2025 Kia EV4 confirmed for Australia

The 2025 Kia EV4 has made its full global debut and already been confirmed for the Australian market, however a timeframe on when the electric small car will arrive is still TBC.

Debuting as part of the 2025 Kia EV Day program, the EV4 is underpinned by the same 400V e-GMP architecture as the inbound EV3 compact SUV, albeit with a sleeker sedan or hatch body draped over the top.

Under the floor you’ll find either a 58.3kWh ‘standard range’ or 81.4kWh ‘long range’ lithium-ion battery pack powering a 150kW motor on the front axle, providing 0-100km/h times of 7.4 and 7.7 seconds respectively and a top speed of 170km/h.

The standard range battery will propel the sedan up to 430km on the WLTP cycle while the long-range unit ups the ante to a class-leading 630km, however the hatches can’t quite match those numbers (up to 590km) owing to their marginally higher drag coefficient.

Both battery packs can be recharged from 10-80 per cent in a claimed 31 minutes when using a DC fast charger while the on-board AC unit accepts single- and three-phase charging at up to 11kW.

All versions of the EV4 ride on MacPherson strut front suspension with a multi-link rear and will all offer vehicle-to-load (V2L) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality.

Inside the cabin you’ll find largely the same dash layout as the EV3 with headline features including a pair of 12.3-inch displays split by a 5.3-inch climate control interface, a platform centre console, physical fan and temperature toggles and some integrated infotainment shortcut buttons.

The infotainment system itself is part of the latest ‘connected car Navigation Cockpit’ family which means over-the-air updates, wireless smartphone projection, sat-nav, personalisation touches, streaming services and live traffic updates.

Kia Connect connectivity is par for the course too.

On the driving front, all models will come with Kia’s customisable i-Pedal 3.0 system with a driver profile-linked memory function, highway driving assist (HDA2) and all the usual ADAS goodies like driver attention warning, forward collision avoidance assist, lane following assist, intelligent speed limit assist, remote parking assist entry and of course autonomous emergency braking.

Speaking to the prospects of a local introduction, a Kia Australia spokesperson said the local operation would confirm local pricing, specification and timing “in due course”.

Unlike internal combustion models where SUVs are typically more expensive than the equivalent passenger car, EVs within the Hyundai Motor Group are typically priced the other way with the passenger models priced higher than the SUVs, likely due to their longer driving ranges.

Odds are the EV4 will start from about the $50,000 mark seeing as the EV3 is tipped to start in the high $40,000s.

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