Kia has just announced that its first-ever electric auto, the 2015 Soul EV, will join the electron-powered automobile fray in California by the finish of October at pre-federal-rebate beginning rates of $ 34,500 for the base model and $ 36,500 for the Plus. (The rebate will slash $ 7500 from the sticker.)
Regular goodies include a rear camera, Bluetooth connectivity, energy windows, cruise manage, a 6.6-kW onboard charger, and a unique climate-handle program developed to minimize energy use. The value also includes 5 years of UVO EV services, which utilizes an embedded Verizon telematics technique and an attendant smartphone app to give owners real-time battery state of charge and range data, heat or cool the interior remotely, as nicely as support search for nearby charging stations. Oh yeah, and it tosses in a navigation method, too. The EV Plus model adds seats upholstered in leather—heated for all outboard seats and cooled as properly for front-seaters—plus fog lamps and power-folding exterior mirrors.
Compared to the present crop of EVs, the Soul is priced higher than the 2015 Nissan Leaf ($ 29,860) and the 2015 Fiat 500e ($ 32,650), but comes in beneath the 2015 Ford Concentrate Electric ($ 35,995) and VW’s new e-Golf ($ 36,265). Element in the federal tax credit and regional government incentives, which stay fairly generous in California, and the value for any EV can come down considerably. An introductory lease price tag of $ 249 per month with $ 1999 down is also an alternative for the Soul EV.
Kia promises to start promoting the Soul EV in other markets that it has identified as having increasingly robust EV infrastructures beginning next year, which could contain as New York, New Jersey, and Maryland, amongst other states.
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