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Kia Opens UK Orders for Two New PV5 Electric Vans

A chassis cab built for conversions from £32,916 and a high-roof Cargo L2/H2 from £35,016, both on the 71.2 kWh battery, both priced with the £5,000 van grant.

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An electric car at a charging station. The PV5 charges from 10 to 80 percent in about 30 minutes on a DC fast charger. (W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Kia has opened UK orders for the PV5 Chassis cab and the taller PV5 Cargo L2/H2, priced from £32,916 and £35,016 on the road.

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Kia opened UK orders for two new versions of its PV5 electric van this week, a chassis cab and a high-roof cargo model. [Kia launches two new PV5 electric van variants in the UK — Electrek (November 10)]

The PV5 is Kia's first dedicated electric van, built on the modular E-GMP.S platform so bodies can swap on one skateboard chassis. Both new variants use the long-range 71.2 kilowatt-hour battery in the UK and DC fast charging up to 120 kilowatts. [Kia launches two new PV5 electric van variants in the UK — Electrek (November 10)]

The Chassis is the converter's model: an open bed sold as what Kia calls an incomplete vehicle, finished by TGS Automotive Group as a lightweight tipper, a dropside or a box body. It is 4,610 millimeters long on a 2,995 millimeter wheelbase with a 5.5 meter turning radius, claims up to 258 miles of WLTP range, and charges from 10 to 80 percent in about 30 minutes. Payloads run to 633 kilograms for the dropside and 561 for the tipper. On-the-road prices, including the £5,000 Zero Emission Van Grant, start at £32,916 for the chassis, £40,110 converted as a dropside and £41,310 as a tipper. [Kia launches two new PV5 electric van variants in the UK — Electrek (November 10)]

The Cargo L2/H2 is the volume play: a taller roof at 2,200 millimeters overall gives 5.2 cubic meters of load space and 1,815 millimeters of internal height, with payloads of 630 kilograms in three-door form and 600 in the four-door with dual sliding doors, and towing up to 1,500 kilograms. Its range is quoted at up to 239 miles on the same battery, and prices start at £35,016 on the road. Both variants carry the line's standard cabin, a 12.9-inch navigation screen and a 7.5-inch driver display. The commercial logic is the platform's: one electric skateboard, many bodies, and a £5,000 grant that's now part of the conversion math British trades run. [Kia launches two new PV5 electric van variants in the UK — Electrek (November 10)]

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