Start price, local details for electric Kia PV5 van confirmed

Kia New Zealand has released new details on its fully electric PV5 van ahead of its local arrival later this year. 

The marque quietly updated the PV5 section on its website late last week, showing the model’s base price, its specifications, and estimated arrival times. 

The PV5 will be priced from $64,990 plus on-road costs in its standard Cargo 5-door variant. Optional extras include a second sliding door for $500, a 22kW onboard charger for $2000, and $1500 for any exterior hue other than the standard Clear White.

The PV5 is also going to be offered locally in Cargo High Roof 5-door or 6-door guise, as well as in a 7-seater passenger format. Both the standard Cargo 5-door van and 7-seater are set to arrive in Q4 of this year, whilst the High Roof trims are expected in Q1 of 2027.

The PV5 undercuts the $74,990 Peugeot e-Partner and the $98,990 Ford e-Transit Custom, and is conversely undercut by the (similar looking) $55,990 Farizon V7E. The LDV eDeliver3 also had a cheaper sticker price than the PV5, but the model recently dropped from the Chinese carmaker’s local website.

The PV5 makes use of a 71.2kWh battery with a WLTP-rated range of 416km in the Cargo 5-door. The battery is paired to a 120kW/250Nm electric motor, and when hooked to a DC fast charger Kia claims it can be charged from 10–80% in as little as 30 minutes.

Standard equipment in the Cargo includes twin-swing rear doors, a single sliding side door, and a cloth interior. Payload in the rear is rated at 690kg in the Cargo 5-door and 625kg in the high roof variant (which offers almost 300mm of extra interior height and more than 600-litres of extra volume). 

With respect to tech, the PV5 Cargo comes with heated front seats, a 12.9-inch touchscreen, built-in satnav, over-the-air updates via Kia Connect, wireless phone charging, push-button start, and an interior vehicle-to-load (V2L) plug for powering appliances and tools.

With the price of diesel still in the spotlight, the plug-in van segment could be a surprise player in the light commercial vehicle space by the time the PV5 arrives in the country.