Mākaukau ʻoe no ka $40K Picanto? ʻO nā kaʻa hou e ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai e like me kā Kia i ʻōlelo ai ʻo EV ke ʻano o ka hopena o nā kaʻa ma lalo o $20k.

Wahi a Kia, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka electrification ʻo ia ka hopena o nā kaʻa ma lalo o $20.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kia, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā kaʻa uila ma Australia, ʻo ia ka hopena o nā kaʻa ma lalo o $20K, me ka ʻike ʻana e hiki i ka electrification brand-wide ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona haʻahaʻa loa e like me ke kumu kūʻai ʻo Picanto a me Cerato ma kahi o $40K.

ʻO ka Picanto ke kumu hoʻohālike Kia maikaʻi loa ma Australia, me ka ʻoi aku o 6500 o lākou i ʻike i ko lākou mau home i ka makahiki i hala. Ma kahi o 17 tausani kālā ke kumu kūʻai me kahi mīkini ʻaila liʻiliʻi. Akā, he kaʻa uila e like me ka Picanto? Wahi a Kia, he moʻolelo ʻokoʻa loa ia.

"Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kahi kaʻa uila e like me ka $20,000 Picanto," wahi a ka COO o Kia Australia Damien Meredith. "Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi kaʻa uila Picanto-nui he $35,000 a $40,000."

No laila, ʻo ka electrification ma ke kumu kūʻai o $35 e hoʻohui i kahi $20 i kahi manhole e like me ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ia, e like me Kia, e lilo i mea maʻamau hou i kā mākou kaʻa uila.

He hiʻohiʻona like kēia i ʻike mua ʻia me MG, kahi e kūʻai ai ka ZST SUV o ka brand ma kahi o $25K no ke kumu kūʻai kūpono loa (a i ʻole ma kahi o $23K no ke kumu ZS kumu). Eia naʻe, hoʻomaka ka ZS EV ma $45.

Nīnau ʻia inā ʻo ka electrification ka hopena o ka sub-$20k Kia ma Australia, ua pane ʻo Mr Meredith, "Manaʻo wau," ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana e hiki i nā mea hana Kina ke hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka.

"Manaʻo wau e nui ka hoʻokūkū ma kēia ʻano no ka mea manaʻo wau e neʻe ka nui o nā mea hana Kina, a pololei kēlā a maikaʻi loa," wahi āna.

"Inā makemake mākou e noho ma ia wahi, pono mākou e kali a ʻike."

Eia naʻe, ua hoʻohiki mua ʻo Mr. Meredith ʻaʻole i hiki i kēia manawa ka ʻauwaʻa ʻaila o ka brand.

“ʻAʻole hele ʻo Picanto i kahi. E kūʻai mau ana mākou i ka Picanto, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i kēia manawa. Alakai Kaa.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Kia EV6, e hoʻomaka ana ma $ 67,990 no ke kumu hoʻohālike AIR, ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Mr. Meredith e piʻi nui ka noi no nā kaʻa uila ma Australia i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, e wānana ana ma ka 50 ka nui o ka mākeke kaʻa hou e electrified. . i ka makahiki 2030.

"ʻAʻole ia e pili ana, e pili ana i ka wā e lanakila ai nā kaʻa uila i ka honua," wahi āna. "He mea hoihoi loa nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana."