Kia’s EV2 draws ‘significant and immediate demand,’ with 3,386 registrations in the UK

Kia said the EV2 is already seeing “significant and immediate demand,” with 3,386 registrations in the UK so far.

Kia EV2 sees strong demand after launch

Kia’s smallest electric SUV is off to a promising start. After opening orders in Europe and the UK in April, Kia sold over 8,000 EV2s in its first full three months on the market.

With deliveries now in full swing, the EV2 helped propel Kia to its highest-ever third-quarter sales since it began selling vehicles in 1962.

Kia is now the fastest-growing top 10 car brand in Europe, thanks to its full lineup of electric vehicles ranging from the entry-level EV2 to the three-row EV9 and PV5 van.

After EV registrations surged 58% year-on-year through August, Kia accounted for 4.8% of the European EV market, ranking seventh overall. In markets like France (+120%), Germany (+112%), the UK (+66%), Spain (+60%), and Italy (+41%), Kia saw particularly strong demand.

The EV3 remained among Kia’s most popular EVs, while newer models like the EV2, EV4, and EV5 also helped drive growth.

In the UK, a key battleground market, Kia said the EV2, which only began full-scale customer deliveries in mid-Q3, “saw significant and immediate demand” from buyers. The EV2 has managed 3,386 registrations year-to-date (YTD), with 1,753 in September alone.

According to Kia, the EV2 was “the UK’s most popular retail-market EV” with 1,429 registrations in September.

Kia has delivered 31,813 electric vehicles in the UK YTD, accounting for more than 33% of its total registrations. Behind Tesla, Kia is now the UK’s second best-selling electric car brand through September.

The EV2 Air long edition is on sale starting at £24,245 ($32,500) in the UK, including the government’s £3,750 Electric Clean Car Grant (ECG).

It’s available in four trims: Light, Air, Earth, and GT-Line. Buyers can choose from two battery packs: 42.2 kWh and 61 kWh, providing WLTP ranges of up to 317 km (197 miles) and 453 km (281 miles), respectively.

The PV5 Cargo, Kia’s electric work van, is also the UK’s best-selling small electric commercial vehicle (E-LCV), with 4,654 registrations YTD.

Meanwhile, the PV5 Passenger was the most popular “van-derived car” in September with 390 registrations. Kia has delivered 1,704 PV5 Passenger models YTD.

While the US will miss out on the EV2 and PV5, the 2027 EV3 (check out our review) is now on sale, starting at about $30,000. In its first full month of sales, Kia sold just over 500 EV3s in the US. Kia is now on pace for a fourth consecutive record year of sales in the US.