Video Summary
The 2025 Kia EV3 is the fourth EV-branded vehicle in Kia’s lineup.The number refers to size and body style.
It’s Kia's small electric SUV.
The EV3 Air Standard costs $47,600 MLRP or $48,990 drive away.
Range is a decent 436 km.
Four variants are available: Air Standard, Air Long Range, Earth, and GT-Line.
The GT-Line costs around $70,000 drive away.
It has its own bespoke right-hand handling and steering tune developed in Australia.
All EV3s are identical under the skin.
The Air fits a 150kW and 283Nm electric motor, driving the front wheels, and it sits on 17-inch rolling stock.
An extra seven and a half grand gets you the same car but in long range.
Another six grand gets you the mid-grade Earth.
GT-Line gets a sporty vibe and a want-for-nothing feature set.
It's made in South Korea.
China is fast becoming the world’s attainable EV sausage factory.
A Korean car like the EV3 has a chance to have a feel and vibe that hasn’t been pumped out of the same sausage factory.
All EV3s are front-wheel drive, but Kia Australia says there is a dual motor all-wheel-drive version coming, as well as a high-performance GT.
With just 4.3 metres in length, the EV3 is certifiably small, but Kia has done a pretty good job of packaging in here.
It has five seats.
The bottom of the range Air does get this fairly drab mid-grey effect, although Kia has given it a little bit of two-tone effect to give it a bit of a lift.
A real disappointment is just how hard and shiny the plastic is on the door cards.
All variants get the same safety and assistance smarts.
The floor in the boot is adjustable and there's cubby space for charging cables.
The tyres can drum up quite a bit of road noise on coarse chip surfaces.
There's a solidly resolved on-road manner, and the driver assist, while not mandatory, is well-calibrated.
In Eco or Comfort mode, the throttle is nice and progressive.
Electric charging is 29 minutes for a 10-80 per cent charge.
It's 350kW DC charger-capable.
The vehicle has a 7 year unlimited warranty, except for the high voltage stuff, which is 7 years and 150,000 kms.
It’s quick as a sub $50,000 EV needs to be.
It's a very resolved thing to drive.
