a deadline set by the European Union. But that doesn’t seem to worry Kia, which already offers several zero-emissions models, including the EV6, which is slated to be the car of 2022. electric crossover also sold with Niro EV, WWCOTY big winner last March.

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Two models are coming

But the manufacturer clearly has no intention of stopping on such a good path and is already actively preparing a sequel. In particular, the company just lifted the curtain on its big EV9 and recently took the wraps off its EV5 concept. And now it shouldn’t take long to hit the market in its standard version. Indeed, Kia has confirmed that its production will start in China this year. However, we do not yet know when he will start his marketing in Europe. Undoubtedly, it will be the same next year. But this is not the only car that will enter the market in 2023.

The return of Rio

As it starts to age, as the current generation was released in 2016, Kia Rio finally getting ready to offer a new version. There’s no word on that at the moment, but we do know that it will launch before the end of the year in Mexico. It should continue to compete with the Volkswagen Polo as well as the Renault Clio among others. It remains to be seen if he will take a thermal or electric motorization. The second solution would undoubtedly be the most logical, since the sale of cars with internal combustion engines will be banned in Europe by 2035.