Everybody loves black trim. What number of vehicles do you see per day with aftermarket black badges? I see loads. Kia is aware of, so it is including its Dusk Version trim to its flagship EV9 three-row electrical crossover. And in contrast to most look packages, this one really comes with a tangible efficiency enhance.
Obtainable on the EV9 Land trim, the Dusk Version will get the “Increase” mode from the EV9 GT-Line, which ups torque from 443 to 516 pound-feet quickly. Energy stays the identical at 379 horsepower, and Kia quotes a 0-60 MPH determine of 4.5 seconds. Not dangerous for one thing with a Kia badge on its nostril, and house to suit you, your partner, and your 2.5 kids with ease.
Along with the gloss-black trim all through, the EV9 Dusk Version will get new 20-inch wheels in black, naturally. There’s additionally a brand new unique colour, Roadrider Brown, which Kia, for some cause, selected to not spotlight within the pictures it despatched out to media. Inside, there’s new all-black trim rather than the two-tone interiors you get on different EV9 Land fashions, with distinctive trim on the seats.
Picture by: Kia
Picture by: Kia
Kia can also be confirming that each one 2026 EV9 fashions will get the Tesla-style North American Charging Customary (NACS) cost port commonplace, with an adapter to be used on Mixed-Charging System (CCS) tools optionally available. As a reminder, the US-market EV9 is constructed at Kia’s Georgia plant and eligible for $7,500 federal tax credit score for EVs, no less than whereas that is nonetheless a factor.
We’re nonetheless ready on pricing for the 2026 EV9, together with the Dusk Version, however hopefully it will not be an excessive amount of greater than the earlier mannequin provided that it is constructed within the US.
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