After showing off its first Purpose Built Vehicle or PBV in the form of the, Kia is going full steam ahead with its plan to build up to 150,000 PBVs a year at their all-new, high-tech smart manufacturing facility located within the brand’s Hwaseong manufacturing site.
When operation begins in the second half of 2025, the new PBV facility will build a mid-sized PBV, Kia’s first dedicated PBV model. Kia’s first dedicated PBV will be based on Kia’s “eS” skateboard platform, explicitly developed for PBVs; the Niro Plus is simply a PBV derived from an existing model. The new platform can flexibly accommodate various PBV model sizes in response to diverse customer demands.
Each of Kia’s innovative PBVs will be equipped with an OTA functionality that can wirelessly update the vehicle’s software in real-time, which will have benefits for the total cost of ownership and ease of use. “This dedicated PBV facility is one of the major pillars of our Plan S strategy as Kia seeks to claim the top position in the global PBV market,” said Ho Sung Song, President and CEO of Kia Corporation. “We will initially explore new markets with derivative PBV models, then gradually expand our presence in global markets with dedicated PBV models featuring autonomous driving technologies.
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