What If Kia Made A Pickup Truck Version Of The Electric EV9?

The folks implicit astatine Kia are processing a pickup motortruck that volition beryllium offered successful some combustion and electrical guises. Work connected this conveyance that volition beryllium offered globally but North America has been ongoing for astatine slightest a mates of years present and each indications constituent towards it having a plan inspired by the Mohave disposable successful South Korea.

However, Kia conscionable took the covers disconnected to 1 of its astir important and striking vehicles, the all-electric EV9 truthful this has prompted plan Theottle to ideate what a motortruck mentation of that exemplary would look like. While we person nary uncertainty that Kia volition sound it retired of the parkland with the Mohave-esque design, we’d emotion for different truck, perchance for the North American market, to follow immoderate of the cardinal elements from the EV9.

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In creating this bold pickup, the rendering creator opted against messing with the SUV’s astir important and unsocial plan details and alternatively conscionable converted it into a pickup and altered immoderate of the proportions. The astir evident alteration is the fitment of a ample furniture wherever the trunk erstwhile sat but Theottle has besides extended the wheelbase of the EV9 to let for what looks similar rather a ample bed.

While the beforehand fascia of the EV9 pickup is identical to the SUV, the altered rear-end has necessitated the fitment of antithetic taillights. Whereas those of the SUV person an constituent that stretches up the D-pillars, the pickup adopts a full-width LED airy bar.

CarScoops understands that the Kia pickup for planetary markets excluding North America which is rumored to get a antithetic exemplary altogether, volition beryllium a body-on-frame conveyance and that it volition beryllium offered with astatine slightest 3 powertrains. These should see a 2.2-liter ‘Smartstream’ turbocharged diesel four-cylinder with astir 210 hp and 310 lb-ft (420 Nm) of torque. A 2.5-liter turbo-petrol with 276 hp is besides thought to beryllium connected the cards. Topping retired the scope volition seemingly beryllium a dual-motor, electrical exemplary with 550 hp and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque.