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Kia South Africa eyeing pair of EVs for 2027
The head of Kia in South Africa says he hopes to launch not one but two EVs locally in 2027. Here’s which battery-powered models are on the cards for Mzansi…
- Kia SA boss plans pair of EVs for 2027
- EV3 pencilled in for a Q1 2027 launch
- Indian-made Syros EV also on the cards
Kia South Africa has yet to officially enter Mzansi’s growing new-energy vehicle (NEV) space, but that finally looks set to change in 2027 – with not one but two fully electric vehicles (EVs) from the South Korean brand tipped for local launches.
Paul Turnbull, Chief Executive Officer of Kia South Africa, revealed the news during an interview in Cars.co.za’s custom-built podcast booth at Naamsa’s SA Auto Week 2026 event in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal earlier in October.
“We’ve earmarked a launch of EV3 for probably February 2027 – maybe March, latest. That’s where we’ll start. It’s a premium product, so it [won’t be positioned] against the entry-level EVs, which have gained some traction [in South Africa],” he told us.
In the CEO role since July 2024, Turnbull – who declared a year prior that he was “not scared” to launch EVs in SA – added that the brand was not expecting to “sell hundreds” of units of the Korean-built EV3, billing the planned launch of this model as a “brand opportunity”.
Turnbull described the EV3 as something of a “Volvo competitor”, seemingly making reference to the Swedish brand’s EX30, which currently starts at R835 500. The EV3 measures around 4 300 mm long and is available overseas with a choice of battery capacities (58.3 kWh and 81.4 kWh, with the latter offering a claimed 605 km of range) and power outputs (ranging from 150 kW to 230 kW).
The Motus-distributed Kia brand also plans to launch a second battery-powered vehicle in the form of the Syros EV, a model produced in India and one Turnbull also mentioned in 2025. Revealed late in 2024, the boxy Syros measures 3 995 mm long, rides on an updated version of the K1 platform and is available in India with a trio of powertrain options – including electric.
The head of Kia in South Africa says he hopes to launch not one but two EVs locally in 2027. Here’s which battery-powered models are on the cards for Mzansi…
- Kia SA boss plans pair of EVs for 2027
- EV3 pencilled in for a Q1 2027 launch
- Indian-made Syros EV also on the cards
Kia South Africa has yet to officially enter Mzansi’s growing new-energy vehicle (NEV) space, but that finally looks set to change in 2027 – with not one but two fully electric vehicles (EVs) from the South Korean brand tipped for local launches.
Paul Turnbull, Chief Executive Officer of Kia South Africa, revealed the news during an interview in Cars.co.za’s custom-built podcast booth at Naamsa’s SA Auto Week 2026 event in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal earlier in October.
“We’ve earmarked a launch of EV3 for probably February 2027 – maybe March, latest. That’s where we’ll start. It’s a premium product, so it [won’t be positioned] against the entry-level EVs, which have gained some traction [in South Africa],” he told us.
In the CEO role since July 2024, Turnbull – who declared a year prior that he was “not scared” to launch EVs in SA – added that the brand was not expecting to “sell hundreds” of units of the Korean-built EV3, billing the planned launch of this model as a “brand opportunity”.
Turnbull described the EV3 as something of a “Volvo competitor”, seemingly making reference to the Swedish brand’s EX30, which currently starts at R835 500. The EV3 measures around 4 300 mm long and is available overseas with a choice of battery capacities (58.3 kWh and 81.4 kWh, with the latter offering a claimed 605 km of range) and power outputs (ranging from 150 kW to 230 kW).
The Motus-distributed Kia brand also plans to launch a second battery-powered vehicle in the form of the Syros EV, a model produced in India and one Turnbull also mentioned in 2025. Revealed late in 2024, the boxy Syros measures 3 995 mm long, rides on an updated version of the K1 platform and is available in India with a trio of powertrain options – including electric.