Your Definitive Guide to the new Kia EV9 Electric Car Lease

The new Kia EV9 Electric Car Lease Your Definitive Guide

The future of electric driving in the UK is looking incredibly bright for the UK’s personal and business leasing customers. The old adage “there’s not enough choice” when it comes to zero-emission transport no longer applies. But that isn’t to say that the EV ecosystem and infrastructure is perfect.

Quite frankly it isn’t and we have some distance to travel as a society, and economy, before there is a higher proportion of consumers and businesses more comfortable with the battery tech. Indeed, on 30 March 2023, our Government launched a key consultation for this, called the “ZEV Mandate”, which is being utilised to assist the UK to attain their net-zero ambitions 

So what is happening in the UK?

To ensure that amazing electric vehicles, like the new EV9 SUV, can be sold with confidence, the ZEV Mandate is based around incentives and commitment for ensuring that the UK’s EV market is successful, so much so that the 2030/2035 phasing out of combustion is scheduled to take place (it was rumoured that this would be amended).

This new policy will have legislative backing, under the Climate Change Act, with the ZEV Mandate coming into action from January 2024. In brief, manufacturers are going to have to vastly increase the percentage of Qualifying ZEVs they sell in the UK (with specific ratios / trajectories set out from 2024 - 2035).

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And by a Qualifying ZEV, these cars must produce 0 g/km at the tailpipe, cover at least 120 miles on a full charge (WLTP) and offer a vehicle warranty of 3 years (or 60,000 miles) and a battery warranty of 8 years (or 100,000 miles). Manufacturers will be provided with additional “credits” for EVs used by car clubs or wheelchair accessible vehicles. The update also made some key notes about the public chargepoints in the UK, with the clear message being that the standards do need to improve:

• Payment - all new charge points above 8kW and existing charge points at 50 kW (or higher) must allow for easier payment which do not require internet or mobile phone signal or downloadable apps;
•  Payment Roaming - allow for easier payment between the different brands via membership cars or smartphone apps (i.e. like Zap-Pay from Zap Map);
•  Data - improvements on charge points to allow their location to be found and to understand which are available or in use. The Government will oblige for open data workstreams to be used;
•  Price - clearer transparency at each charge point for understanding the pence per kWh for the intended charging sessions, with no hidden costs; and
•  Reliability - Government to obligate a 99% reliability standard on a charge point plus a 24/7 helpline to improve the customer experience.

The importance of consumer, and business, confidence cannot be underrated. The news and media articles from Christmas 2022 to recently have been inundated with negativity - the impact of cold weather on range, the lack of charge points, the cost of EVs or the availability of EVs.

While business lease and salary sacrifice are probably continuing with their transactions regardless of these frailties because of the overwhelming tax advantages, for personal lease and purchase customers in the retail market, they are more sensitive to this. But if we want new EVs to be affordable on lease, the residual values need to be strong and this is where the auction prices and retail confidence becomes so important.

What happens at the end of an EV lease is actually just as important as the initial sales itself. So if the Kia EV9 is to be competitive on a leasing deal, there needs to be a good used-car market ready to accept them!

The Kia product so far, with the Niro EV and EV6, have been overwhelmingly well received in the UK. As one of the first manufacturers to the UK’s EV revolution, you can be assured of a robust experience. We have no doubts this family 7 seater SUV will continue to promote the brand’s all-electric qualities.

This SUV will adopt their new E-GMP chassis and platform, which is a longer and flatter architecture for enabling a substantial 100 kWh battery setup. Even with this battery capacity, there will be a generous load capacity and the ability to utilise three seating rows. Updated systems and tech, like the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technology is a move towards Level 3 autonomous driving.

And with complete mobile phone integration, you can charge, amend or warm your new Kia from anywhere. Kia will be using two key models with a standard EV9 and the GT-Line plus they will be adding new colours such as Light ,Air, Earth and Water.

Want to know more or pre-order? Just head to the Kia EV9 signup page. 

So what are the battery options with the new Kia EV9? As at March 2023, Kia have announced two key models for the UK customers including:

• RWD -  From £60,000, this model will have a usable 99.8 kWh lithium-ion battery which will offer 0 – 62 times of 9.4 seconds, 112 mph top speeds and 150 kW (or 201hp). And the drivetrain will be RWD. Expect a combined winter range of 245 miles with warmer weather allowing for 320 miles on a full charge. On charging, the 11 kW AC max will allow 10 hours and 45 min 0 – 100% charging times with the 250 kW DC maximum allowing 22 minute 10 – 80% times. This has a vehicle fuel equivalent of 116 mpg. And it should be able to tow up to 2500 kg (Braked); and
•  AWD -  From £65,000, this model will have a usable 99.8 kWh lithium-ion battery which will offer 0 – 62 times of 5.3 seconds, 112 mph top speeds and 283 kW (or 380hp). And the drivetrain will be AWD. Expect a combined winter range of 235 miles with warmer weather allowing for 315 miles on a full charge. On charging, the 11 kW AC max will allow 10 hours and 45 min 0 – 100% charging times with the 250 kW DC maximum allowing 22 minute 10 – 80% times. This has a vehicle fuel equivalent of 114 mpg. And it should be able to tow up to 2500 kg (Braked).

The Kia EV9 will have V2L capacity with a maximum 3.6 kW AC output and both an interior and exterior outlet.

With deliveries in the UK targeted for Q4 of 2023 (maybe early 2024), get your perfect EV9 reserved today via Kia or speak to the UK’s leasing electric car experts at e-car lease on 01942 943 211.

The new Kia EV9 is ready to lease for UK customers, with four different options for personal, business and salary sacrifice customers to choose from:

•  150kW Air 99.8kWh 5dr Auto
•  282kW GT-Line 99.8kWh AWD 5dr Auto
•  282kW GT-Line S 99.8kWh AWD 5dr (6St) Auto
•  282kW GT-Line S 99.8kWh AWD 5dr (7St) Auto

Build your new luxury SUV on the Kia website - then get your instant leasing price from the experts at e-car lease via our new Kia EV9 offers section.

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