At 4060mm long, 1800mm wide and 1575mm tall, the EV2 is shorter than the Kia Stonic but slightly wider and lower than its combustion-engined counterpart.
It looks like a shrunken EV5, featuring design hallmarks from its various larger siblings, with a boxy silhouette and a revised version of Kia’s ‘tiger nose’ front end.
Two versions of the EV2 will be available. The Long Range comes fitted with a 61kWh nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery, which yields a range of up to 275 miles, depending on spec. This puts the EV2 right at the top of the class, upstaging the Epiq (267 miles) and Renault 4 (249 miles).
The entry-level Standard Range uses a smaller, 42.2kWh lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery and can travel 195 miles on a charge.
Unusually, the higher-line model offers slightly less power from its single front-mounted motor (134bhp against 145bhp), which makes it slower to cover the 0-62mph benchmark sprint (9.7sec against 8.7sec). The reason for giving it less power, says Kia, is to enhance the Long Range’s WLTP range.
Like the EV3, the EV2 uses a 400V electrical architecture that allows for a 10-80% charging time of less than 30 minutes and features both vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-load technology.
All versions of the EV2 are fitted with a front-mounted motor and a torsion-beam rear axle, as opposed to the multi-link arrangement used by larger Kia EVs.
