What hasn’t advanced much is what the Niro EV offers in refinement and performance-which fall into the “just enough” category on both counts. The Niro EV has made big advances in cabin materials, the interface, and the up-close tactile feel of everything. Oh, it’s definitely borrowed some tricks from its big brother, though. Now, the Niro EV is overshadowed by the excellent EV6. When the Kia Niro EV arrived for 2019, it was following in the footsteps of the previous Kia Soul EV-and it was a huge step forward in refinement, range, charging, and pretty much every aspect of EV ownership. If EV6 is a high achiever, Niro EV is a good passing grade But the problem wasn’t that the EV6 was underpriced it’s that the Niro EV is overpriced. Kia tried to make up for this near-overlap in pricing between the two models by canceling the base-battery version of the EV6 and raising prices somewhat on the rest of the EV6 line. Or, to see it another way, it’s $20,000 more than the Niro hybrid that shares the same sheetmetal and interior look and comes pretty well equipped. That’s only about $5,000 less than the last 2022 Kia EV6 I drove, a loaded GT-Line that felt in a completely different league on overall driving refinement.
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My test vehicle was a Niro EV Wave, with the $1,300 Wave Preserve Package (heat pump plus rear outboard seats) plus premium Snow White Pearl paint, bringing it to $47,635. The 2023 Kia Niro EV starts at $40,745 for the base Wind model or $45,745 for the better-equipped Wave version.
For a brand that’s no longer about value at the core, the proposition gets the most awkward right here, on the verge of an EV price war, looking at where a Niro EV fits in.
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