Kia made a surprise announcement of the EV5 concept. But this car looks like Baby EV9.
Not long after Kia unveiled the EV9, it made a surprise announcement of a new electric concept car. It’s such a concept car that really made a surprise appearance without a teaser or such prior information. Speaking from the bottom line, this concept car is also scheduled to appear as a mass-produced car.
Anyway, this car that Kia unveiled as a surprise in front of the public like this.
From the name, it is the EV5 concept. From the size, it emphasizes that it is a mid-size SUV concept. I was looking at this concept car.
I thought like this. “Oh, this is a baby EV9,” he said.
That’s because the EV9 is a car that well expresses Kia’s new design ethos, Opposite United. The exterior design represents that atmosphere.
The front design represented by the digital tiger face is even more so.
We are trying to create a future-oriented atmosphere with lighting techniques that have not been seen in previous car designs.
The DRL design has the same shape as the EV9, but there are differences as well.
Unlike the EV9, it has a trapezoidal shape and a pointed end like an arrowhead. Especially when I turn on the light, that part comes out. This lighting system of the EV5 concept is applied to the tiger nose.
This part is actually a feature that did not exist in the EV9, so I think that the digital tiger face is also trying to differentiate itself.
The headlamp has a triangular design, but it seems that the design of the DRL is more important than the design of the headlamp, although it may be because it is a concept car.
If the headlamp graphic is the Totoro chest hair of the EV9, the EV5 concept is like a design reminiscent of an equalizer. If nothing else, the headlamp graphics are clearly differentiated.
The side part is just a reduced size EV9. This is the EV9’s design, with no character lines or green houses.
Kia seems to be pushing the design trend this way. The wheel design is a rather complex and unusual design, but Kia is applying a similar style of wheel design to mass-produced vehicles.
The rocker panel and waist line form a convex line.
It is more convex than that of the EV9.
The rear part shows a different atmosphere from the EV9. The U-shaped tail lamp graphic reveals an emphasis on lines and angles.
And the overall tail lamp design has a similar shape to the head lamp design. Seeing that the EV9 embodies the letter Y and the EV5 concept embodies a U-shape, I think they are trying to emphasize a simple design rather than a complex design.
Let’s talk about the exterior design here, and then let’s talk about the interior.
The interior looks like this, but it is a design that needs to be seen considering that it is a concept car.
This is because the overall dashboard design, such as the steering wheel and wide display, is a design that can be changed at any time during mass production.
So, it is meaningless to explain the dashboard design in a big way.
The EV5 concept has a seat that swivels like the EV9.
What evolved here is that the front passenger seat and the rear seat seat swivel at the same time.
Then, because the seat can be used as a bench, it can help passengers get on and off.
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The three-row seats are also configured in this way, but the location is somewhat unique.
From the designer’s point of view, I think that each of these parts can be borrowed as an idea. The EV5 Concept’s third-row seats are quite unique. Also, when not using the 3rd row seat.
you can put it in.
In addition, LED interior lights were applied to the ceiling to provide convenience.
Kia applied eco-friendly and renewable materials to the EV5 concept, revealing traces of its consideration for sustainability.
In fact, this is a problem that all car brands are struggling with. About how to explain the sustainability of the company…..
That’s a big concern.
In particular, I wonder if such concerns are greater in the current automobile market, which is being converted to electrification.
On the day Kia unveiled the EV5 concept, it also threw a vote in the Chinese electric vehicle market, and along with it, announced the mass production of the EV5 concept.
By the way, Kia announced that it would release the EV5 mass-production model as a strategic type in China.
Kia officials, how is it that the Korean release of the EV5 mass-produced model is not working??
I think it will sell well…
So that’s it for today.
[Source] Baby EV9, Kia EV5 concept | Author Supreme